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Two’s Company at the beach

Moments before yesterday’s photo of a beach inspector there were two seagulls. I was watching them as I walked down Garrylucas Beach and neither moved so I have a couple of shots of them with dramatic waves thundering behind...

https://inphotos.org/2026/02/03/twos-company-at-the-beach/

#AtlanticOcean #BeachPhotography #BlackAndWhite #Cork #CountyCork #GarrylucasBeach #Ireland #IrishCoast #monochrome #Photo #Photography #seagulls #WestCork #WildlifePhotography

Two’s Company at the beach

Moments before yesterday’s photo of a beach inspector there were two seagulls.

I was watching them as I walked down Garrylucas Beach and neither moved so I have a couple of shots of them with dramatic waves thundering behind them. They seemed to be not disturbed by the wall of water beyond.

I on the other hand kept an eye on the incoming tide, but I didn’t stay long. It was freezing.

Videos to watch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-HCMmVjbiE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfQJgnzsKVs

Now I want to go shoot street photography in Amsterdam again.

The Beach Inspector

Garylucas Beach in Co Cork was hit by 40kph winds this afternoon, with tall waves crashing on the beach. I took a few photos but retreated to the car as it was so cold. Within minutes the wind had ripped right through me. Luckily,...

https://inphotos.org/2026/02/02/the-beach-inspector/

#AtlanticOcean #BeachPhotography #CoastalBirds #Cork #CountyCork #Garrettstown #GarrylucasBeach #Ireland #IrishCoast #Photo #Photography #seagull #waves #WestCork #WildlifePhotography

The Beach Inspector

Garylucas Beach in Co Cork was hit by 40kph winds this afternoon, with tall waves crashing on the beach. I took a few photos but retreated to the car as it was so cold. Within minutes the wind had ripped right through me.

Luckily, gulls are protected somewhat from the cold by their feathers and this gull stood in the water without a care in the world for several minutes.

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Kinsale in Full Bloom

Kinsale’s tidy towns group must work overtime and they do a fantastic job of keeping the town tidy and colourful. These flowers were in a small boat at the end of the quay and make the area look so pretty.

#beddingPlants #coastalTown #communityGardens #Cork #CorkFlowers #CountyCork #flowerBed #Flowers #Ireland #IrishGardens #IrishHorticulture #Kinsale #KinsaleFlowers #KinsaleSeafront #Photo #Photography #summerBlooms #summerFlowers #TidyTowns #yellowFlowers

Where Water Meets Light

The sun had set behind the distant hills and the exposure times went up when I took this photo, but that’s what I wanted as the sea was rough and I wanted to make it silky smooth and misty at Owenahincha Beach last August.

#BlarneyPhotographyClub #coastalRocks #Cork #CorkBeaches #CorkCoastalPhotography #CountyCork #dramaticSky #eveningLight #Ireland #IrishCoastline #IrishSeascape #IrishSunset #landscapePhotography #LongExposure #OwenahinchaBeach #Photo #Photography #seascapePhotography #sunsetPhotography #WildAtlanticWay

The Summercove Hills

Parking up by Charles Fort is always easier than trying to get through Summercover near Kinsale. The road is very narrow and steep, both ways, if you’re trying to the to the Bulman Bar.

Those yellow diamond-shaped road signs are actually part of Ireland’s relatively recent road signage system. Before the 1970s, Ireland used the older British-style circular and triangular signs, but when the country adopted the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals, they switched to these diamond-shaped warning signs, making Ireland one of the few English-speaking countries to use this continental European style. The “10%” gradient warning means the road drops 10 metres for every 100 metres travelled horizontally, which is steep enough that most driving instructors would consider it “character building” for learner drivers!

#coastalTown #Cork #CountyCork #gradientWarning #hillsideHouses #Ireland #IrishArchitecture #IrishLandscape #IrishVillage #Kinsale #parkedCars #Photo #Photography #residentialStreet #roadSigns #steepHill #steepStreet #Summercove #villageOverlook #warningSigns

The Summercove Hills

Parking up by Charles Fort is always easier than trying to get through Summercover near Kinsale. The road is very narrow and steep, both ways, if you’re trying to the to the Bulman Bar.

