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A close portrait-oriented of a small single while bell-shaped flower with little green accents hanging down from a 3 inch stalk and growing between a free dark green grass-like leaves.
A single perfect little snowdrop peeping up through the decaying remains of last summer's oak leaves in #CartonHouse near #Maynooth. #Bloomscrolling
A close but wide portrait-oriented view of a purple and white flower growing in a raised pot next to a path. The path as well as tall trees lining it and a pole with signposts are visible behind the flower in soft focus. The sky above is out of focus but clearly overcast.
These winter flowering Pansies are really breaking up the January gloom in the various flower pots decorating the grounds around #CartonHouse near #Maynooth. #Bloomscrolling
A portrait-oriented view down a curving gravel path through a large lawn dotted with large bare oak trees towards a small lake with a stone boathouse on the far bank. There are a mix of more bare deciduous trees and evergreen trees behind the boathouse, and a dull grey overcast sky above.
My photographic challenge for 2026 is to shoot more portrait-oriented shots of places, so I'm getting some practice in with this view of the #CartonHouse boathouse near #Maynooth on a pretty gloomy winter day.
A low close view of small white bell-shaped flowers growing at the base of a mossy tree. The small flowers hang down from their own dedicated thin stems growing between thin grassy dark green leaves.
The very first signs of spring I've seen in #Maynooth this year are these little Snowdrops just starting to flower under the trees in #CartonHouse. #Bloomscrolling
A square-cropped wide black and white view of a large tree with bare branches standing on a large lawn. The sky above is overcast and lightly textured, and more bare trees are visible in the background below the hero tree’s branches.
The big bare-branched old oak trees in #CartonHouse near #Maynooth make for impressive silhouettes in the winter months.
A telephoto landscape shot showing a stand of bare trees with orange branches in front of evergreen trees with a grassy area in the foreground. The colour regions are the main subject of the photo.
These fiery-orange bare willow branches really brighten up the winter landscape in #CartonHouse near #Maynooth.
A portrait-oriented telephoto shot of a section of winter landscape, with the telephoto compression flattening the scene into regions of colour — a light sandy coloured gravel path frames the base of the shot, followed by green grass, then a layer of burgundy red bushes then a layer of mixed trees, some deciduous, some evergreen, and while most of the bare deciduous trees have brown trunks and branches, one or two are orange.
Bare trees don't have to be dull and boring — just look at these ruby red tree branches in #CartonHouse near #Maynooth!
A square view looking along a tree-lined path towards the sky beyond where golden sun rays are shining down from between light grey clouds.
The pathway to enlightenment? Crepuscular rays seen through the trees in #CartonHouse near #Maynooth.
A landscape shot of sun rays radiating out from a gap in the clouds of a mostly overcast day. The rays are golden yellow and the clouds a light friendly grey. The foreground is a golf green on a hill with a rural landscape beyond.
Crepuscular rays over Co. Kildare as seen from the big hill in #CartonHouse near #Maynooth.
A portrait-oriented telephoto view towards the distant horizon across a rural landscape. The compression collapses the deep landscape into layers, tall grass in the foreground, parkland with bare trees beyond that, a distance church spire, and a long flat plain vanishing into the haze. The sky above is a hazy blue fading to a pale salmon at the horizon.
The Co. Kildare landscape looking towards #Maynooth from next to Tyrconnell tower high on the hill in #CartonHouse on an idyllic winter afternoon.
A portrait-oriented shot looking straight up a steep gravel path through lush green grass vanishing into a clear blue sky. The edge of the silhouette of a bare tree frames the top left of the image.
Reach for the skies! (taken in #CartonHouse near #Maynooth)
A portrait-oriented landscape shot of a a gravel path crossing a small wooden bridge at the very bottom of the frame and then winding into the distance between big bare trees growing in a lush green lawn under a clear blue sky.
