Scarlett Point – Castletown

Posted by Peter Killey on June 10, 2011
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Scarlett Point Tower is situated on the southwest coast of the Isle of Man, in Castletown. The high visibility orange building was formerly used a coastguard look out tower until the early 1970’s and was then decommissioned.

The Tower has been used by radio hams for the last few years however during World War 2, Scarlett Point was used as a radar station.

You can also see to the back right of the image the ‘Herring Tower’ which is situated on Langness Peninsula.

The image was taken on my Nikon D80 SLR with a Nikon 18-135 F3.5/5.6 G AFS DX lens at 40mm and cropped in Adobe Photoshop CS5.

Scarlett Point Tower - Castletown © Peter Killey

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Mark Higgins Subaru TT Challenge – TT 2011

Posted by Peter Killey on June 6, 2011
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Mark Higgins’ lap around the TT course in a Subaru rally car today (Monday 6/6/11) turned out to be a very convincing way of how to break Tony Pond’s four-wheel record for the TT Mountain course.

The Manxman completed a circuit at an average speed of 113.505 miles an hour, easily beating Pond’s 1990 effort, when he clocked 102.

I captured this picture of the Scooby returning up Pit Lane in the TT Grandstand after smashing the record.

* 9th June 2011 Footage of Marks second attempt of breaking the TT Course Lap record and in Marks own words this footage at the bottom of Bray Hill was “the biggest moment of his life” – Click Here for 1m 37s clip

The image was taken on my Nikon D80 SLR with a Nikon 18-135 F3.5/5.6 G AFS DX lens at 48mm and cropped in Adobe Photoshop CS5.

Mark Higgins Subaru TT Challenge TT 2011 © Peter Killey

 

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EasyJet Airbus A319 – Departing Ronaldsway

Posted by Peter Killey on June 6, 2011
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EasyJet Airbus A319 Leaving Ronaldsway © Peter KilleyI captured this EasyJet Airbus A319 Reg No G-EZFZ departing Ronaldsway Airport on Sunday 5th June 2011, the undercarriage is just about housed and the flights destination is Liverpool John Lennon Airport.

The image was taken on my Nikon D80 SLR with a Nikon 18-135 F3.5/5.6 G AFS DX lens at 135mm and cropped in Adobe Photoshop CS5.

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Firefighters and TT Marshalls TT 2011

Posted by Peter Killey on June 6, 2011
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Grabbed the opportunity today to get some images of my Firefighter colleagues who are also travelling Marshalls for the Isle of Man TT Races 2011, left to right, Leading Firefighter Paul Hunt (Big H), Sub Officer Tony Duncan (Dobber) and Firefighter Chris Fargher (Little Chris), all sat on their sparkling new Yamaha R 1′s

Firefighters and TT Marshalls TT 2011 © Peter Killey

 

 

 

 

 

 

Firefighters and TT Marshalls TT 2011 © Peter Killey

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Celtic Cross Peel

Posted by Peter Killey on June 6, 2011
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This Manx slate Celtic Cross caught my eye today, when you look at the intricate, delicate hand carving that must have taken place to display this beautiful piece of artwork, this particular cross is more than 50 years old.

The image was taken on my Nikon D80 SLR with a Nikon 18-135 F3.5/5.6 G AFS DX lens at 62mm and cropped in Adobe Photoshop CS5.

Celtic Cross, Peel Isle of Man © Peter Killey

 

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Lady Britt – Victoria Pier – Douglas – Isle of Man

Posted by Peter Killey on June 6, 2011
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This Yacht has been berthed at Victoria Pier over the last couple of days, its a Swedish built charther yacht that is 63m long and 11m wide, it has 7 cabins on board and a crew of 15, according to their website you can charter it from £385,000 a week!

The image was taken on my Nikon D80 SLR with a Nikon 18-135 F3.5/5.6 G AFS DX lens at 66mm and cropped in Adobe Photoshop CS5.

Lady Britt - Victoria Pier - Douglas © Peter Killey

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Airmed – TT Grandstand

Posted by Peter Killey on June 6, 2011
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Spotted this Helicopter today which arrives on the Isle of Man prior to TT Week and is used for medical emergencies for the TT.

The helicopter is sat on the Vagabonds Rugby pitch adjacent to the TT Grandstand in Douglas.

Lets hope its not used for TT 2011.

The image was taken on my Nikon D80 SLR with a Nikon 18-135 F3.5/5.6 G AFS DX lens at 22mm and cropped in Adobe CS5.

Airmed TT 2011 © Peter Killey

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St Adamnan’s Church Lonan

Posted by Peter Killey on June 6, 2011
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This tiny but beautifully kept Church is one of the best kept secrets of Old Lonan, as you can see in the image there is enough room to get about twenty to thirty people in and the Chapel would be full!!

The image was taken on my Nikon D80 SLR with a Nikon 18-135 F3.5/5.6 G AFS DX lens at 18mm and using a Nikon SB-800 Speedlight.
A beautiful, tranquil and peaceful place.

St Adamnan's Church Lonan © Peter Killey

 

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Heavy Lifting Vessel Svanen – Ramsey Bay 23/5/11

Posted by Peter Killey on June 6, 2011
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I captured this vessel moored about a mile north off Ramsey Bay today (just off the Dog Mills in Bride) I am pretty sure she was sheltering from the severe gales that the Island is experiencing right now.

The image was taken on my Nikon D80 SLR with a Nikon 18-135 F3.5/5.6 G AFS DX lens at 135mm.

Vessel Size: 103m x 90m x 3.1m
Vessel Tonnage: 13608gt
Vessel Built: 1991

Heavy Lifting Vessel Svanen – Ramsey Bay 23/5/11 © Peter Killey

 

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