Cavehill Country Park, Belfast

A selection of images from the Cavehill Country Park and Belfast Castle. You'll get some great views of Belfast and the docks and there is an adventure playground to keep both young and old amused.

 

More Gloom in Vegas

It's been a while since I've posted any Vegas related patter but I'm always keeping an eye on what is going on over there. A couple of recent updates from the big city in the Silver State include the sad news that the Liberace Museum closed it's doors with the inevitable loss of jobs. Following on from that The Plaza , right next to the world famous Fremont Street, has also decided to call last orders which is unfortunately another sorry tale for some 400 employees.The recession, it seems, is never-ending no matter how the politicians and financial analysts play it up but that's another saga in itself ; check this article out - Vegas Decline , it's definitely something to ponder. Anyway before I digress, for the Back to the Future aficionado's you'll maybe remember the Plaza from the cult movie as it was the hotel that was the model for Biff's Casino(Back to the Future II to be exact), the Back to the Future series was one of a kind and no matter how many times you watch them are still brilliant...the old DeLoreans from this neck of the woods have more of a cult status now in America than they ever did before John got in trouble with the law.

Cushendun, The Antrim Coast

It's been years since I've been to Cushendun so off we headed with limited supplies onboard not realising just how difficult it would be to get a chip in this neck of the woods. Halfway up the mountain my son woke up and when he posed the inevitable "where are we?", our daughter quickly retorted "looking for a bloomin chip shop!". It didn't all end in tears as the local mace came to the rescue but we managed to get a few nice pictures before the typical inclement weather decided to spoil the party.

Coloured Bottles

Decided to have some fun with some coloured bath bomb bottles that we had kicking around, no post processing on any of these images....as shot :)

The Fridge

I'm just sorting out my images from the last few days to get the updated on to the blog but I was having a play about with photoshop this morning and it's amazing how quickly you can turn a simple image like a fridge door handle into something completely different. Enough messing for now, must get some proper pics uploaded!

Around Antrim and At Home

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White Box and Coloured Ice Cubes

Spent the evening attempting to build my own white box and it wasn't a bad first effort. I think I need to reduce the height slightly as I wasn't getting enough bounce from the lamps I was using I think so a quick edit with the scissors tonight should sort that out. Here's the pix I took while using it, it almost looks like there is a face in the glass at one point...see if you can spot it!

Lough Shore Antrim

Been busy this week with a few other things but have been snapping away and attended the Antrim Camera Club tonight for the first time and discovered it has been running for 21 years, hopefully I'll learn a lot from those with plenty of years of experience. If it hadn't been for the wonderful display in the Antrim Library I would have knew nothing about it. The kids were back to school today as well so I got a few snaps before they headed off to their day of study!

Ten Miles from Antrim...Eighty Bands Later

We had toyed with going to the Botanic Gardens in Belfast today but instead opted to take the kids to the Black Saturday band parade in Ballymena. It was a great turnout but the weather was hit and miss and as soon as it started raining I didn't know whether to put the camera away or hide it under my coat. Some of the shots weren't great as I was trying to see if it was better to shoot with shutter or aperture control. I started out with the 18-55m lens and then switched to the 70-300mm lens, the latter was a better option. I could have ideally done with a better position for taking the snaps but I ended up meeting a few old faces from about ten years ago and got chatting into the bargain. Click Me!