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The Rat Is Outside

December 10, 2020 by Simon Robinson Leave a Comment

The day started with a walk by the sea. There was a haze that cleared and yielded intermittent golden hour moments of timeless beauty.

Morning glory, the mastery of the thing!
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Filed Under: Fake Memoir Tagged With: bird watching, birdwatch ireland, coast, photos

Fog Rises

December 6, 2020 by Simon Robinson 1 Comment

We could see that the weather was the story this morning. One degree C yet bright which in a temperate oceanic climate often creates a steaming sea. So we went for a walk on Dun Laoghaire pier and took several photos of the fog affected views. I’m not a professional photographer but I’m passionate about photography so I was carrying a 600 mm lens just in case.

I particularly liked that the rowers were themselves taking photographs as they rowed through the steaming seas between the pier and The Muglins lighthouse. There was an ageless, painterly appearance with a technological twist. It was almost impossible to keep focus with the huge lens without a tripod so I set the aperture to f/18, the shutter to 1/1250 and let the ISO vary as the lighting changed.

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Filed Under: Fake Memoir Tagged With: coast, dun laoghaire, photography, walking, yachts

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