The Shanghai View

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What I came for to see (& shoot) in Shanghai – the famous Bund view when the day is out and the lights are on! 

Vastness Beijing

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From Wanchun Pavilion at Jingshan Park, the highest point of Beijing, you can make out the vastness of this monster of a city – December 2016

The Great Wall

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Conquering the Great Wall – the most exciting, exhilarating, breathtaking, tough, dangerous, nerve wrecking, exhausting thing I’ve ever done.

Literally climbing sheer rock walls, hanging in the air with feet nowhere to go other than to slide down the drain… but that’s only the beginning.

Once finally up at the actual thing, the wall offers challenges to overcome called “Eagle Flies Facing Upward” and “Sky Stair”. Brutal, frighting but so enormously rewarding at the same time!

Temple of Heaven

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The beautiful Temple of Heaven in the southeast of Beijing bathing in golden sunlight this afternoon – December 2016

The Oval

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The Oval, home of Glentoran FC, Belfast November 2016

Guayadeque Tree

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Just back from a ten day long trip to Gran Canaria. No Internet, no phone, just the focus and the beauty of the island. A full blog on the trip will follow in the next couple of days – for now I only want to share the experience on this photo:

Hiking the Barranco Guayadeque at this time of the year can cause surprises. The sun was sky high when starting the hike, though things turned for worse midway through. Thick fog and heavy rain made life miserable.

Nonetheless I vowed myself on the way down that I would get my cam out at this one place where human history and nature meet in a compelling play of colour and force. Despite lashing, I got to shoot some interesting compositions – this one the one I loved most.

This lonely three, a stand out there for its wonderfully green leaves, as if it would say: I’m strong; I’m standing here proud and loud. Rain, wind and fog – you can have my a**!

Night falls at Dublin Bay

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The Guinness Lake

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Lough Tay in the Wicklow Mountains National Park – also known as the Guinness Lake… with plenty of of phantasy it shapes like a pint of Guinness, though the northern coastline forms part of an estate in fact belonging to the Guinness family!