Common Eider Duck, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Eider drake stands on a roadway outside Longyearbyen, while craning its neck to vocalise its oh-oooo call. Common Eider Duck, Somateria mollissima, at the dog yard outside Longyearbyen, on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen, Svalbard. The eider nest between two enclosures of sled dogs on the outskirts of Longyearbyen, where the eggs are safe from the arctic fox, which is too scared to come close to the howling dogs.

Picture made during the Greenpeace Arctic Under Pressure expedition, 2010

Arctic Terns, sterna paradisea, Ny Alesund, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Arctic Tern, sterna paradisea, preparing to mate and nest in the Arctic scientific research village of Ny-Alesund, Svalbard.

Photographed during the Greenpeace Arctic Under Pressure expedition 2010. www.greenpeace.org/arctic2010

Arctic Terns, sterna paradisea, Ny Alesund, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Arctic Tern, sterna paradisea, preparing to mate and nest in the Arctic scientific research village of Ny-Alesund, Svalbard.

Photographed during the Greenpeace Arctic Under Pressure expedition 2010. www.greenpeace.org/arctic2010

Arctic Terns, sterna paradisea, Ny Alesund, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Arctic Tern, sterna paradisea, preparing to mate and nest in the Arctic scientific research village of Ny-Alesund, Svalbard.

Photographed during the Greenpeace Arctic Under Pressure expedition 2010. www.greenpeace.org/arctic2010

Purple sandpiper, Ny Alesund, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Purple sandpiper, caldiris maritma, on the beach, at Ny Alesund, Svalbard.

Photographed during the Greenpeace Arctic Under Pressure expedition 2010. www.greenpeace.org/arctic2010

Ivory Gull perched above seal meat, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Ivory gull, pagophila eburnea, perched above a rack of dried seal meat at the dog yard, Ny-Alesund, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway. Populations are currently in decline throughout the Arctic, possibly because of decreasing sea ice, and the PCBs and DDE found in the food they eat, for instance seal carrion from polar bear kills.

Photographed during the Greenpeace Arctic Under Pressure expedition 2010. www.greenpeace.org/arctic2010

Male Snow Bunting, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Male Snow Bunting, Plectrophenax nivalis, on tundra, with coal fragments from old coalmine at Ny-Alesund, Spitsbergen, Svalbard.
Photographed during the Greenpeace Arctic Under Pressure expedition 2010. www.greenpeace.org/arctic2010

Svalbard Reindeer, Ny-Alesund, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Svalbard Reindeer, Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus in Ny-Alesund, Svalbard. There's about 10,000 Svalbard reindeer, a small subspecies of mainland European reindeer, and are endemic to Svalbard. They are not domesticated, and are not owned by anyone.

Photographed during the Greenpeace Arctic Under Pressure expedition 2010. www.greenpeace.org/arctic2010

Cracked Tundra, Ny Alesund, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Cracked Tundra, Ny-Alesund, Svalbard.

Photographed during the Greenpeace Arctic Under Pressure expedition 2010. www.greenpeace.org/arctic2010

Seal in the harbout at Ny-Alesund, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Seal, probably Ringed Seal, in the harbour at Ny-Alesund

Photographed during the Greenpeace Arctic Under Pressure expedition 2010. www.greenpeace.org/arctic2010

Siberian driftwood, Ny-Alesund, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Driftwood, probably from Siberian forests on the beach at Ny-Alesund, Kongsfjord, Svalbard - where there are no trees.
Photographed during the Greenpeace Arctic Under Pressure expedition 2010. http://www.greenpeace.org/arctic2010

Black Legged Kittiwake, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Black Legged Kittiwake, rissa tridactyla, landing amongst fragments of sea ice Kongsfjord, Svalbard. Kittiwake populations have been under pressure in recent years, as changes to food sources, possibly caused by climate change and other environmental factors, have forced the birds to travel further, for longer, to get food.

Photographed during the Greenpeace Arctic Under Pressure expedition 2010. http://www.greenpeace.org/arctic2010

Dramatic clouds over the mountains, Svalbard, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Dramatic clouds over the mountains, in Adventfjorden, Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, in the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard. Photographed from the Greenpeace ship Esperanza, as it arrived for the Arctic Under Pressure expedition
www.greenpeace.org/arctic2010

That Gloaming at the South Bull, Dublin, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

The Great South Bull, Dublin - one of the longest sea walls in Europe, stretching out several kilometres into Dublin bay.

