| Eagle Island lighthouse for framing |
| Left my collie Quisha in a shed, gave her my jacket to lie on, and flew off to the island for the afternoon. Spent a couple of hours there, wandering around and taking pictures. There is a fair amount of rubble left over from the storm damage, see my book. Had tea, put my business card on the notice board (well I had to at the lighthouse with my own name) then we all got back in the chopper and flew back to Blacksod. Took Quisha for a swim and everything was cool in this County Mayo paradise. My thanks to Capt. Mick Conneely for flying me |
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#60 in the postcard series. |
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The picture left I took on the island, it shows rubble left after one of the storms, and the old tower in the background. The picture right I got blown over taking, the ground was slippy and the winds were powerful. My Canon A-1 and 200 2.8 never worked very well after they landed in the muck with me. I rather liked that lens, with its retractable lens hood sadly lacking on the current EF 200 2.8 (the shot does not print very well)
all pictures copyright John Eagle Photography |
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| Since I took these pictures there
have been severe changes made to Eagle Island lighthouse. The tower
has been reduced significantly in height and it no longer resembles
a lighthouse in the traditional sense, more like some castle. I was
lucky to take the pictures I did, no longer possible |
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