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Ever decreasing stones

John Smyth — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:20:39 +0000

Stones on the seashore between Spiddal and Inverin, worn smooth and round by the sea, and getting smaller year after year.

Picture taken last Sunday morning with a Canon 5D DSLR, Canon 17-40mm zoom lens @ 40mm, 0.9 Neutral Density filter (reduces light by 3 stops), ISO50, shutter speed = 4 seconds. Manfrotto tripod fitted with a pistol grip head also used.

The boatmen of Trabane

John Smyth — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 23:57:23 +0000

A boatman waiting to take sailors out to the boats in the bay off Trabane (An Trá Bán – the white beach) on Leitir Mór island in west Galway last Saturday.

Morning Tide

John Smyth — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:01:47 +0000

Even though it was a calm morning, the full tide meant that the waves splashing onto the shore at Spiddal, Co. Galway [on November 8th] were big enough to catch the rising sun. Picture taken about an hour after sunrise, on the beach beside the road on the eastern side of Spiddal.

Doolin Waves

John Smyth — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:01:28 +0000

There’s not many leaves left on the trees after the gales that swept across Galway Bay on Saturday. The sea was pretty rough, and heavy showers meant that the streets were more empty than one would expect for an October Bank Holiday weekend. These pictures are from another stormy weekend earlier in the year – taken near Doolin in Co. Clarein July, during the alleged ’summer’.

When the waves are very big, the churning motion of the sea generates a coffee-coloured foam on the water.

Sea water flowing over rocks as waves crash along the shoreline at Doolin, Co. Clare.

These pictures were shot with a high shutter speed, which freezes the motion of the waves.

This picture was taken at the same location as this one.