McAWilliams Photoblog

Another shot form my Fantasyjackpalance boat excursion from a few weeks back, this time inside the lock looking back under Eustace Bridge at Leeson Street, down past the open gates towards Baggot Street.

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On my way into work this morning while sitting on the bus, you could see the closer I got to Dublin a fog descending on the city. It was only when I got off from the warmth of the bus I realised just how cold this fog was.

It also did some serious damage on the road up from Carlow which I have been on many many times. A tanker overturned in the tunnel at the end of the M7 and due to the fog cars did not see this until it was too late. In total around 40 cars were involved in collisions and 30 people were brought to Naas hospital.

For any international readers the Irish are atrocious when it comes to any other type of weather other then rain and the very occasional bit of sun, you wouldwant to see the drivers if there is a bit of snow!

Technorati Tags canal, fog, grand canal, man walking

Ok I said I was stopping the canal pictures but I have been so busy my poor camera has not seen daylight for 2 days now. This I promise has to be the last image as I have no more images to put up. This is Baggot Street Bridge well kinda its more the wall for the steps up from the canal.

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So after photographing birds and things I had to make my way back to work and on the way I had to walk past a lock on the canal. I placed the camera on the end of the lock and snapped. quite happy with what the camera decided to focus on as for this one I never looked through the viewfinder. Sometimes the best shots come without knowing.

I await your critique Steve

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Still on lunch down at the canal just down from Baggot Street, this guy allowed me to take a hell of a lot of pictures of him without being to bothered, I have to say I am quite pleased with this one any bad comments will be deleted hehe.

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Thanks to Katherine for correcting my dumbness

So away from the blog awards for now, although I do have a few more that could get posted in dire needs. Walking to work the other morning down the canal to Baggot street the sun was splitting the sky and Patrick Kavanagh was sitting there enjoying it all.

Of course this idyllic scene did not last long and by 11am the clouds had come over and it rained.

Well it is Ireland!

Lastly I know I am not a writer but I am going to try to code up a thing that will tell you at the end of photo posts what I am writing about at the moment.

So this is what I am writing about at the moment What is all this politically correct crap about.

Technorati Tags bench, canal, grand canal, patrick kavanagh, seat

Last weekend a fellow photoblogger Lynn Rockwell from Digital Glad Rags now Focus on Photography lost her battle with cancer.

Lynn has been an inspiration to a lot of people in the photoblogging community, more so myself.

Lynn found this site a long time ago and was one of my first regular visitors and became a good mentor for me with her critiques of my pictures some good and some telling me how I had gone wrong.

Bob Foss from Forgingahead wrote a tribute for Lynn on Photoblogs.org which I think sums Lynn up perfectly.

So I would like to dedicate this photo of a beautiful swan in memory of Lynn.

Technorati Tags canal, digital glad rags, lynn rockwell, swan grand canal