Windmill at Oresund Bridge, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Windmill at Oresund Bridge, joining Sweden and Denmark, seen from the desk of the Greenpeace ship Esperanza, 14/5/10
© Dave Walsh

Silhouette of drinkers through bar window, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Silhouette of drinkers through saloon bar window in Shoreditch, London

Five Pigeons Waiting, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Five Pigeons perched on a railing in Blessington Street Basin, Dublin. There's a nice canvas copy of this hanging in the Woodstock Cafe, Phibsboro, Dublin


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Ice lead, Dijmhna Sund, Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden, Greenland, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Ice lead opening in front of the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise, Dijmhna Sund, Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden, Greenland, 7th September 2009.

More: www.davewalshphoto.com/arctic2009

Don't speak with your mouth full of SHITE, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Don't speak with your mouth full of SHITE. Sign in the men's toilets, George Bernard Shaw pub, 1 - 12, South Richmond Street, Portobello, Dublin 8, Ireland

© 2010 Dave Walsh, All Rights Reserved. Please contact me for usage details.
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Abandoned Wooden Chair on Bull Island, Dublin, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Abandoned Wooden Chair on Bull Island, Dublin, 7 February 2010. © 2010 Dave Walsh, All Rights Reserved. Please contact me for usage details.

From an ongoing series:
The Things I Found on Bull Island

Armchair washed up on Dollymount Strand, Bull Island, Dublin, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Armchair washed up on Dollymount Strand, Bull Island, Dublin, 7 February 2010. © 2010 Dave Walsh, All Rights Reserved. Please contact me for usage details.

From an ongoing series:
www.davewalshphoto.com/bullisland

Abandoned Gaelic Football on Bull Island, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Up the Dubs? Abandoned Gaelic Football on Dollymount Strand, Bull Island, Dublin, 7 February 2010. © 2010 Dave Walsh, All Rights Reserved. Please contact me for usage details.

From an ongoing series:
www.davewalshphoto.com/bullisland

Jacob's Ladder, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Abandoned ladder in the Marram Grass, north end of Bull Island, Dublin, 7 February 2010. © 2010 Dave Walsh,

From an ongoing series:
www.davewalshphoto.com/bullisland

Crimson Rosella, Platycercus elegans elegans, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Crimson Rosella, Platycercus elegans elegans, at the campside at Tidal River, Wilsons Promontory National Park, Victoria, Australia

Eastern Grey Kangaroo, at Tom Groggins, Mount Kosciuszko National Park, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

"you talking to me? Well I'm the only one here..."

Eastern Grey Kangaroo, at Tom Groggins, Mount Kosciuszko National Park

Freaky Kangaroo, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

"I told you I was freaky.... you just won't believe me" - Flight of the Conchords.
Eastern Grey Kangaroo, with an injured or sick eye at Tom Groggins, Mount Kosciuszko National Park

Hoop, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Bicycle stand on fake grass, Federation Square, Melbourne

Pedestrian on steps Federation Square, Melbourne, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Pedestrian on Kimberely Sandstone steps Federation Square, Melbourne

7-Eleven store in Federation Square, Melbourne, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

7-Eleven store in Federation Square, Melbourne

Girl walking down Hosier Lane, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Woman walking down Hosier Lane, beside Graffiti and moped, Melbourne

Laughing Kookaburra, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Laughing Kookaburra, Dacelo novaeguineae, at Tom Groggins, Kosciuszko National Park, New South Wales, Australia.

Now, I'm sure there's gonna be Australians who wonder why I'm posting such a common bird, but I'm very taken with them. I saw lots of kookaburras while in Australia, but these are my favourite images of what is essentially a huge kingfisher with attitude.

My first encounter was in 2007, a few days after arriving in Australia for my first visit. I was staying at a house in the New South Wales bush, sleeping with only the screen door separating me from the outside world.

In what seemed like the middle of the night I *seemed* to awake to what sounded like a mad person laughing racously in my room, or perhaps even in my head. Maybe I was still asleep. The fright caused me to levitate a good half metre above the mattress.

It was the dawn chorus, lead by at least a brace of kookaburras.

And here's what they sound like:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0ZbykXlg6Q

Dead trees in Lake Hume, Victoria ., originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Dead trees in Lake Hume, Victoria. Driving from the Snowy Mountains pass the town of Tallangatta (which was moved in the 1950s to create this lake) I was really struck by the eerie vision of thousands of dead trees rising above the waters of this man-made lake.


