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The dead trees of Coole Park

John Smyth — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 23:02:20 +0000

The most famous tree in Coole Park might be the copper beech roundly vandalized by Nobel laureates and other people of letters, but it is not the only interesting one. These trees look dead and remind me of the Gallows trees that helped contribute to law and order in times gone by, and made the Middle Ages such a fun place to live in.

Sunrise at Lackavrea, Part I

John Smyth — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 23:10:13 +0000

If you were anywhere between Galway City and Maam Cross last Tuesday morning, all you would have seen was …very little, as a wall of fog billowed off Lough Corrib. West of Maam Cross, it was clear, as a star-filled night sky gave way to the clear blue of morning. Driving towards Maam Bridge from the west, the fog began to blow west from the lake towards the sea – and around Lackavrea, the hill that overlooks the lake’s western edge.

In formation

John Smyth — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:26:38 +0000

As I was waiting for the sun to appear (for this picture and this picture), a flock of migrant geese flew low over Galway Bay near the diving board in Salthill.
Picture taken with a Canon 40D fitted with a 100-400mm Canon zoom set to 365mm (according to the image file) which gives an effective focal length of 584mm. ISO was 400, aperture was f11 and the shutter speed was 1/400th of a second.

Looking for the heart of Saturday night

John Smyth — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:37:03 +0000

Two ladies silhouetted in the lights of a taxi as they walk through the Spanish Arch in Galway.