Those yellow diamond-shaped road signs are actually part of Ireland’s relatively recent road signage system. Before the 1970s, Ireland used the older British-style circular and triangular signs, but when the country adopted the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals, they switched to these diamond-shaped warning signs, making Ireland one of the few English-speaking countries to use this continental European style. The “10%” gradient warning means the road drops 10 metres for every 100 metres travelled horizontally, which is steep enough that most driving instructors would consider it “character building” for learner drivers!

#coastalTown #Cork #CountyCork #gradientWarning #hillsideHouses #Ireland #IrishArchitecture #IrishLandscape #IrishVillage #Kinsale #parkedCars #Photo #Photography #residentialStreet #roadSigns #steepHill #steepStreet #Summercove #villageOverlook #warningSigns

The Summercove Hills

Parking up by Charles Fort is always easier than trying to get through Summercover near Kinsale. The road is very narrow and steep, both ways, if you’re trying to the to the Bulman Bar.

Those yellow diamond-shaped road signs are actually part of Ireland’s relatively recent road signage system. Before the 1970s, Ireland used the older British-style circular and triangular signs, but when the country adopted the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals, they switched to these diamond-shaped warning signs, making Ireland one of the few English-speaking countries to use this continental European style. The “10%” gradient warning means the road drops 10 metres for every 100 metres travelled horizontally, which is steep enough that most driving instructors would consider it “character building” for learner drivers!

#coastalTown #Cork #CountyCork #gradientWarning #hillsideHouses #Ireland #IrishArchitecture #IrishLandscape #IrishVillage #Kinsale #parkedCars #Photo #Photography #residentialStreet #roadSigns #steepHill #steepStreet #Summercove #villageOverlook #warningSigns

The Summercove Hills

Parking up by Charles Fort is always easier than trying to get through Summercover near Kinsale. The road is very narrow and steep, both ways, if you’re trying to the to the Bulman Bar.

Those yellow diamond-shaped road signs are actually part of Ireland’s relatively recent road signage system. Before the 1970s, Ireland used the older British-style circular and triangular signs, but when the country adopted the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals, they switched to these diamond-shaped warning signs, making Ireland one of the few English-speaking countries to use this continental European style. The “10%” gradient warning means the road drops 10 metres for every 100 metres travelled horizontally, which is steep enough that most driving instructors would consider it “character building” for learner drivers!

#coastalTown #Cork #CountyCork #gradientWarning #hillsideHouses #Ireland #IrishArchitecture #IrishLandscape #IrishVillage #Kinsale #parkedCars #Photo #Photography #residentialStreet #roadSigns #steepHill #steepStreet #Summercove #villageOverlook #warningSigns

The Summercove Hills

Parking up by Charles Fort is always easier than trying to get through Summercover near Kinsale. The road is very narrow and steep, both ways, if you’re trying to the to the Bulman Bar.

Those yellow diamond-shaped road signs are actually part of Ireland’s relatively recent road signage system. Before the 1970s, Ireland used the older British-style circular and triangular signs, but when the country adopted the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals, they switched to these diamond-shaped warning signs, making Ireland one of the few English-speaking countries to use this continental European style. The “10%” gradient warning means the road drops 10 metres for every 100 metres travelled horizontally, which is steep enough that most driving instructors would consider it “character building” for learner drivers!

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#2025 #coastalTown #Cork #CountyCork #gradientWarning #hillsideHouses #Ireland #IrishArchitecture #IrishLandscape #IrishVillage #Kinsale #parkedCars #Photo #Photography #residentialStreet #roadSigns #SonyA7RV #steepHill #steepStreet #Summercove #villageOverlook #warningSigns

Rocks in the Misty Surf of West Cork

The restless Atlantic waves become ghostly veils of white mist caressing the rocks on Owenahincha Beach, Co Cork.

Henry shared a photo of this same rock yesterday. There are lovely swirls of water in his photo.

