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On the 11th Hour of the 11th Day. Taken at Bunamargy Friary in Ballycastle, Co Antrim. This is the war memorial graveyard for merchant seafarers lost in the world wars. A poignant reminder. Not all wars were fought for 'our freedom' and perhaps the greatest way to honour those who perished would be to end war. Anthem for Doomed Youth BY WILFRED OWEN What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?       — Only the monstrous anger of the guns.       Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle Can patter out their hasty orisons. No mockeries now for them; no prayers nor bells;        Nor any voice of mourning save the choirs,— The shrill, demented choirs of wailing shells;       And bugles calling for them from sad shires. What candles may be held to speed them all?       Not in the hands of boys, but in their eyes Shall shine the holy glimmers of goodbyes.       The pallor of girls' brows shall be their pall; Their flowers the tenderness of patient minds, And each slow dusk a drawing-down of blinds. #leastweforget #remembranceday #endwar #ballycastle #wargraves #niexplorer #merchantmarine #merchantnavy #visitireland #visitnorthernireland #antrim #causewaycoast #11 (at Ireland (country)) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWInyevIzZ1/?utm_medium=tumblr

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See the oilfields at First Light 🏴‍☠️🚫 🎶 #sunrise #firstlight #offshore #humansatsea #oilfields #ship #horizon #sea #seascapephotography #work #climatechange #oil #northsea #lumix #panasonic #travelphotography #travel #whatisawtoday #shipsandsailors #sailor #belfastphotographer #amaturephotographer https://www.instagram.com/p/CWDjvD3pYgV/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Back on the North Coast and removing another one of these from the beautiful Firth! Little play with aperture on a rainy afternoon too... #cromartyfirth #scotland #sailing #offshorelife #offshoredailylife #offshore #humansatsea #towing #tug #tuglife #tugboats #tugboat #sealife #lifeatsea #LifeWellTraveled #whatididtoday #belfastphotographer #amaturephotographer (at Scotland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CV5sdGkIuua/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Good Morning Everyone! Jack up under tow and underway... #sunrise #work #sailing #seascapephotography #goodmorning #anchorhandling #offshoredailylife #shiplife #visitscotland #bluesky #humansatsea #maersksupplyservice #amaturephotographer #belfastphotographer (at Scotland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVaERKHoNxw/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Under Scottish Skies. Sailing through the Firth of Forth and from stunning sunrise to moody midday. This really is a special place #visitscotland #visitedinburgh #Sky_Captures #seaandsky #lightandshadow #Cloudscape #cloudporn #landscapephotography #seascapephotography #bnwshot_world #black #bnwmood #moodygrams #instasky #amaturephotographer #fujilove #xt3 #fujifilmxt3 (at Firth of Forth) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVXy1J-oaCJ/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Have You Been? Best restaurant we've been to in ages! The food was sublime!! Do check it out if you can. #goodfood #restaurant #belfastrestaurant #belfastbar #foodporn #foodphotography #decadent #nightsout #winelover #winetime (at Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVVG0PvDWQE/?utm_medium=tumblr

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To The Beach. The North Coast has some of the best beaches in Ireland, this is a favourite... #beach #seaandsky #cliff #coastal #coastalpath #northcoast #ballycastle #northernireland #irishbeaches #beachesofireland #whatididtoday #causewaycoast (at Ballycastle, Moyle, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVITvsSDq_H/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Hidden Tiger. Cropped or Not? 😉 My friends cat - Tiger. Everytime I got the camera out he struck a pose. Brilliant day out up the mountain! He's a follower - could have a new friend, or I've met a new diva! A pleasant day with the Mourne Mountains in the background! #cat #cats #catsofinstagram #tiger #posesforpictures #animals #animalsofinstagram #mountains #animalonplanet #animalcaptures #friends #diva #strikeapose #animalonplanet #animalportrait #amaturephotographer #feline #felinefriends (at Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRUzZHQhuDE/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Home! Finally landed and what a trip - for all the wrong reasons! Copenhagen was clean and efficient - as you'd expect! Heathrow was a nightmare of inefficiency, rudeness, endless queues, horrible staff and what a Scottish traveller called 'englishness' with lots of cockney shouting! Belfast was just empty, no staff, no checks, nothing! Having flown in from an Amber listed country - no one was the slightest bit interested! #travel #heathrow #copenhagen #georgebestairport #belfastcityairport #covid19 #cominghome #home #belfast #belfastcity #explorebelfast #discoverbelfast #love_belfast #discoverni #instabelfast #insta_ni_ #instanorthernireland #belfastshooter #belfastphotographer #amaturephotographer #airport #travelthroughtheworld #traveladdicted #travelni (at Belfast City Airport) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRBaDpchKwl/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Takin' the L. For the 4th of July. 