Park life, Dublin... A very small part of Iveagh Gardens, a stone's throw south of St Stephen's Green, which is twice its size but has triple the crowds. Iveagh feels less developed or focused, but is a perfectly pleasant park. #photography #photooftheday #photohour #dublin #ireland #iveaghgardens

#Instagram is an extraordinarily toxic platform. As much as I Despised Charlie Kirk, you can't call for people to be killed, as this account did. I reported it - and IG does Nothing. Every time I report accounts for violence, scams, frauds, illegal activity - IG refuses to take action. Shameful...

A few more Dublin centre shots, this time with a vertical focus. Within an hour, any tourist should be able to see/pass by all of these sights/places... #photography #photooftheday #photohour #dublin #ireland

Last pics, before bed. Same place, two views, two different feelings - Dark and Light, looking at two sides of the same bridge, with the same tree bough arcing like a lightning bolt overhead... #photography #photooftheday #photohour #dublin #ireland #blackandwhitephotography

Some more colour shots from Dublin centre a few days ago. I'll finish up there... #photography #photooftheday #photohour #dublin #ireland

"So how much colour do you want?" "Yes." #photography #photooftheday #photohour #dublin #ireland

Some more colour shots... #photography #photooftheday #photohour #dublin #ireland

Back to some colour shots. Here's some People watching, out and about around the city centre... #photography #photooftheday #photohour #dublin #ireland

And some more Dublin photos. I'm currently three months into being unemployed, after being made redundant - finding a new job is difficult, but finding good views and things to photograph is still easy! I think I have my own style of shots... #photography #photooftheday #photohour #dublin #ireland

Here're a few of my shots of Dublin, from a visit in the middle of the week - I'll add some more, probably more BaWs, and colour. I might get a cheap-as-chips Infrared camera - I'd really love to try taking IR monochromes... #photography #photooftheday #photohour #dublin #ireland

Battling away through using #snapseed, which was my go-to image editing app for many years - until #Google basically ruined it with a recent surprise update that's made it work much, much worse. I see a hell of a lot of reviews and people online also hate the inept, harmful surprise update it got...

Just another quick set, of #trinitycollegedublin near sunset. I like this simple rewilding - letting colourful wildflowers (and weeds, sure) bloom, supporting necessary insect life/nature - much prettier than just another boring mown lawn... #photography #photooftheday #photohour #dublin #ireland

Just a very brief nod at some pics I'm likely to add soon - was in Dublin for a night, and (despite how dog-rough the city still is) I think I got a lot of cool shots. Here's just a simple observational shot of evening drinkers by Kehoe's... #photography #photooftheday #photohour #dublin #ireland

Just a few shots from Home last weekend, and one of a number of pretty empty local shores. Some beaches draw Huge crowds - but our island has many Thousands of empty of almost deserted, quiet coastal spots like this... #photography #photooftheday #photohour #ireland #home #blackandwhitephotography

Some shots from Home - of a mass grave for victims of The Famine, back in the mid 1840s. God knows how many men, women and children are marked by that simple cross, or who they were... A few feet away rests a Famine Pot from the time. #photography #photooftheday #photohour #ireland #famine #history

Another day, another kidnapping of unarmed civilian peace activists in international waters - including the President of Ireland's sister - by Israel, and subsequent thuggery and mocking of their kidnapped prisoners. Yet. Again.

Another 4 of my Paris pics, again, as BaW shots to add to a BaW gallery elsewhere. #photography #photooftheday #photohour #paris #blackandwhitephotography

Some more of my Paris pics, again. I need to add a few shots into a BaW gallery on my website that features many cities around the world, so I've picked out 8 Paris BaWs to kick in there and mix up that gallery a bit... #photography #photooftheday #photohour #paris #blackandwhitephotography

Some random Paris People Pics... #photography #photooftheday #photohour #paris #france #parisians #peoplewatching

Oops. I forgot that I hadn't posted these... Notre Dame Cathedral, or what little I could see if it with my notoriously terrible eyesight... #photography #photooftheday #photohour #paris #france #notredamecathedral

Paris' metro is interesting. The carriages are noticeably smaller, narrower than typical metros, and the signage is poor, and confusing - but the stations were generally clean, and the service was efficient enough... #photography #photooftheday #photohour #paris #france #metro #parismetro

Central Paris doorways were so fascinating - so many details, in everything from the knockers and locks to the crests and colours... Really interesting to check out... #photography #photooftheday #photohour #paris #france #parisdoors

Wandering around near the Pompidou centre... #photography #photooftheday #photohour #paris #france

The Louvre's main plaza is closed by railings at night, but I still got some quietly atmospheric shots in the rain. Some unknown night life continues at the site (I'll assume not burglars, again) as I admired the lights and details... #photography #photooftheday #photohour #paris #france #thelouvre