#AtlanticCoast #beachStones #BlarneyPhotographyClub #coastalErosion #contemplativePhotography #Cork #CountyCork #Ireland #IrishBeaches #LongExposure #mistyWater #overcastSky #OwenahinchaBeach #Photo #Photography #seascapePhotography #smoothWaterEffect #weatheredRocks #WestCork

Inniscarra’s Historic Stone Bridge

This is the narrow bridge that crosses the River Lee near the Ballincollig Royal Gunpowder Mills.

I found out today while doing a little research that the bridge was built in 1805, replacing an older 6 arch bridge. It’s very narrow, but a survey showed that 7,000 cars cross it every day!

#BlarneyPhotographyClub #Cork #CorkHeritage #CountyCork #eveningLight #ferns #historicBridge #historicInfrastructure #InniscarraBridge #Ireland #IrishBridges #LeeValley #medievalArchitecture #Photo #Photography #riverCrossing #RiverLee #stoneBridge #twilightPhotography

The Lighthouse and Tidal Treasures

The tide was very far out when we visited Ballycotton last week, so I wandered out on the rocks, carefully avoiding the slippery seaweed, and took a few photos.

#Ballycotton #BlarneyPhotographyClub #coastalPhotography #Cork #CountyCork #EastCork #intertidalZone #Ireland #IrishCoast #lighthouse #lighthouseIsland #marineLife #naturalBeauty #pebbles #Photo #Photography #rockyShore #seaweed #tidalPools #tidalZone

Ballycotton’s Spectacular Sky

The golden hour at sunset is spectacular but I love the amazing colours you might be lucky to see after the sun has set. Such happened on Thursday night in Ballycotton. This is a panoramic photo of several photos stitched together to make one larger one. The dark, dramatic cloud was too wide for my lens, but even though it was dark, handheld panoramas are possible these days if you’re careful.

The phenomenon captured in this photograph occurs when the sun has set below the observer’s horizon but continues to illuminate high-altitude clouds from below, creating dramatic lighting effects known as “alpenglow” or “afterglow.” This effect is particularly pronounced in coastal areas like Ballycotton, where the unobstructed western horizon allows for clear sunset views, while high clouds moving in from the Atlantic provide the perfect canvas for these spectacular post-sunset displays. The pink and purple colours result from the way the atmosphere scatters different wavelengths of light, with longer wavelengths (reds and pinks) penetrating further through the atmosphere to reach the high clouds even after the sun has disappeared from view.

#atmosphericPhotography #BallycottonHarbour #BlarneyPhotographyClub #coastalDrama #Cork #CountyCork #dramaticSky #EastCork #eveningLight #harbourPhotography #Ireland #IrishCoast #maritimePhotography #Photo #Photography #pinkLight #postSunset #spectacularSky #stormClouds #twilight

A boat disturbs the water

As you may have seen over the last few days I was taking photos of the boats moored in Kinsale Harbour. Until another boat came along and sped past, disturbing the scene and rocking everything about. Still a lovely evening there, and it was about time to move on anyway. 🙂

#BlarneyPhotographyClub #blueWater #boating #calmWater #Cork #CountyCork #harbour #Ireland #IrishCoast #KinsaleMarina #marinaLife #maritime #masts #Photo #Photography #pontoons #rowingBoat #sailingBoats #sailingDestination #WestCork #yachts

Sailing Through Time

Someone walking past a sail in Kinsale made for a nice slow-motion intentional camera movement photo.

#abstractPhotography #artisticPhotography #BlarneyPhotographyClub #Cork #CountyCork #experimentalPhotography #harbour #Ireland #kineticEnergy #Kinsale #LongExposure #maritimeArt #motionBlur #movement #Photo #Photography #redSail #sailing #sailingBoats #sailingPhotography #WestCork #yachts

The derelict McCarthy’s Garage as it was in 2021 in Schull, Co Cork. The building today is very different, but it’s still pink! I have a few photos of the old petrol pumps that stood outside the building somewhere on this site, going further back in time.

