The Land Remembers
Negotiating the ridge above the Adrigole River valley with a distant glacial scoured peak of the Caha Mountains.
Clashduff townland, Beara Peninsula, County Cork, Republic of Ireland.
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Cropped close by hungry sheep
Looking down Healy Pass toward Adrigole. Beara Peninsula, County Cork, Republic of Ireland.
Post script: digging out of the February 2/3 snow storm that hit upstate New York, a bit of the wild brushed by me as I finished up the drive way at twilight. A scraggly fox, travelling along the ploughed road, passed not 10 feet away making steady progress. I said, in a quiet voice,” its all right,” and it (he/she?) walked a bit faster. I watched as it stopped briefly to sniff a snow clump and continued.
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Far and Near
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.
Here is a pasture on that ridge, taken from the same road. The road is not visible in the first photograph.
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Enjoy the slide show January retrospective
Here is a show of the Ireland photographs shared so far in January, as I prepared them for publication. Enjoy!!
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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.
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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.
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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.
Copyright 2021 Michael Stephen Wills All Rights Reserved
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.
Copyright 2021 Michael Stephen Wills All Rights Reserved
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.
Copyright 2021 Michael Stephen Wills All Rights Reserved
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.
Copyright 2021 Michael Stephen Wills All Rights Reserved
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