November Garden photos using big Aperture

All photographs are taken with Canon 5d mkII and a f2.5/50mm macro lens. The use of a large aperture( in most photos f3.2) seperates the subject from the foreground or background  and makes it therefore much more clear what the photographer intended to show. The blurry areas in the image create a space for the imagination and engagment of the spectator.
©Michael Herrmann 2014

Photography evening walks in Ballinskelligs

Reenroe Beach

Reenroe Beach

Reenroe Beach

Reenroe Beach

Reenroe Beach

Reenroe Beach

Reenroe Beach

Ballinskelligs Abbey

Horse Island

Ballinskelligs Abbey

Seapink near Horse Island

Rock formation near Horse Island

Rock formation near Horse Island

Fermoyle mountain with evening light

View towards Hogs Head with rainbow

All photos with Canon 5d and 40mm lens, except last photo 70-200mm zoom.

Winter Walk in South Kerry

With all the cold and unpredictable weather of late you would not think this is the right time for taking landscape photos- but it is!


Together with a photographer from Germany who came here on a photo holiday we both set out yesterday to explore the lovely winter light in the gardens of Derrynane House among other places.
Although it was quite cold we were quite determined to make the most of the dry conditions and absolutely stunning light at times.

Instead of putting single photos here I used Lightroom´s Slideshow Settings to export a pdf which I then simply uploaded to my issuu account and the embedded the "photobook" here!

Enjoy! (And click on the following to see it bigger...)

Open publication - Free publishing - More winter

Killarney National Park in May

Yesterday was a very fine day, with blue sky and white clouds.
I went to Killarney National Park to take some photos of the Bluebells and to my surprise the Wild Garlic was in full bloom as well.
The green of the leaves looked fresh and really juicy and like a new beginning. If you are into macro and flower photography go there soon.  Be careful when you walk in to the forest, I tried not to step on too many of the flowers.
In some of the photos you can observe different depths of field, with flowers especially I really like a kind of shallow depths so that more of your attention goes to details on one or two flowers. Then again I was so overwhelmed by the blue carpet of flowers, that I tried to capture them all with a bigger depth of field also.
Flowers are a great subject for experimenting with all kinds of setups so have a go with your camera in your garden or a ditch or Killarney´s National Park.