Lake Hume, or Hume Weir, is an artificial lake on the Murray River, east of Albury-Wodonga, and downstream from the river's junction with the Mitta River. Created in the 1930s, it is the furthest downstream of the major reservoirs on the Murray River system, and has the capacity to release water at the fastest rate. As a result, Lake Hume is used by Australian irrigation authorities as the storage of first resort. Lake Hume typically falls to less than one-third of its capacity by March each year, but during normal years fills to at least two-thirds capacity again before November. Changing climatic conditions have caused this to vary in recent years, and in 2007, Lake Hume to an incredible 1% of its capacity, barely more than the water in the Murray and Mitta rivers flowing through it.

Grey Headed Flying Fox, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Grey Headed Flying Fox and young taking off from tree, Smiths Lake, New South Wales. We crept into some dense bush with lots of thorns to see these guys - alas when we discovered them, we were leaving the area, and the sun was high in the sky, making them very difficult to photograph from underneath. But I was rewarded with this cutie.... well, a cutie with a 1 metre wingspan!

Dead trees in Lake Hume, Victoria, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Dead trees in Lake Hume, Victoria. Driving from the Snowy Mountains pass the town of Tallangatta (which was moved in the 1950s to create this lake) I was really struck by the eerie vision of thousands of dead trees rising above the waters of this man-made lake.

And of course, this picture is available for licensing and as a fine art print!
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Lake Hume, or Hume Weir, is an artificial lake on the Murray River, east of Albury-Wodonga, and downstream from the river's junction with the Mitta River. Created in the 1930s, it is the furthest downstream of the major reservoirs on the Murray River system, and has the capacity to release water at the fastest rate. As a result, Lake Hume is used by Australian irrigation authorities as the storage of first resort. Lake Hume typically falls to less than one-third of its capacity by March each year, but during normal years fills to at least two-thirds capacity again before November. Changing climatic conditions have caused this to vary in recent years, and in 2007, Lake Hume to an incredible 1% of its capacity, barely more than the water in the Murray and Mitta rivers flowing through it.

Tawny Frogmouth, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Tawny Frogmouth, regarding me disdainfully, while perched on a suburban recyling bin at Smiths Lake, New South Wales. Often mistaken for an owl the frogmouth is actually related to the nightjar (and owls have binocular vision, like humans). While it does have anisodactyl feet (one pointing backwards) like an owl, it doesn't fly to hunt - rather it perches, and waits for it food to come by - insects, frogs and rodents, to come by, then it strikes with its beak.

Cirrus clouds over iceberg, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Cirrus clouds over an arched Iceberg near Nuugaatsiaq, West Greenland. Seen from the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise, during an expedition to examine the effects of climate change in the Arctic

Cathedral iceberg, Baffin Bay, west of Greenland., originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Cathedral iceberg, Baffin Bay, west of Greenland.

View of the mountains across the Adventfjordren from Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

View of the mountains across the Adventfjordren from Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard

Ice pinnacle, Kangerlugussuaq Fjord, Greenland, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Pinnacle of ice near the mouth of Kangerlugussuaq Fjord, East Greenland. The structure is part of a large iceberg, not pictured, worn away by wind and waves.

Snow Bunting Fledgling waiting to be fed, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Snow Bunting fledgling waiting to be fed by mother, photographed on nunatuk, face of Humboldt Glacier, northwestern Greenland, during 2009 Greenpeace expedition to bear witness to Arctic Meltdown on board the Arctic Sunrise.

Iceberg in Kangderluqussuaq Fjord, East Greenland, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Iceberg with a vertical line of blue ice running through it, Kangderluqussuaq Fjord, East Greenland

Arctic tern, Sterna Paradisaea near Humboldt Glacier, Greenland. , originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Arctic tern, Sterna Paradisaea near Humboldt Glacier, Greenland.

Mother snow bunting coming into to land beside juvenile, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Snow Bunting fledgling waiting to be fed by mother, who is landing, photographed on nunatuk, face of Humboldt Glacier, northwestern Greenland, during 2009 Greenpeace expedition to bear witness to Arctic Meltdown on board the Arctic Sunrise.

Arctic terns, Sterna Paradisaea, taking off from ice floe near Humboldt Glacier, Greenland. , originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Arctic terns, Sterna Paradisaea, taking off from ice floe near Humboldt Glacier, Greenland. Photographed from the Greenpeace Arctic Sunrise during a 2009 expedition to examine the effects of climate change on the Arctic environment

Female snow bunting with a beakfull of maggots to feed to fledgling that's still in the nest., originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Female snow bunting with a beakfull of maggots to feed to a fledgling that's still in the nest. After she had circled us for a few minutes, we realised that the nest was in a crack in the rocks, just below our feet. So we moved away, rapidly!

