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Hell Fire Horses

McAWilliams — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 20:42:23 +0000

Last weekend I was up at the Hellfire Club up in the Dublin mountains. On the walk up to the house at the top of Mount Pelier, I passed by these 2 horses grazing in a field with stunning views over the Dublin skyline, unfortunately due to the weather, mist and rain its hard to see the extent of it.

Gannet in flight

McAWilliams — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 20:53:50 +0000

Another photo from Irelands Eye, this time of the second bird I had hoped to photograph during my time there. So I was thrilled to have got the puffin shot but also chuffed to have the opportunity to photograph gannets. I have so many photos of the hundreds of gannets that I may put them up on pixie. Please let me know though if you do get bored of the bird photos and I will start putting up other stuff again hehe.

Harbour Dog

McAWilliams — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:17:18 +0000

Sorry for lack of post towards the end of last week but work really went mental on me and I had not got the time to post.

So continuing on with nautical shot no 4. yeah its a dog poking his head out from the harbour wall!!!

Marineland seal jumping

McAWilliams — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:42:19 +0000

Another shot from Mallorca and marineland in Portal Nous where we stayed, this time of a seal jumping through a hoop during one of the shows on offer.

Marineland Toucan

McAWilliams — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:27:57 +0000

Well I am back from my holidays in Mallorca, and the wedding photos are now really starting to get processed. I brought my camera with me on holidays although it remained in the safe more times then it saw the outside world.

I did bring it to marineland though and over the next few days I shall be putting up some photos I took while there.

Reflections on a Sika Deers eye

McAWilliams — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:57:07 +0000

The Second of Sika Deer photos from Glenroe Farm, this time up close and personal, very personal, so much so you can see me reflected in this deers eyes, and what fantastic eyes these deer have.

Sika Deer

McAWilliams — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:22:08 +0000

So next up for my animal shots, is one of a Sika Deer, these deer were the highlight of my trip to Glenroe Farm whats not to love about deer.

It was also fantastic to be able to get up so close to them without freaking them out, I have so many shots of them that I am nervous of going post crazy with them, so I ask you to let me know if you want to see some more bambi shots?

Lazy Pig

McAWilliams — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 22:39:46 +0000

Today I decided to go somewhere we have been meaning to go to for ages, Glenroe Farm. Just outside Kilcoole, Co. Wicklow its a great place for little un’s.

All sorts of farmyard animals – cows, sheep, horses, chickens, rabbits, geese, goats you get my drift.

The other great thing about this photograph is the fact that recently I have been getting a lot of stick about being a lazy pig myself so in years to come I can look at this shot and remember the good times!

Donna’s Rhino

McAWilliams — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:06:57 +0000

I received a phone call at 8.20 this morning saying a big package had arrived for me, I knew exactly what it was. Not a 5D from any of my blogging friends, not a new laptop from my twitter pals, this was something much more important to me.

A good while back I took a photograph of a rhino at Dublin Zoo. Not only has it got a lot of hits through google but because of it, an email arrived from Donna after leaving a comment on the post. I had assumed people had just come across the photograph while they were checking emails, playing games at Cheeky Bingo or just searching web. I was pretty amazed by the number of hits it had and even more surprised to receive an email about it..

Donna’s initial comment left me a bit puzzled “Would it be possible to paint this picture, please could you reply via email”. I answered via email to find out what she meant. She left a second post explaining a bit more what she was planning, and I liked the idea. Basically the art class she was in would use it as a subject for their painting class. I sent Donna a full resolution version of the photograph to hopefully make their lives a bit easier.

We kept in touch with a few more mails over the past few months, finding out how people were getting along with my picture, I got a surprise when Donna sent me a photo of the oil painting she was doing, it looked amazing saying “This is my trial painting at half way stage . I am then going on to do it on a large scale. As a group we would like to thank you for your picture, the group are all going to paint in different mediums.”.

A trial painting!!! you gotta be kidding me it looked fantastic. She then told me that she would post me a finished version of the oil painting, I could not believe it. I promptly sent Donna my address awaiting the package, which arrived today and the picture you see above is what I had the greatest pleasure unwrapping.

Donna I can’t thank you enough for this painting, it will find a special place in the house to be hung up, and to everyone else at the Art Class in Chesterfield, you have no idea how proud you have made a very amateur photographer feel, by using one of my photos.

Thank you.

Ferrycarraig Robin

McAWilliams — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:20:59 +0000

So I am back with the SLR again, since the iPhone camera really aint much.

So while on holidays down in Wexford I decided to go the the Irish National Heritage Park again in Ferrycarrig. I was there last year and really enjoyed the day there so why not go again. While waiting about a robin decided to fly down to rest on a wooden post.

I love robins their song and the fact they are so friendly to people meant I could not resist taking a snap or 2 of him.