Tag Archives: Fujifilm X-T5

Co. Antrim

The Ballymena Birds

I’ve shot a couple of birds in the Ballymena area recently.

I spotted this goose on Sat 8th February 2025 when I was helping with the photos at the Parkrun held weekly at Ecos Park. Try clicking this link to see the Parkrun photos:

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On a smaller scale,

This wily old bird sits on the barrier at Tannaghmore Service area, on the A26 road between Antrim and Ballymena, and stares at motorists eating in their cars, knowing that eventually someone will cave in and give it a morsel or two.
(Ok, I’m not an ornithologist, so I’ve been informed it’s a Rook, or whatever!)

But I do know it was photographed with the Fujifilm X-T5, F=300mm, f/5 @ 1/500th sec on ISO400/

Beautiful Ulster, Co. Antrim

The Tannaghmore Crow

The Tannaghmore Crow

This wily old bird sits on the barrier at Tannaghmore Service area, on the A26 road between Antrim and Ballymena, and stares at motorists eating in their cars, knowing that eventually someone will cave in and give it a morsel or two. 

(Ok, I’m not an ornithologist, so I don’t know if it’s a crow, or a Jackdaw, or a Rook, or whatever!)

But I do know it was photographed with the Fujifilm X-T5, F=300mm, f/5 @ 1/500th sec on ISO400

Black & White, Fun Shots, Pets

Dougal…

Look! It’s Dougal the Old English Sheepdog from the Magic Roundabout, trotting along the forest path and getting himself all dirty. I shot him with a Fujifilm X-T5.

Old English Sheepdog

(Don’t worry – Florence and Mr Zebedee weren’t around, so they didn’t see it happening. I think I’ve got away with it.)

I realise most of you are too young to know what I’m on about! lol

Beautiful Ulster, Belfast, Black & White, Co. Down, Landscapes, Travel

Carrowreagh Road, Dundonald

Summer fell on a Friday in Northern Ireland this year (2024). It was Friday the 30th August, – just at the very end of what the Met Office call “Meteorological Summer.” The rest of ‘Meteorological Summer’ was a complete wash-out, more or less. But today, the sun was shining, the wind had absented itself, and little fluffy white clouds drifted lazily across an azure sky. Why can’t it always be like this?

I was in Newtownards, Co.Down for the morning, and driving over Carrowreagh Hill from Dundonald to Holywood, – to access the M2 thus avoiding the traffic jams on the Newtownards Road, Belfast. I stopped in a small lay-by to place something in the boot of the car, when I noticed this small, twisted bush across the road. Taking my camera from the car, and my life in my hands as I avoided the would-be rally drivers, I managed to get a few exposures, with our historic Scrabo Tower in the distant background.

Carrowreagh Road, Dundonald – with Scrabo in the background. Photographed in glorious sunshine with the Fujifilm X-T5 camera and a f/2 7Artisans manual focus lens. Acros film simulation with digital red filter.

Beautiful Ulster, Black & White, Co.Londonderry, Documentary, Londonderry, Photo-Essay, Streetscapes

Guildhall Sq & Waterloo Street

Our seemingly annual trip to Derry/Londonderry (So good they named it twice?) or ‘Stroke City as it became known during the era of the late Gerry Anderson, the legendary (should that be ‘legend-derry?) famous BBC Radio Ulster broadcaster and entertainer. Where was I… Oh yes, our annual trip to Northern Ireland’s second city saw me taking a wander, with the Fujifilm X-T5, around the city centre, namely Guildhall Square and Waterloo Place, and then later round by the Craft Village. I’d walked the famous walls many times, and somehow that day I just didn’t have the energy to struggle up all those hilly ramparts. So, – city centre it was, while my so-much better half went to explore the big shops to be found in the city.

Waterloo Street, Londonderry
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Scotland

Misty Loch Lomond

A short visit to Luss, a conservation village on the banks of Loch Lomond, on a miserable wet day in May, 2024. The village is a popular destination for tourists from all over the world, due to its beauty, its quaintness and of course, its association with the ITV drama series, ‘Take the High Road.’ On the day we visited it was swarming with people, strolling through the streets, taking the boat tour of the loch, and visiting the various tourist outlets and eating in the cafes.

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