image code: JEP 277D

One of my favourite pictures of the Fastnet lighthouse. I took it from the Eurocopter 135 in April 2009, and as you can see I got a local fishing boat in the frame. Taken using my Canon 5D mk2 it is 21.1 mega pixels. It enlarges to the size of a car windscreen without effort

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Matt Glossy

image code JEP 241

I took this picture in 1996 on colour film long before other photographers were going out in helicopters to take shots of the Fastnet. I remember a store owner saying to me 'pictures of lighthouses? whatever next?' I just thought it was a fun thing to do, nowadays every other photographer is going out and taking pictures of Irish lighthouses. It became postcard 3A in the collection

I think it resembles a beautiful bride on her wedding day in a lovely lace dress

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image code JEP 292 D

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Matt Glossy

Taken around 7am one early August day during a boat trip. I had planned to visit the Fastnet the evening before, but the seas were very rough. It was the first week of August 2009 with the first ever Southern Irish Extreme Lighthouse Tour and as is so often the case there are violent storms then. One of the reason why I moved the tour to the end of June is simply because we stand a better chance of getting to the Fastnet then (and also the puffins are still at Skellig Michael). I remember taking the tour members to vantage spots along the coast to view the Fastnet nthrough telescopes, and we all prayed we would get out there the following day. Because the boat owner was also running a ferry service from Schull to Cape Clear Island we needed to set off really early and that is how I got this magical early dawn shot

I have labelled this one JEP 100 as it was used for the 100 year anniversary of the first lighting of the lighthouse in 2004. The picture appeared in postcard form, and also on a special poster. That's the Mizen you can see in the distance. I shot it using Fuji Velvia colour slide film (JEP stands for John Eagle Photography)

See the Fastnet up close and personal on the Southern Lighthouse Tour And here are some other personal favourites of mine I thought you might like to have a gander at, all available as prints and if you would like one please quote me the image code number
image code JEP 620D This view shows the helicopter pad well and the old lighthouse stump	image code JEP 563 D I like the 'backwash' in this picture, also made a lovely sound when the wave 'bumped' into the rock	image code JEP F1 I called this one F1 for Fastnet 1. Most pictures are taken from the sides, I thought I'd do a different one just for fun
image code JEP 282 D	image code JEP 528D	image code JEP 529D
image code JEP 527D This has that expectant prelude moment when you wonder if the rock is about to get smacked by a giant wave	image code is: JEP 354 D I sense a big force from above is trying to wrench the Fastnet from the ocean in this shot	image code JEP 356 D Here's looking up at you! A parting shot, saying farewell to the maiden in the ocean in her bridal dress. You can see the keepers at the door of the lighthouse in this one

My thanks to Capt. Mick Conneely and Capt. Colm Martyn for flying me for these shots

all pictures copyright John Eagle Photography

Why not come with my on my Southern Irish Lighthouse tour to the Fastnet each June