Killelagh Parish Church, Swatragh, Co.Londonderry. Photographed with the Nikon FM3a film camera on Ilford HP5 ISO400.
Killelagh Church
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Car of the Week – NOT! w/c 28/2/22
My ANTI-Car of the week!
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 NIR Halt
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…
Holywood to Belfast…
Northern Ireland Railways three car set no. 3002
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…New Year’s Eve at the North Coast
New Year’s Eve
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.
Graffiti in Blue
Belfast is festooned with Graffiti – in the past some of it was very threatening, – some of it still is! But this wall of graffiti is on a bypass bridge, – a flyover on the A2.
Photographed on the Fujifilm X-T4 F=90mm, f/6.4 @ 1/250th sec on ISO800
Ornate Gate!
The Ornate Gate
This old brick gateway at Ballyhome, Coleraine has attracted me for years – I pass it quite often on the way to our family holiday home at Portrush, and I’ve always wanted to point a lens at it – but up until last week I never had opportunity, for one reason or another…
…Until ask week, when Janette and me were driving back from Bushmills, and I determined to stop and make a few images – in between the passing cars on the road down into Coleraine!
I don’t know who owns it or where the path leads, but it’s a striking entrance for whatever property!
Photographed on the Fujifilm X-T4, F=50mm, f/5.6 @ 1/125th sec on ISO800.
Going Skateboarding?
Going skateboarding? Go by motorcycle!
Fujifilm X-T4, F=200mm, f/8 @ 1/500th sec on ISO800, Acros B&W film simulation, shot using a Nikon 100-300mm lens, manual focus using focus peaking.
Bangor by the Sea!
A walk in mid June along the sea front at Bangor,- where I grew up – in the days before the Bangor Marina was constructed!
Strangford, Co.Down
When it come to scenery, there’s few places better than Strangford and Lecale, – an area of outstanding natural beauty, and of great scientific interest.
On Thursday 7th January I crossed the straits between Portaferry and Strangford on the ferry, with my Fujifilm X-T4. It was a cold, bright winter day, and Strangford village was sparkling in the winter sunlight.
