Tophe Adventures

 

I had re-enabled my instagram in 2019, but after almost a year I ( again ) realize that the app was sucking time out of me, about an hour a day if not more, of mindless scrolling, so once more it has now been disabled. I certainly miss the ability to share some photos, but even with an app ( Google Digital Wellbeing is actually quite good, by allowing to put daily time cap specific to various app) to limit my access, I was not able to have the self control to stop checking my phone. I think i will use that blog again to share pictures, and stay away from Social media once more. Halloween 2019 - first photo of the revived Instagram account Last one June 2020 (mid-lockdown)

Since we are reaching the end of 2019, time to step back in time over  the last past seven years, through my old instagram account archive. First Year 2012 Instagram 2012 2013 Instagram 2013 2014 Instagram 2014 2015 Instagram 2015 2016 Instagram 2016 2017 Instagram 2017 2018 No Instagram

So last weekend we travelled to Iceland, a brilliant birthday from my adorable girlfriend. HALLGRÍMSKIRKJA CHURCH Graf Reykjavik   Geysers Misc Not much to say except that I hope to come back.

The National Botanic Gardens  are a little piece of heaven in the North side of Dublin  You can also see there a good share of squirrels (grey ones on that side of the Shannon ) There is also an annexe in County Wicklow, which is worth the trip, see National Botanic Gardens, Kilmacurragh

Today I collected a the photographs developed of a very old roll - based on some of the pictures I am guessing it was 2006 or 2007. It was a very good surprise to discover the pictures, First rediscovering myself from 5 or 6 years ago. me    I still remember that road, I took several picture of it with different cameras at the time, i think it was up in the Connemara, not very far from Achill Island. Follow the road  Off course there was pictures of the sea.... Or wast it a lake lost in the fog ? And of sheeps... Sheeeepppp     And of me fighting the elements... Survivor mode The pictures were all taken by one of these wonderful camera, in that case an Action Sampler .

mymovember , a photo by TOF2006 on Flickr. In summary: - Gigs (RSAG, Ham Sandwich, Hermitage Green ... ) - Choucroute - Turf fires, pub and whiskey - Dublin findings includes Choucroute - A mow - Some ginger beer and half nurphys.

Got the results of the fisheye photography, during my last visit in Dublin .... A lovely couple Unloading the catch of the day on the pier... Walk on the beach... Trees ...

I have been a long time fan of lomography ( http://www.lomography.com/ ) so when i stumbled upon a  Diana camera  ( not the original, but a recent production ) i could not resist... Diana by Lomography I also invested in a couple of roll 120 films and here's below the results: Night driving in limerick ( 120film color 400 ISO ) Night drive... Mirror experimenting Mirror .. mirror tell me .... Somehow I had better luck with the RescaleX ( 90-200 ) films: In Kilkee, on te slip The joker on the slip The pier Attack by the waves... And in Limerick View from the parking: Limerick church Playing with settings Limerick church   The docker monument: Docker monument .. unsafe they say Docker close up  Shannon view Church  Me Autoportrait