Two pictures from Ballacraine in St Johns; First image is the former Ballacraine Public House, now in private ownership and famous for the entry into the pub on his motorbike of George Formby in the TT film “No Limit” Click on any of the images for a larger view. The second image shows the colourful Ballacraine Farm which is always so brightly decorated and really depicts a true Manx Farm Cottage. Both of the above images were captured on my Fuji X10 camera resized and cropped in Adobe Photoshop CS5 Feel free to make any comments either on this website by clicking the “Write comment” below or by logging onto my Facebook page www.facebook.com/manxscenes
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Royal Ramsey and a few Landmarks
I caprtued this image today whilst in Ramsey, it generally depicts Ramsey’s Swing Bridge but if you look at the image you will see a few iconic landmarks from the North of the Isle of Man. To the left of the image you can see St Pauls apartments which are the highest apartments on the Island, next to it is the beautiful St Paul’s Church. In the centre of the image you can see Albert Tower which was erected to commemorate the visit to Ramsey of Prince Albert in September 1847, when he randomly walked up that hill on his visit to overview the town. To the top right of the image you can see the second largest mountain on the island “North Barrule” This image was captured on my Fuji X10 camera resized and cropped in Adobe Photoshop CS5 Feel free…
Niarbyl Bay Cottages
These Manx thatched cottages which overlooks the quaint Niarbyl Bay are probably more famous as the cottages used for the 1998 film Waking Ned Devine – The left hand cottage was the cottage where Ned Devine died after winning the Irish Lottery 🙂 This image was captured on my Fuji X10 camera resized and cropped in Adobe Photoshop CS5 Feel free to make any comments either on this website by clicking the “Write comment” below or by logging onto my Facebook page www.facebook.com/manxscenes Click on the image for a larger view.
The Court of Tynwald, The Manx Sword of State and Legislative Council Chamber
I spent a pleasurable hour walking around the court of Tynwald the other day during my lunch break. All of the below images were captured on my Fuji X10 camera resized and cropped in Adobe Photoshop CS5 Feel free to make any comments either on this website by clicking the “Write comment” below or by logging onto my Facebook page www.facebook.com/manxscenes Click on any of the below images for a larger view. Images 1 and 2 below; Depicts the Tynwald Chamber which has been used for sittings since December 1894 and formerly housed the old Weights and Measures office before it became occupied by Tynwald. Also shown is the table which holds the Manx Sword of State which must be present under Tynwald Standing orders before any sitting can take place. …
Old Kirk Braddan Church
A fantastic venue for a photographer to capture images of the many interesting aspects of the Isle of Man in History, this graveyard contains so many interesting graves and tombstones and offers us photographers a fantastic opportunity to capture so many dramatic effects depending on light and weather conditions etc… This particular image was captured on my Fuji X10 camera resized and cropped in Adobe Photoshop CS5 Feel free to make any comments either on this website by clicking the “Write comment” below or by logging onto my Facebook page www.facebook.com/manxscenes Click on the image for a larger view.
3 Day Old Twins
We went to a friends farm in Kirk Michael today to see some lambs being born, unfortunately there was no new arrivals whilst we were there. Here is an image of twins who are three days old 🙂 The image was captured on my Fuji X10 camera resized and cropped in Adobe Photoshop CS5 Click on the image for a larger view – Feel free to make any comments either on here by clicking the “Write comment” below or by logging onto my Facebook page www.facebook.com/manxscenes
The Truly and Original Fairy Bridge…
The magical, mystical, beautiful and truly original Fairy Bridge at Kewaigue, Braddan. Standing here made me feel like I was not alone, so eerie but so very peaceful… There are trinkets placed in the wall and flowers all around, and as you can see there is a wreath placed at the top of the arch of the Fairy Bridge. The below image was captured on my Fuji X10 camera resized and cropped in Adobe Photoshop CS5 Click on the image for a larger view – Feel free to make any comments either on here by clicking the “Write comment” below or by logging onto my Facebook page www.facebook.com/manxscenes
The Ben Turning in Douglas Harbour
Out for a walk tonight with Little Ted I grabbed this image of the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company’s Ben My Chree turning in Douglas Harbour after her sailing from Heysham. The image was captured on my Fuji X10 camera dipped in HDR 5, resized and cropped in Adobe Photoshop CS5 Click on the image for a larger view – Feel free to make any comments either on here by clicking the “Write comment” below or by logging onto my Facebook page www.facebook.com/manxscenes
Horse Ploughing at Cregneash Farm
Two more images from our trip to Cregneash Farm on Easter Sunday. The images were captured on my Nikon D80 SLR with a Nikon 18-135 F3.5/5.6 G AFS DX lens and cropped in Adobe Photoshop CS5. Click on the images for a larger view – Feel free to make any comments either on here by clicking the “Write comment” below or by logging onto my Facebook page www.facebook.com/manxscenes
A Trip to Cregneash Farm on Easter Sunday
A trip to any farm usually brings with it loads of opportunities to take lots of images and today’s trip on Easter Sunday brought just that at Creagneash Farm near to the Sound 🙂 All the images were taken either on my Nikon D80 DSLR or my Fuji X10 cameras Click on any of the images for a larger view – Feel free to make any comments either on here by clicking the “Write comment” below or by logging onto my Facebook page www.facebook.com/manxscenes Enjoy 🙂 Image 1 – Black Loaghtan lambs – A bit surprised! Image 2 – How many hens will an old wash tub hold? 🙂 Image 3 – What a Pig Stye 🙂 Image…
Tower of Refuge Organised Walk – 7th April 2011
Popped down to take some images of this organised walk to the Tower of Refuge tonight, there were literally thousands of people queuing to walk out to the Tower at low tide, I just took some images from the Promenade walkway (basically because I could not be bothered queuing and it was starting to rain). The image was taken on my Nikon D80 SLR with a Nikon 18-135 F3.5/5.6 G AFS DX lens and cropped in Adobe Photoshop CS5. Click on either of the images for a larger view!
Market Hall – Market Hill, Douglas – Built 1899
Opened in 1899, this Victorian market building still operates as a market to this day. The building is situated on the junction of Market Hill and North Quay in downtown “Old Douglas” and is owned by Douglas Borough Council (Ratepayers of Douglas). The below image was captured on my Fuji X10 camera resized and cropped in Adobe Photoshop CS5 Click on the image for a larger view.