A winding winter path in #CartonHouse near #Maynooth — rather than snow and ice, bare trees and green grass are more common in Irish winters, and when you're very lucky, blue skies too 🙂
A banded landscape with brown scrub in the foreground, then an inky-black stream, a vibrant green golf green, then a town of trees with bare orange branches to the left, and deep green pines in the center and right, and a deep rich blue sky above.
When you think "winter colours" you probably think white frost and snow, but in #CartonHouse you can also get rich blues and greens from the clement Irish climate, and amazing oranges from
The bare willow branches.
An approximately 2ft by 4ft gingerbread model of a Palladian mansion on a raised platform clad in artificial snow flanked by two large Christmas trees with a smaller red and white gingerbread cottage in front on a lower step with a snowman on the peak of the roof and flanked by a pair of Santa figures. A two-story wreath decorates the big gingerbread house, hanging over the front door.
The Christmas displays in the main hotel reception in #CartonHouse near #Maynooth is always impressive, and 2025 is no exception!
A wide-screen wide view of a blue steam loco pulling a rake of blue and cream carriages past a canal harbour. The loco is running ‘backwards’ with its coal tender leading, and frames the left edge of the view. The right side of an old canal barge frames the right edge. The sky above is grey and overcast, but the clean steam from the chimney still stands out nicely.
My last shot of former #GNRi 4-4-0 steam loco No. 171 Slieve Gullion working the last of the steam-hauled #RPSI Santa Specials of 2025. She performed wonderfully, and sped past the Duke's Harbour on the #RoyalCanal at #CartonHouse near #Maynooth. Merry Christmas to all who celebrate it! 🎄
A telephoto view looking through the arch of a stone bridge over a canal at a blue steam train approaching in the distance. The edges of canal barges moored in front of the bridge frame the right of the scene.
A peek at former #GNRi 4-4-0 #steamLoco No. 171 Slieve Gullion through Pike Bridge at the Duke's Harbour on the #RoyalCanal at the entrance to #CartonHouse pulling the last steam-hauled #RPSI Santa Special of the 2025 season out of #Maynooth.
A wide shot looking down a canal from the edge of a stone quay with an old canal barge framing the right of the scene and as a dark green railcar-type train with white doors and a yellow front approach on the far bank of the canal. The train is long enough that it stretches all The way from the two-arched stone bridge in the background which spans both the railway and the canal. The sky overhead is overcast and the water of the canal looks distinctly wind-blown.
An #IrishRail Commuter train passing under Pike Bridge at the Duke's Harbour on the #RoyalCanal opposite the entrance to #CartonHouse near #Maynooth.
A wide landscape shot looking out over a canal as it cuts through a rural scene from an elevated point-of-view. On the left side of the canal it widens into a quay with three barges tied up, and a two-track railway line runs along the right bank. A blue steam locomotive approaches on the track furthest from the water pulling a burgundy brake van and a rake of blue and cream carriages. The sky above is overcast with light grey clouds.
Former #GNRi 4-4-0 #steamLoco No. 171 Slieve Gullion passing the Duke's Harbour on the #RoyalCanal at the gates to #CartonHouse as seen from Pike Bridge with the last steam-hauled pulling an #RPSI Santa Special of the 2025 seanson. No steam as she's coasting towards the #Maynooth approach signal.
A wide landscape shot looking out over a canal as it cuts through a rural scene from an elevated point-of-view. On the left side of the canal it widens into a quay with three barges tied up, and a two-track railway line runs along the right bank. A dark green railcar-type train with white doors and a yellow front with a pair of lit headlights approaches on the track furthest from the water. The sky above is overcast with light grey clouds.
An #IrishRail Commuter service from Dublin passing the Duke's Harbour on the #RoyalCanal at the gates to #CartonHouse as seen from Pike Bridge as it slows for #Maynooth on a dull December day.
