Your Favourite North County Picture - No Pic = No Post

LeoB

Just as the title says folks, post your favourite picture of N.C.D here with a short description of where it is and what you like about it. Fingal has such a lot to offer maybe a few pics would encourage us to explore what is on our door step. No Pic = No Post
Max 2 photos per post

LeoB

O.K I will start it off. The estuary is so peaceful with plenty of bird life. Good walk from The spout Rd to Railway tracks and back.

From behind pier looking up estuary

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Few others on www.flickr.co.uk >Leo Bissett>photostream Go to page 9 for some birds at the estuary

LeoB

Would not copy the other photo properly. But this is a great beachfor surfing but not great for swimming because of the sand banks. Take 2 steps and the water goes from 2 foot to 5 foot. But its a good walk
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Dizzyblonde

I'm no great shakes with a camera but I love High Rock in Malahide when the sea is rough.

The Hill Billy

A seal just lazing in Skerries Harbour.

thesteve

Well it isn't this one anyway!

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GristlyEnd

This an infrared shot taken beside the lake at Skerries Mill.

Fingalian

BigSky County! Sunset looking towards the Nags Head.

AvonBalbriggan

Swords estuary

QOTSA90

Its a phone picture, so excuse the crapness :P
Rush Harbour


1 more

Its the centre pole we used for our bonfire last halloween, on the beach behind the martellow tower in Hand Park Rush

Jonathan

Skerries Windmill:

LeoB

Nice colours in windmill shot:)

Folks can we add a little description to our posts, ie exact location is there a walkway near and something brief about area. It might encourage new (and not so new) people living in this area to go and see some of the lovely spots in Fingal.
Thanks
LeoB

LeoB

Hope QOTSA90 does not mind me posting this of Rush Harbour

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This harbour is situated at far end of village if you come in from Dublin Rd. Drive straight down the Main St and you will come to it. Parking available on Harbour Rd and car park at Harbour Bar. Good view of Lambay Island, Drummanagh, 2 good beachs and a short walk around Hand Pk. Nice bowl of soup awaits in Harbour Bar, or something a little stronger;)

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Portrane

Wishbone Ash

The coastal walk at Portrane.



The clock tower in St Ita's Hospital against a beautiful sky.

MSporty

Loughshinny crab boat off Lambay

Soundman

This is a shot of Balbriggan harbour from the pedestrian bridge in the train station. Taken in November 3 years ago when we used to actually have sun on occasion.

Edit: Glad I attached it, didn't realise it was so big. Apologies and I can resize if it's a problem.

sashasdad

Sunrise over Lambay and Rush Harbour


Taken near the cliffs

sgarvan

Ardgillen Park. (http://tinyurl.com/ardgillan-park) Between Balbriggan & Skerries. Taken the first day I got my new DSLR.

LeoB

sgarvan #3 has great potential. Hope you are enjoying the camera.

On a sunny clear day if you go a little further towards castle and move to the right you will capture the nice deep green grass, blue sea and the Cooley/Mourne Mtns in the background. You could also really strike it lucky and get a trawler from Balbriggan.

Most posts have water in them which is not suprising, it gives creedance to the people who might want that coastal walk or coastal walks on the agenda. Howth unveiled a number of Walks recently and I think there is scope for for quite a few more.

chughes

I took both of these photos in Ardgillen Park last year.

sgarvan

LeoB wrote: »

sgarvan #3 has great potential. Hope you are enjoying the camera.

On a sunny clear day if you go a little further towards castle and move to the right you will capture the nice deep green grass, blue sea and the Cooley/Mourne Mtns in the background. You could also really strike it lucky and get a trawler from Balbriggan.

Thanks for the hints LeoB. Yeah really enjoying the camera now that I have stocked up on a few lens. Havent been back up to Ardgillen since I took them. Must go back up there and try and get a shot like you are talking about.

Martron

just as you come into rush.

i filtered the colour.
makes me smile when i see this in the morning i think its funny.

AxlF

The smaller windmill which is located just outside Skerries. Not quite as impressive as it's big brother the Great Windmill but still beautiful to look at and stunning at night too.


And Ardgillan Castle: Beautiful grounds - the rose garden, the walled garden - great views and a great playground for the kids - all for free (well, donations accepted in the house).

Very nice day out

LeoB

Martron wrote: »

just as you come into rush.

i filtered the colour.
makes me smile when i see this in the morning i think its funny.

I drive by this field every day and never noticed these. Plenty of room to trick around with these. Id say ya need a big cue? Interesting

Martron

rush south beach this morning. a little over exposed but i was shooting into the sun

LeoB

Martron I really like this photo. May I be so bold as to suggest a little crop, at the bottom about half way in towards the horse and a small bit at top:) More landscape. Excellent.

Martron

i only lashed it up i was going to put a border on it. thanks for the suggestion though much appreciated

The Hill Billy

I'm giving this a bump. It is summertime folks - I'm sure you've got lots of snaps of DCN that you could post up to brighten our days.

HB

Alan Farrell

Ardgillan Demesne in May 2010. (If anyone knows how to shrink these to fit, let me know!

Corsendonk

Not so easy to post a photo here as it seems!

