I feel I’m not doing as much street photography as I used to, but I just happened to be in Belfast today, and…
on’t you just love the sense of concentration, both hands in play – and the character in the image? Sheer concentration! Fujifilm X-T4, F=172mm, f/5.6 @ 1/1000 sec on ISO200.
Ballywalter, on the Ards Peninsula, in Co.Down.
Here’s a wee A40 I spotted along the road, near Millisle, Co. Down.
I was in Belfast, when I noticed this rather unusual scooter parked. I couldn’t resist a wee shot…
It took a serious amount of work to remove the background! Fujifilm X-T4, F=200mm, f/5.6, @ 1/125th sec on ISO200
This week I did quite a lot of car photography, but my favourite was not a car at all! It was a classic Harley Davidson bike, a beautiful, sleek machine; belt driven (instead of a chain) and with abundant chrome.
Poyntzpass is a small village sitting on the border between Co.Armagh and Co.Down, Northern Ireland. More importantly, it straddles two lines of transport, the old Newry Canal, now defunct, and the main Northern Ireland Railways line between Belfast and Dublin. A level crossing unites the two parts of the village, and there is a small unmanned station.
But it was the historic signal box, now out of use of course, which attracted my attention as I drove through the village. I couldn’t resist stopping for a couple of quick shots – time was pressing, so it was literally, just a few minutes…
NIR loco no. 3002 approaches Holywood station Tuesday 25th January 2022 at 13:16, on route from Bangor to Portadown, via Belfast. Photographed with a 200mm lens, from Holywood Esplanade.
Photographed with the Fujifilm X-T4, F=200mm, f/11 @ 1/125th sec on ISO640
Continue reading Holywood to Belfast…I’ve photographed the Dolmen at Loughinisland before, including around a decade ago, when I shot a wedding scene there, but when passing by from a nearby job, I couldn’t resist stopping for a quick snap or two. It was 17th January, temperature was just above freezing, and bright winter light from a low sun was casting long dark shadows and frost still on the ground, at 11am, in the shadow areas.
I took the Fujifilm X-T4 up to the dolmen with me, and three lenses, a standard zoom, a 300mm zoom and a Lensbaby.
Continue reading Annadorn Dolmen at Loughinisland, Co.DownNestling in the countryside between Bushmills and Coleraine is this lovely church building. I photographed it on 31st December 2021 with the Fujifilm X-T4.
31st December 2021 was the warmest New Year’s Even since records began, with some parts of Northern Ireland reaching 14 degrees Celsius. That’s warm for this part of the world! People were getting out and about, and no more so that at Portstewart, on the North Coast.
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