🇺🇸 From our last trip to NYC way back in Jan 2020 - just before it all went south!!! Happy Independence Day to all our American friends! #williamsburgbridge #independanceday #4thjuly #train #trainsofinstagram #newyorksubway #newyorkstories #america #usa #nyc #newyorkcity #newyork #nycviews #nyclife #ignewyork #nycinstagram #nycphoto #nycphotography #capturenyc #shootnyc #nycshots #lovenewyork #lovenyc #timeoutnewyork #newyorker #usa.mag #mynyc #nycspace #ig_nyc #topnewyorkphoto #streetsofnewyork  (at New York, USA) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ611BchnNK/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Working the Waves! From sunrise to sunrise - 24-7 were always open for business!! It's hard to beat work mornings like this! Towing another rig. This time removing it from the north to Holland! Next stop Vlissingen!! #sunrise #sunrisephotography #seaandsky #lightandshadow #cloudphotography #247 #shipandsailors #seafarer #seaman #shipside #seascape #seasofinstagram #shipandseas #ship #Instaship #sea #merchantship #mariner #nautical #sailors #offshore #offshorelife #offshoredailylife #offshorejournal #offshoresupplyboats #ahts #supplyboats #offshoredailylife #belfastsailor #belfastphotographer #amaturephotographer (at North Sea) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQjgWNVB6sw/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Best Belfast Bar? One of our absolute favourite places in town. What's yours? #bittlesbar #belfastbarscene #belfastbars #belfastbar #irishbar #irishpub #northernireland #belfastone #northernirish #belfast #belfastcity #explorebelfast #discoverbelfast #love_belfast #discoverni #instabelfast #insta_ni_ #instanorthernireland #insp.ireland #loves_ireland #irish_daily #discoverireland #irishpassion #inspireland #wanderireland #loveireland #littlepiecesofireland #raw_ireland #instaireland (at Ireland (country)) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQgHL_QBPoW/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Backstreet B&W A wander down memory lane. A wander down Chinatown. Taken in 2018. Doyers Street is a 200-foot-long (61 m) street in the Chinatown neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. It is one block long with a sharp bend in the middle. The street runs south and then southeast from Pell Street to the intersection of Bowery, Chatham Square, and Division Street. Doyers Street contains several restaurants, barber shops, and hair stylists, as well as the Chinatown branch of the United States Postal Service. The Nom Wah Tea Parlor opened at 13 Doyers Street in 1920, and is still in operation; other longstanding business include Ting's Gift Shop at 18 Doyers. #doyersstreet #chinatown #blackandwhitephotography #b&w #belfastphotographers #nyc #newyorkcity #newyork #nycviews #nyclife #ignewyork #nycinstagram #nycphoto #nycphotography #capturenyc #shootnyc #nycshots #lovenewyork #lovenyc #newyorker #bigapple #mynyc #ig_nyc #topnewyorkphoto #streetsofnewyork  #igers_nyct #streets #streetphotographyhub (at Doyers Alley) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQdi5aAhRi3/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Solstice Moon Solstice Sun. Taken at 21:35 21/06/21 From the bridge wing of the ship in Aberdeen. Using the very trusty Panasonic Lumix TZ90 All over the world. Technically, the June solstice is the exact instant of time when the Sun is directly overhead the Tropic of Cancer. In 2021, this will happen on June 21 at 03:32 UTC. #moonshot #moonphotography #celestialphotography #sky #skyatnight #sunshine #sun #sunset #sunsetphotography #solstice #solstice2021 #summer #summersolstice #whatisseentoday #lumix #panasonic #tz90 #aberdeen #scotland #scottishsky #ukshots #belfastphotographer #amaturephotographer #amatuerphotography #worldview #bestshot #zoom #twilight (at Aberdeen) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQZaXv2hi8e/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Night-Towing... Deserves a quiet night 🎵... 😉 Moving into the Tay, moving into the day, moving into the dawn. Another Nightshift over and another day closer to going home ... #dundee #scotland #nightshots #nightscene #towing #seaandsky #lightandshadow #ahts #belfastsailor #belfastphotographer #amaturephotographer #shipandsailors #seafarer #seaman #seascape #seasofinstagram #shipandseas #ship #Instaship #sea #mariner #nautical #sailors #offshore #offshorelife #offshoredailylife #offshorejournal #offshoresupplyboats #supplyboats #offshoredailylife #humansatsea (at Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdon) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQY5rAWjnF6/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Rig Removal. The skyline of Dundee is a little bit nicer with the removal of this jack up this morning. Undertow and Underway. On our way to the Firth where it's to be loaded onto a heavy lift ship and transported East!! #dundee #scotland #rig #rigmove #towing #tug #tugboats #belfastsailor #irishsailor #belfastphotographer #amaturephotographer #shipandsailors #seafarer #seaman #shipside #seascape #seasofinstagram #shipandseas #ship #sea #mariner #nautical #sailors #offshore #offshorelife #offshoredailylife #offshorejournal #offshoresupplyboats #ahts #supplyboats #offshoredailylife (at Scotland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQQtB39BOio/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Throwback Thursday! Are you missing holidays? Stick on a ship in Dundee with all shore leave cancelled because of Covid - I'm looking back!!! NYC take from the helicopter tour. A last minute booking on our epic US trip that even took us to Springsteen on Broadway! We miss holidays so much!! #throwbackthursday #missingvacation #memories #nyc #newyorkcity #newyork #nycviews #nyclife #ignewyork #nycinstagram #nycphoto #nycphotography #capturenyc #shootnyc #nycshots #lovenewyork #lovenyc #timeoutnewyork #newyorker #bigapple #usa.mag #mynyc #nycspace #ig_nyc #topnewyorkphoto #streetsofnewyork  #postcardsfromtheworld #igers_nyct (at New York, USA) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQOEnWmh1lA/?utm_medium=tumblr