LeoB

Rogerstown Estuary. I really enjoy the estuary. Plenty of birds despite all the work going on. The 1st is looking up the estuary from beside the sailing club and the 2nd is looking down towards the harbour near the end of the road and gives a little glimpse of what agreat amenity we have on our doorstep.

Saturation boosted in Picasa, bit OTT.






Good place to park the car and take a good walk when the tide is out. You can go over to the old tip at Balleally and up Rogerstown lane and take a right hand turn down a road which will bring you back to estuary.

LeoB

Corsendonk wrote: »

Not so easy to post a photo here as it seems!

Where do you host your photographs?

I use flickr and do the following,

1. Click on image
2. select medium size
3. copy url
4. Paste it into insert email link - NOT INSERT IMAGE
5. Click ok. Photo appears

Sometimes 2 images go in and I just use the back arrow on keyboard to delete 1 of them.

Am sure there is someone more techy here who can help if you use another photo hosting site.

Flickr is free but you are limited in the amount of space you can use unless you have a pro account which is about $20 a year


Nice image you did post

monument

Skerries on windy and sunny day:

sashasdad

Sunrise Rush South Shore



Sunrise Rush North Beach

beefjerky

Getting the train from Balbriggan is great view almost every morning, this is today...

The Hill Billy

beefjerky wrote: »

Getting the train from Balbriggan is great view almost every morning, this is today...

Incidentally, how do you post a pic in a post, rather than a link? sorry it's OT

After you upload the pic...
Right click on the link to the attachment & select Properties.
Copy the URL & click cancel.
Go back to the Reply to Thread panel & click the Insert Image button () paste the URL.
Click OK.
Click Submit Reply.
Hey presto - Image inserted.

The Hill Billy

beefjerky - See LeoB's post above for how to make the pics smaller & also to host them.

A.Partridge

This is a pinhole camera image of the breakwater at Rush Harbour...

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Martron

thats an amazing shot for a pinhole.

A.Partridge

Martron wrote: »

thats an amazing shot for a pinhole.

Thanks Martron et al, glad you like it.

I actually use a type of pinhole called a zone plate which works by diffracting the rays of light and so you get the softness and glow from the images.

This picture is part of a large number that I'm putting together on the harbours or Safe Havens of Ireland. This will take another two years to complete but rest assured that the harbours of Fingal will be well represented in a book and exhibition which I am working on.

I the meantime, I also shot a few pics of other nice places to visit in North County Dublin such as the Portico at Kenure....

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and from the 'inside'....

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For those who may be unaware of the recent history of Kenure House in Rush these pics are from a series I took of the only remaining part of the once stately home.

Kenure House which was owned by the Palmer Family of Rush, Co Dublin fell into disrepair by the late sixties and was subsequently purchased by the local authority who required the estate land for development. In what was a very sad and divisive move they elected to demolish 99.9% of the house rather than opt for restoration.

This left just the Portico which now stands as a reminder of an era when style and classic design were celebrated by the gentry here in Ireland.

killalanerr

took this from the back garden a while ago super to have this at the end of the garden

A.Partridge

The 5-Sail or Great Windmill at Skerries with a pinhole camera :

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There was a bakery on the site up until the 1980's when it closed. Many people from the locality were employed in the bakery over the last couple of centuries, among them some relatives of mine - the most recent being my uncle Sammy.

Sammy used to deliver the hot baked bread to local shops and houses on a horsedrawn breadcart. I remember it was quite a sight and when I was a small boy he used to toss batch loaves down to me (you know the ones with the 'dimples') as he drove his horse and van by. I will always remember how the warm bread used to smell so delicious. By the time I got as far as the kitchen some pieces of the side of the bread would inevitably have been torn off so great was the temptation!

Well the Bakery was eventually sold and later underwent restoration along with the mills and now is a visitor centre with cafe, exhibition space and of course the mills are fully working. At harvest time the field beside the complex has a crop of oats which is cut with a steam threashing machine for the educational benefit of younger generations.

The 4-Sail Windmill is also nice to see:

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Corsendonk

Great Story about Skerries Mills, I came across this photo online yesterday so I know I prob technical breaking the thread rule but thought the image would blend well with your mill photos. Photo from 1910-1930 Skerries.

Martron

Corsendonk wrote: »

Great Story about Skerries Mills, I came across this photo online yesterday so I know I prob technical breaking the thread rule but thought the image would blend well with your mill photos. Photo from 1910-1930 Skerries.

it would be great if you could repost this in the history thread.

LeoB

Out with kids today and ended up parking in Summit car park in Howth. Well worth a vist and a few spots to have a picnic. Loads of people out walking which is good to see.. Paths are now marked as part of National Loop walks. Great idea.

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Have to go back and get a better B&W image.

bmurphy8177

for what its worth here is my contribution. Take from Red Island in Skerries

sashasdad

afterhours

Cliff Climbing Howth. Was great fun!



The brig

Corsendonk

How do you shrink a photo to the screen? When I preview mine there too large for the screen.

LeoB

Corsendonk wrote: »

How do you shrink a photo to the screen? When I preview mine there too large for the screen.

Unsure about this but if you use windows photo gallery to upload to P.C or laptop they should open as thumbnails, double click to open photo and it should open in new window, Or click the zoom button on task bar. and select 75% or 100%. If they are on flickr click on photo and select medium size.

Have seen this with a few posters in this and other threads. You could put post in Photography forum. They are very helpful folk