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Late Night Bowling

marydoll — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 23:47:06 +0100

by: marydoll

Description: First time I've seen this location lit up like this, only had a phone with me!

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Up close and personal

marydoll — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 21:46:12 +0100

by: marydoll

Description: I tried to get closer with this shot. I took these pics with the Canon RF100-800 considered using a tripod but thought it might spook the butterflies.

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Speckled Wood (I think)

marydoll — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 21:43:28 +0100

by: marydoll

Description: I think this is coming to the end of it's life, such a pity.

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Red Admiral

marydoll — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 21:41:15 +0100

by: marydoll

Description: I just wish I wasn't so shaky when taking photographs like this. It's worse whenever passing motorists who know me and want to attract my attention and toot their car horns!!

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Large Tortoiseshell (I think)

marydoll — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 21:38:31 +0100

by: marydoll

Description: I discovered today my ice plants were a great attraction to the butterflies again, this year. Update: my friend has to have another operation this Wednesday. He has been keeping me very busy and I've missed all the lovely weather for taking photographs!! Such is life.

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Brian's latest Artwork

marydoll — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 21:34:51 +0100

by: marydoll

Description: This is some of the work Brian has completed this year. Although the dragon was painted many years ago.

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Roll out the barrel

marydoll — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 21:32:03 +0100

by: marydoll

Description: Weeks ago I promised Brian (the man in blue) I'd take photographs for him of the start of his new project. He is an 89 year old artist and had decided to paint this barrel for a gardening group. Barrel had to be moved to his new workshop, the 3 'young' people were among a group moving it. Before going into the building they discovered it was leaking a little whiskey!!!! This is going to be an interesting paint job!!

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Mr Chips

marydoll — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 23:45:30 +0100

by: marydoll

Description: I've wanted to take a photograph of this but could never quite be there at the right time. This morning while out, I noticed the van and shop nearby. This is only a phone photograph. I haven't been out taking photographs for some time as my best friend has been in hospital, quite ill. Just thought I'd stop by tonight to explain my absence.

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From a different angle

marydoll — Sun, 03 Aug 2025 15:51:26 +0100

by: marydoll

Description: I had to change my viewpoint as someone stood up, in front of me blocking me!! This was taken down on the promenade.

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Queen Elizabeth Pipe Band

marydoll — Sun, 03 Aug 2025 15:48:15 +0100

by: marydoll

Description: I kept missing the stick being thrown up - this was a fluke!! I used a high ISO of between 640 and 800 as it was a dull day.

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Tullylagan Pipe Band

marydoll — Sun, 03 Aug 2025 15:44:57 +0100

by: marydoll

Description: The bands paraded on the West Promenade, years ago they paraded around the town but not this year! They paraded showing off the prizes. Crowds gathered to watch.

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Drumlough

marydoll — Sun, 03 Aug 2025 15:41:55 +0100

by: marydoll

Description: I just like the reflection, of the drummer, on the drum.

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Concentration

marydoll — Sun, 03 Aug 2025 15:39:25 +0100

by: marydoll

Description: Difficult to capture the stick been thrown as I never knew when it was going to happen.

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Flying Sticks

marydoll — Sun, 03 Aug 2025 15:37:08 +0100

by: marydoll

Description: Pipe Band Competition returned to our town on Saturday but to a different location. These were the young ones in competition.

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Fisherman returning

marydoll — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 00:13:14 +0100

by: marydoll

Description: Fisherman returning to Port in rough seas.

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Rush

marydoll — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 00:55:49 +0100

by: marydoll

Description: Rush is used so much in Portrush and there's a Goldrush too! Crowds waiting for the bands - the whole town was full of people standing/sitting at the side of the pavements waiting!

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Band Parade

marydoll — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 00:50:39 +0100

by: marydoll

Description: On Saturday night a local band held a band parade around town, it had received so much publicity because of the golf being on around the same time. This is a phone shot, as I didn't wish to carry a camera, too many around. There were approx 80 bands parading!