The slate roof visible on the McCarthy’s building is typical of traditional Irish architecture. Irish slate was quarried extensively in counties like Valentia Island in Kerry and was prized for its durability and weather resistance, often lasting well over 100 years when properly maintained, which explains why so many original slate roofs still grace Irish buildings today.

#Cork #CountyCork #DNG #estateAgents #Ireland #IrishArchitecture #McCarthyS #Photo #Photography #pinkBuilding #Schull #ShellServiceStation #soldProperty #StreetPhotography #terracedHouses

The derelict McCarthy’s Garage as it was in 2021 in Schull, Co Cork. The building today is very different, but it’s still pink! I have a few photos of the old petrol pumps that stood outside the building somewhere on this site, going further back in time.

The slate roof visible on the McCarthy’s building is typical of traditional Irish architecture. Irish slate was quarried extensively in counties like Valentia Island in Kerry and was prized for its durability and weather resistance, often lasting well over 100 years when properly maintained, which explains why so many original slate roofs still grace Irish buildings today.

#Cork #CountyCork #DNG #estateAgents #Ireland #IrishArchitecture #McCarthyS #Photo #Photography #pinkBuilding #Schull #ShellServiceStation #soldProperty #StreetPhotography #terracedHouses

The derelict McCarthy’s Garage as it was in 2021 in Schull, Co Cork. The building today is very different, but it’s still pink! I have a few photos of the old petrol pumps that stood outside the building somewhere on this site, going further back in time.

The slate roof visible on the McCarthy’s building is typical of traditional Irish architecture. Irish slate was quarried extensively in counties like Valentia Island in Kerry and was prized for its durability and weather resistance, often lasting well over 100 years when properly maintained, which explains why so many original slate roofs still grace Irish buildings today.

#Cork #CountyCork #DNG #estateAgents #Ireland #IrishArchitecture #McCarthyS #Photo #Photography #pinkBuilding #Schull #ShellServiceStation #soldProperty #StreetPhotography #terracedHouses

The derelict McCarthy’s Garage as it was in 2021 in Schull, Co Cork. The building today is very different, but it’s still pink! I have a few photos of the old petrol pumps that stood outside the building somewhere on this site, going further back in time.

The slate roof visible on the McCarthy’s building is typical of traditional Irish architecture. Irish slate was quarried extensively in counties like Valentia Island in Kerry and was prized for its durability and weather resistance, often lasting well over 100 years when properly maintained, which explains why so many original slate roofs still grace Irish buildings today.

#Cork #CountyCork #DNG #estateAgents #Ireland #IrishArchitecture #McCarthyS #Photo #Photography #pinkBuilding #Schull #ShellServiceStation #soldProperty #StreetPhotography #terracedHouses

Woodworking Wonders from County Cork

We visited a market in Skibbereen a few years ago, where I saw this gentleman selling these woodworking items.

#artisanMarket #birdhouses #Cork #CountyCork #craftsman #handmadeFurniture #Ireland #IrishMarket #localCrafts #Photo #Photography #rusticDesign #Skibbereen #StreetPhotography #WoodWorking

Woodworking Wonders from County Cork

We visited a market in Skibbereen a few years ago, where I saw this gentleman selling these woodworking items.

#artisanMarket #birdhouses #Cork #CountyCork #craftsman #handmadeFurniture #Ireland #IrishMarket #localCrafts #Photo #Photography #rusticDesign #Skibbereen #StreetPhotography #WoodWorking

Woodworking Wonders from County Cork

We visited a market in Skibbereen a few years ago, where I saw this gentleman selling these woodworking items.

#artisanMarket #birdhouses #Cork #CountyCork #craftsman #handmadeFurniture #Ireland #IrishMarket #localCrafts #Photo #Photography #rusticDesign #Skibbereen #StreetPhotography #WoodWorking

Woodworking Wonders from County Cork

We visited a market in Skibbereen a few years ago, where I saw this gentleman selling these woodworking items.

#artisanMarket #birdhouses #Cork #CountyCork #craftsman #handmadeFurniture #Ireland #IrishMarket #localCrafts #Photo #Photography #rusticDesign #Skibbereen #StreetPhotography #WoodWorking