On my last night in Paris, I trudged alongside the Seine back to Notre Dame Cathedral, now a largely deserted site in the light rain, with the day's crowds entirely absent, and the cathedral qiven quiet space again... #photography #photooftheday #photohour #paris #france #notredamecathedral

I've just finished editing my Paris photos - but feel I should include CDGAirport, or, "The worst airport I've ever seen in my life", as I heard many, many exasperated passengers trapped in chaotic Security wail, as a sign mocked us. #photography #photooftheday #photohour #paris #france #CDGairport

Give me Liberty or give me an army of iPhones, waving away in front of Delacroix's iconic painting... #photography #photooftheday #photohour #paris #france #thelouvre #liberty #EugèneDelacroix #iconic

Let us pause in silence for a moment, as we never forget all those teeming masses who took part in The Battle to Shoot The Mona Lisa at The Louvre. All elbows and selfie sticks. Quelle horreur, quelle horreur... #photography #photooftheday #photohour #paris #france #thelouvre #monalisa

Love locks, swarming like locusts on a pedestrian bridge near the utterly indifferent Eiffel Tower, as they slowly, patiently, cumulatively rip away at the railings' durability. Oh l'amour... #photography #photooftheday #love #photohour #paris #france #lovelocks

I've just come back from Paris - I've just started to edit my photos. I'll add some of my Horizontally-edited shots here; my Verticals are also great, but I think I'll skip editing them for now. So - cue upcoming Parisian shots... #photography #photooftheday #photohour #paris #france #eiffeltower

Random pics of mine, which a sibling asked for, for a project. Back in the 1500s, a cliffedge castle dominated this remote, isolated headland - so the English demolished it, to reduce local resistance. Centuries later, its sturdy ruin lingers. #photography #photooftheday #photohour #ireland #cliffs

Another old review I wrote, and the page I designed for it. Frustrating, trying to design with such a limited space - but even a decade later, Gaming is Still not valued or taken seriously in Journalism; getting a whole page is more than average... #photooftheday #photohour #games #batman #gotham

Currently unemployed Me takes a detour to look back a decade ago to when I was (partly) a Games/Tech critic. I made the best-looking review pages in Ireland, trying to compensate for the pitiful space I had to work with.. #photooftheday #photohour #games #skyrim #firewatch #thewitness #uncharted4

Some more of my edited photos. Here, they're from London, Republic of Ireland, London and Prague. And that's enough for now... #photography #photooftheday #photohour #blackandwhitephotography

Some more of my edited photos. Here, they're from Dublin, London, Bangkok and Hong Kong. #photography #photooftheday #photohour #blackandwhitephotography

Some more of my edited photos. Here, they're from New York, Hong Kong, Republic of Ireland, and Northern Ireland. #photography #photooftheday #photohour #blackandwhitephotography

Just finished editing photos from around the world, for my busy, diverse Media portfolio (it's sprawling, but I need to find a new job). I picked out 100 shots for a Preview folder, made them Black and White - and here's some of 'em! #photography #photooftheday #photohour #blackandwhitephotography

Some more of my shots of Home. And that's enough for now. #photography #photooftheday #photohour #ireland #home

Some more of my shots of Home... #photography #photooftheday #photohour #ireland #home

Some more of my shots of Home... #photography #photooftheday #photohour #ireland #home

I've just finished editing 100 shots of Home, so I'm adding some of them here. I love busy, dense cities and places - but This is Home for me: rural, quiet, coastal Ireland; a place of fields, forests, farms, lakes, hills, rocks and the ocean... #photography #photooftheday #photohour #ireland #home

Some more Dublin shots. And that's enough for now. #photography #photooftheday #photohour #ireland #dublin

Some more Dublin shots... #photography #photooftheday #photohour #ireland #dublin

Some more Dublin shots... #photography #photooftheday #photohour #ireland #dublin

Some of my edited shots of Dublin - all edited to match a particular horizontal framing. As with any city, it's easy to shoot obvious landmarks and sights - but I always look out for quirky, unique shots too. I'll add more in a moment... #photography #photooftheday #photohour #ireland #dublin

If I was in Dublin now, I'd be shooting the ongoing street blockades and protests that all link back to that utter arsehole, Trump - but I'm not. Instead, I've been editing photos of Dublin for my Portfolio - I'll add some of them here, now... #photography #photooftheday #photohour #ireland #dublin

Some more of my drone photography... #photography #photooftheday #photohour #ireland #nature #dronephotography #dji

My drone photography is currently, ah, paused - my last drone (a good DJI one) infamously ignored my controls and was lost on an unreachable headland, in 2004 - but hey, at least I have the pre-disappearance content... #photography #photooftheday #photohour #ireland #nature #dronephotography #dji

Some last London shots, before I jump away... #photography #photooftheday #photohour #urban #architecture #city #london #rain #reflections

Continuing with some London shots... #photography #photooftheday #photohour #urban #architecture #city #london #londoners #peoplewatching