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Nathan Carter Singing

marydoll — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 00:45:13 +0100

by: marydoll

Description: This guy is a famous singer here in NI and in Scotland, he was singing at an open air radio concert. I had taken my long lens with me (to see if there were any dolphins!), so I took this shot. About an hour before this I had been in a caf� for lunch and he came in for lunch too! His most famous song is Wagon Wheel!!

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Original for Dave

marydoll — Fri, 18 Jul 2025 11:31:33 +0100

by: marydoll

Description: F8 1/400sec ISO 160 Exp .03 - size 6000 x 4000 5.9 mls 350 dpi. The cropped size is 2291/1566, I just cropped the photograph to make the characters stand out. You can tell I haven't a clue what I'm doing with photography, even at this late stage in life!!

Tommy Fleetwood

marydoll — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 00:30:13 +0100

by: marydoll

Description: I was about to go home, when I decided to take one more look at the practice area. I'd gone to the event in the hope of seeing Tommy Fleetwood and lo there he was. When he finished his practice he came round everyone signing autographs and I was able to take this photograph. So it pays to stick around at events, I went home very happy.

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Tom McKibben and Niall Horan

marydoll — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 00:24:49 +0100

by: marydoll

Description: Tom McKibben is a Northern Ireland Golfer, just starting out. Niall Horan is or was a singer with the group One Direction, a boy band! I hadn't a clue who he was when I took the photograph. I was some distance away and this is heavily cropped, taken with the R6 and 100-400 lens which I'm beginning to like. I'd appreciate your opinion about the quality of a big a crop, if you know what I mean.

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Golfer

marydoll — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 00:18:50 +0100

by: marydoll

Description: I just like this shot, for some reason. I haven't a clue who he is!!

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Darren and Rory

marydoll — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 00:14:09 +0100

by: marydoll

Description: Again, from a long distance away, not really sharp but I was happy.

Rory at Portrush

marydoll — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 00:11:19 +0100

by: marydoll

Description: I had a day out at the Golf Practice sessions. I used the Panasonic, I didn't want my R6 confiscated, not sure if it was allowed there! They did have a Nikon look out tent and flew a Nikon flag around the course! I took this shot from a long distance away and wasn't too sure if it would be ok. Not a great shot but I was happy.

Golfers watch where the ball went to

marydoll — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 23:58:45 +0100

by: marydoll

Description: I haven't a clue who these golfers are! I hung around until this took place, previously I'd been a place where I couldn't see their faces. Difficult to know where to stand at events, although I should have watched where the official photographers were!! The 100-400 lens may have been the wrong choice but I like how close it reached.

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A wee sports car

marydoll — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 18:23:20 +0100

by: marydoll

Description: I guess you could say this was an 'open' car!!

3rd Temporary Bridge

marydoll — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 18:21:24 +0100

by: marydoll

Description: A 153rd van came past when I was taking a photograph!!

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2nd Temporary Bridge

marydoll — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 18:19:22 +0100

by: marydoll

Welcome to the Open

marydoll — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 18:13:26 +0100

by: marydoll

Description: One of our 3 temporary bridges

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Wonder where it was going.

marydoll — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 18:11:25 +0100

by: marydoll

Description: This looked like a fun place wherever it was going to.

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Wee house on the move

marydoll — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 18:08:56 +0100

by: marydoll

Description: I went out to photograph our temporary bridges and saw this wee house being transported.

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Bus

marydoll — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 16:40:18 +0100

by: marydoll

Description: Even are buses are advertising The Open!

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Rory and Berts

marydoll — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 16:38:25 +0100

by: marydoll

Description: A coffee shop, usually known as Bob and Berts has been rename Rory and Berts (just for a few weeks). With the addition of 2 golf clubs on the sign!

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Golf is coming

marydoll — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 00:24:17 +0100

by: marydoll

Description: Not a very professional installation for such a big event.

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