Departing the ferry after a throughly enjoyable weekend on Rathlin.

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Surveying the seas en route to Rathlin Island.

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On Ballycastle’s main street, a street lamp casts light and shadows across the facade of the houses and shops.

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A black and white HDR shot of Fair Head as seen from a little west of Ballycastle Harbour, where the road rises up towards the cliffs that skirt along the northern coastline.

You can make out Scotland in the background. This is a view of which I never tire.

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Looking up Quay Road in Ballycastle towards the centre of the town, this road sign has taken a bit of a battering.

Car lights whizz by either side of me.

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The multi-purpose all-weather pitch near my flat in Ballycastle, lit up by flood lights.

You can just make out some ghostly figures moving around on the pitch.

I wasn’t sure how this would come out – being a HDR shot late at night using long exposures and a fairly narrow aperture. Perhaps there isn’t so much HDR at work here, but I think it did add something to the photo.

There was quite a bit of noise in the top half of the picture, but I dealt with that by just burning it all a bit darker, which had the advantage of giving extra focus to the pitch itself – a tiny island of light in the darkness!

Any thoughts or feedback, let me know in the comments.

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A snap-second capture of a seagull as it passed quite close to me.

You really don’t get much time to think when birds are in flight – let alone time to focus. However this photo was fairly well focussed and I liked it enough to keep it.

I keep meaning to bring a load of bird feed down to the sea-shore and spend some time feeding the birds and taking photos. It might help if I had a slightly longer range lens though.

I haven’t taken too many other nature shots so I’m all ears on comments or feedback!

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Photo of a covered alleyway leading away from Ballycastle’s main street. It was nearly dark when I finally gave up on the hope that there might be a break in the wet weather, and so I ventured forth with few opportunities to take photos in dry locations.

Even in this alleyway I struggled again the fine drizzle getting blow around and getting onto the lens.

This photo is a 3 exposure HDR shot taken between 10 and 30 second exposures with the aperture as narrow as it would go.

I’ve tried to retain a reasonably natural look to the photo. I’d be interested to hear your feedback in the comments.

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A young cyclist heading up a trail towards Ballycastle forest.

I shot this in a rush after he passed by but he wasn’t moving too quickly giving me just enough time to focus and frame the photo.

Today was a dull and dreary day, so I wasn’t too happy with the outcomes. Still, hopefully this photo has some merit.

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Photo of the prow of a small fishing boat called Carol. There’s a small walkway that extends along the coast heading north-west from Ballycastle Harbour.

It’s a beautiful spot with wonderful views of Fair Head and Rathlin Island.

This shot was actually taken through a wire fence, but a wide aperture and making sure the lens was as close to the fence without touching it allowed me to get away with it.

You can make out a very slight distortion in the sea just to the right of the very front of the boat.

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