County Cork – Page 9 – Michael Stephen Wills Photography

Pasture Ridge

Far and Near

February 4, 2021February 3, 2021 MichaelStephenWills2 Comments

A wonder of capturing a voyage through photography is the ability to look back and better understand what was experienced. On January 20th I published the following photograph from Healy Pass. The dramatic elements, the waterfall and distant glacially striated mountain, draw away from the distant ridge on the right.

The ridge marks the col used by the pass road: starting from the right follow the ridge down to the col.

Looking toward the heights from Classduff townland. Glacial striations of the Caha Mountains visible in the distance. Adrigole river foreground. Beara Peninsula, County Cork, Republic of Ireland.

Here is a pasture on that ridge, taken from the same road. The road is not visible in the first photograph.

January so far

Enjoy the slide show January retrospective

January 31, 2021January 27, 2021 MichaelStephenWills11 Comments

Here is a show of the Ireland photographs shared so far in January, as I prepared them for publication. Enjoy!!

Keeping Company All

January 29, 2021January 22, 2021 MichaelStephenWills8 Comments

Here is the complete set of 12 photographs of a Ewe and Lambkin crossing The Famine Road with the Adrigole River valley in background. All taken with a Canon dslr and the 24 mm (wide angle) “L” lens.

Beara peninsula, County Cork, Republic of Ireland.

Keeping Company 6

January 28, 2021January 22, 2021 MichaelStephenWills5 Comments

Presented as a set six of a dozen photographs of a Ewe and Lambkin crossing The Famine Road with the Adrigole River valley in background. All taken with a Canon dslr and the 24 mm (wide angle) “L” lens.

Beara peninsula, County Cork, Republic of Ireland.

Keeping Company 5

January 27, 2021January 22, 2021 MichaelStephenWills2 Comments

Beara peninsula, County Cork, Republic of Ireland.

Keeping Company 4

January 26, 2021January 22, 2021 MichaelStephenWills5 Comments

Beara peninsula, County Cork, Republic of Ireland.

Keeping Company 3

January 25, 2021January 22, 2021 MichaelStephenWills4 Comments

Beara peninsula, County Cork, Republic of Ireland.

Keeping Company 2

January 24, 2021January 22, 2021 MichaelStephenWills5 Comments

Beara peninsula, County Cork, Republic of Ireland.

Keeping Company

January 22, 2021January 22, 2021 MichaelStephenWills

A Ewe and Lambkin cross The Famine Road with the Adrigole River valley in background. The original road was built as a public works project during the Great Famine, improved in the 1930’s and named after the first Governor-General of the Irish Free State, Timothy Michael Healy.

Beara peninsula, County Cork, Republic of Ireland.

Open (famine) Road

January 21, 2021January 22, 2021 MichaelStephenWills2 Comments

Healy Pass, also known as Famine Road, ascends the County Cork. Here we look back on a portion of narrow, patched asphalt winding through the Adrigole River valley.

Beara peninsula, County Cork, Republic of Ireland.