Wildlife: Photographers
A wondrous sunset is spread out over the Cliffs of Magho tickling the surf at Bundoran to the west. We are cooking supper in the higher altitudes of a post glacial landscape. Our eyes blink, drinking in the glorious colours, but inside our rucksacks, our cameras are blind to the glory.
Like wildlife photographers documenting rare species we can’t resist snapping away at photographers.
Photography is part of the the biodiversity of Marble Arch Caves Geopark. And along with drawing, writing, data sheets, collecting audio and blogging, photography has an important place in our “Place-Dreamer’s toolkit.” (We’ll put blogging under the magnifying glass in a separate blog.)
We exchanged shots with Trevor Armstrong; photographer from the Impartial Reporter at the river entrance to Marble Arch Caves. The article on us and DREAMING PLACE in early June attracted lots of attention, and his photo of us acted as a kind of spotters guide for local people who learned to recognise us in pubs and nature reserves.
Happenstance brought us together with another photographer on the banks of Lough Erne. We got chatting with him and his wife at Knockninny and we asked him if he’d take some photos of us dreaming on the shore ….. and here he is doing just that.
It’s real fun to turn the tables and take photos of photographers themselves. And It seems that the more used to being behind the lens as a professional, the more shocked they are at the proposition of being “captured on film!” One of “our” photographers flatly refused flat to have his photo taken.
