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Having lugged his "Royal" camera down to the beach, Mr. French persisted and took this unusual shot of the light entering a cave at Ballybunion in County Kerry. Unusual for a number of reasons - not least of which clearly he is experimenting in low light photography and has done remarkably well for the facilities and equipment he had available.
Photographer: Robert French
Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection
Date: Catalogue range c.1865-1914
NLI Ref: L_ROY_04281
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Photographer: Robert French
Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection
Date: Catalogue range c.1865-1914
NLI Ref: L_ROY_04281
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
Ooo! Mr French goes beachcombing ... Flickr is sometimes amazing! In July 2018 via https://www.flickr.com/photos/jerrylane18/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/jerrylane18/28782695977/
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It must have been a long exposure; see how many ghostly assistants are in this similar one - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000334083
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Not sure if this is the right cave - CaveView - goo.gl/maps/vvFFyV4C2rH2
Asdeewest
Many a time I walked through it a low tide.
domenico milella
Congratulation for your beautiful Album.
Niall McAuley
I wonder if he put the camera box there for scale? Odd, since the general public would not know how big it was.
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Trove has several stories about the Ballybunion caves, including this tale of the rocks on fire from 1906 - trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/38087377 And a literary reference - Tennyson and Ireland. It is not generally known that Tennyson was a lover of Ireland, of national Ireland;, and the Irish people, too. We learn from Dr. Graves that it was in one of the Ballybunion caves that Tennyson composed these lines in "Merlin and Vivian":—
From - trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/171790768?searchTerm=b... (published 1932) Ed. Confirmed - Tennyson was there in 1842 - search.proquest.com/openview/2fed76a834641db5/1?pq-origsi...oaktree_brian_1976
that's a weirdly interesting photo
coordinated window
Wow this is fantastic.
CASSIDY PHOTOGRAPHY
This is a stunning photograph.
freedebbie55
Wow Excellent
Dr. Ilia
remarkable!