Not really a forest but... There's something very interesting about how man is always bound to a lifelong struggle, which its sole purpose is to emerge with a structured organization from Nature's chaos. Would it be surprising if we find out that, in the long run, is nothing but pointless endeavor?
Wicklow Mountains, Co. Wicklow, Ireland
August 2021
The last sunlight of the day manages to break through overcast skies and finds its way to MacGillycuddy's Reeks range. A last kiss before nightfall.
Co. Kerry, Ireland
June, 2021
In a somewhat dynamic May skies, I took a end-of-day kind of chance at Mount Gabriel in Mizen Head. The prize was the Sun, shadowing the mountains and overflowing the landscape with its remaining warmth.
Mount Gabriel, Co. Cork, Ireland
May, 2021
Three Castle Head, Co. Cork, Ireland
May, 2021
Same spot, same perspective, yet another light show from Caha Mountains...
September, 2020
Bantry, Co. Cork, Ireland
If the World feels too big at times, think about how vast it must be for this little fellow. This tiny tiny little zebra spider is the size of a lentil (that is the corner of a swab container box for reference). Yet it can jump at almost one meter per second, making it a very fast and ferocious hunter, After getting fed up with my photo session, it went on running and jumping around, preying, and ended up feeding on an even smaller spiderling hiding in a nearby wall. Dangerously cute!
Zebra spider, salticus scenicus
Bandon, Co. Cork, Ireland
September, 2020
A long stretch of a well kept pine forest, with its roots holding the sand dunes together, is what stands between the might of the Ocean and all the flatland inland. Just trees...
Curracloe, Co. Wexford, Ireland
September, 2020
A forest guarding an endless sandy strand covered in green algae, the contours of previous tides waiting for an ocean to replenish it, the wind and the chattering birds close and afar, and a maze of trails leading in and out of the shades…
Curracloe, Co. Wexford, Ireland
September, 2020
Chasing butterflies
A living painting! I find its scientific name quite appropriate, a daughter of a Greek river god.
Peacock butterfly, lepidoptera, aglaisio / inachisio
And this one is a little sunset by itself.
Painted Lady, Cynthia cardui
Glengarriff, Co. Cork, Ireland
August, 2020