Day 1083/1084 took advantage of a beautiful day. Enjoyed a longer walk. #1100daysofwalking #100daysofwalking #CartonHouse
A pair of beer taps in the foreground in front of a soft-focus grassy background with near-by tree branches framing the top of the shot and the far side of the greens on the horizon. The sky is grey.
A beer with a view — Guinness and Carlaberg taps out on the golf course in #CartonHouse near #Maynooth
A landscape shot taken from a bridge above a water-lily-speckled canal. Barges are moored along a stone quay to the left of the canal, and a railway line runs along the right bank. A silver and dark green railcar-type train with a rounded yellow front approaches on the right-most of the double tracks. There is a clouded sky overhead and the entire scene is in a rural setting.
An #IrishRail InterCity approaches Pike Bridge at the Duke's Harbour on the Royal Canal opposite the gates to #CartonHouse near #Maynooth.
A close portrait-oriented view of a flower stalk sticking up into the frame, ringed by small purple trumpet-shapes flowers at intervals up the length of the spike. In soft focus behind is a vintage ruby red car with a big black radiator grill and big round headlights.
Inspired by Glass's May featured category 'bokeh' (https://glass.photo/explore/categories/bokeh I've been on the hunt for fun out of focus backgrounds all month — I think this vintage taxi at the reception door at #CartonHouse Hotel near #Maynooth was my best success 🙂 #bloomscrolling
A low and close shot of a clump of 1cm white flowers consisting of like globes of very thin individual trumpets. The flowers have leaves consisting of three little circular lobes and are growing at the end of a lawn, sticking up above the top of the grass a little. There is a large Georgian manor behind in soft focus.
Having found big and small trefoils with clover-like leaves in the lawn in front of #CartonHouse near #Maynooth, I found some actual clover, white clover to be specific. #bloomscrolling
A very low close shot of a clump of mall yellow flowers with clover-like leaves growing at the edge of a lawn. The flowers are about 1cm on their longest side and shaped like little bonnets. The little plants themselves are about as tall as the grass. A large Georgian manor can be seen in soft focus behind, with a clouded sky above.
A little bit bigger than it’s lesser cousin there’s also Bird’s-foot Trefoil hiding in the lawn in front of #CartonHouse near #Maynooth. #bloomscrolling
A very low and very close macro shot of a cluster of tiny yellow flowers with clover-like leaves growing at the edge of a well manicured lawn. The grass is taller than the flowers. Peeking out above the grass, in soft focus, is the top of a large Georgian Manor House and there is a clouded sky above that.
Tiny little Lesser Hop Trefoil flowers hiding at the end of the lawn in front of #CartonHouse in #Maynooth. #bloomscrolling
Take an #egtgolftour to #maynooth #countykildare #ireland #irish #play #golf #at #cartonhouse #cartonhousehotel #golfing #colinmontgomerie #golftrip #irish #irlanda #golfholiday #sunday #travelphotography #travel
A simple composition showing large regions of different colours with no single highlighted subject. The foreground is the rolling short green grass of a golfing green, the sky overhead is vibrantly blue with just a few fluffy clouds, and between are parallel layers of vegetation — brown reeds, shrubs with ruby red branches, and a mixed forest with evergreens and bare deciduous trees.
As #spring sets in here in #Maynooth the vibrant greens are dominating #CartonHouse's colour pallet again, but because the leaves are not yet on the trees, the ruby red of the bare branches of some of the shrubs continue to add some real drama!
Made the most of the ☀️☀️ and went for a longer walk. Day 780 of #800daysofwalking #100daysofwalking #cartonhouse
A portrait view of a hazy horizon bathed in orange light framed by tree trunks. A church spire breaks up the horizon about mid-way between the trees.
The colours of Kildare in winter. A view west into the plains of Co. Kildare from the hill in #CartonHouse on a winter lunchtime. Even shortly after noon the sun never rises very high into the sky in deep winter, hence the evening-like tones. The spire is St. Patrick's College in #Maynooth.