Photographed on shore, near the McGarry Islands , face of Humboldt Glacier, northwestern Greenland, during 2009 Greenpeace expedition to bear witness to Arctic Meltdown on board the Arctic Sunrise.

Space between two icebergs, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Space between two icebergs, Sermilik Fjord, East Greenland, from a Greenpeace helicopter

Arctic Tern, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Arctic tern, Sterna Paradisaea near Humboldt Glacier, Greenland.

Ice sheet sliding towards Helheim Glacier, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Ice sheet sliding towards Helheim Glacier, Sermilik Fjord, East Greenland. to get a sense of scale, that ice-filled Fjord in the background is about 6km wide...

Moon rising over mountains in Nugatsiaq, Baffin Bay, Greenland, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Moon rising over mountains in Nugatsiaq, Baffin Bay, Greenland

Birds on the peak of an iceberg, Baffin Bay, off West Greenland, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Birds on the peak of an iceberg, Baffin Bay, off West Greenland

Glacier ice floating in Torssaukatak, Kujalleq, South Greenland,, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Glacier ice floating in Torssaukatak, Kujalleq, South Greenland, en route to Prins Christiansund from the deck of the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise during expedition to investigate the effects of climate change in the Arctic.

Iceberg arch in Kane Basin, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Iceberg archway in an iceberg calved from the 110km wide Humboldt Glacier, Kane Basin, remote north west Greenland

Icebergs and low cloud in Kane Basin, North West Greenland, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Icebergs and low cloud in Kane Basin, North West Greenland, seen from the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise, Arctic Meltdown expedition 2009

Snowing on the sunset at the mouth of Isfjord, Svalbard, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Snowing on the sunset at the mouth of Isfjord, Spitsbergen, in the Norwegian archipelego of Svalbard. Seen from the deck of the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise, during an expedition to examine the effects of climate change on the Arctic.

Gyrfalcon, Fram Strait, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Gyrfalcon, landing on a helicopter ("Lucky Bird") on the deck of the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise in Fram Strait, 78 49 N, 0 35E. The largest falcon, the Gyrfalcon can reach speeds of up to 200km an hour in measured flight.
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Iceberg under cloud, Kangerdlugssuaq Fjord, East Greenland, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

YES this is a colour image!
Iceberg under cloud, Kangerdlugssuaq Fjord, East Greenland. Taken from the deck of the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise on 29 August 2009, during an expedition to investigate the effects of climate change in the Arctic.

Btw, the white streaks you can see behind the cloud and the 'berg are actually streaks of snow on a mountain, on the side of the fjord. The images is not desaturated - I just underexposed the hell out of it.

So, it's not a monochrome image. In fact, in Lightroom, the only controls I used were exposure, blacks, lights, darks, and shadows. No colour has been removed or added in the picture, I just shot it 1.6 underexposed in blinding daylight.

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Humpback Whale, Sermilik Fjord, East Greenland, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Humpback Whale, one of three feeding in Sermilik Fjord, East Greenland, seen from the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise, during our Arctic Meltdown expedition.
weblog.greenpeace.org/climate/arctic_impacts/

Melt River, Petermann Glacier, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Melt River, Petermann Glacier, Greenland. Photographed on the first leg of the Greenpeace Arctic Impacts expedition 07/07/2009. Peterman glacier is the longest floating glacier in the northern hemisphere. The floating area is 16km by 80km. A 100 square km chunk, about 5 billion tonnes of ice is about to break off - and we're planning on being there to see it. More at weblog.greenpeace.org/climate

Polar Bear!, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Polar Bear checking the water for seals. Photographed from the deck of the Greenpeace Ship Arctic Sunrise, Monday June 29th, at the ice edge of the Lincoln Sea, Arctic Ocean.

Photo: (c) 2009 Dave Walsh

Here's an extract from a blog entry I wrote about Monday:


The crew of the Arctic Sunrise is on top of the world today, for many mindblowing reasons. As I write this, the ship is nudged up against the sea ice of the Arctic Ocean at 82.5 north - a latitude higher than any Greenpeace ship has achieved before, as far as we know. A couple of hours after we arrived, and had barely finished breakfast, a young polar bear loped past, seemingly curious and indignant about us unfurry humans gawping at it from our inedible green ship. It had been prowling along the ice edge, looking for seals for breakfast. We later saw evidence that it may have been successful, but I'll spare squeamish readers the details. After such a short time here, it's incredible that we've seen one of the world's most formidable animals, one that is at risk from the lost of sea ice caused by climate change.

Where are we anyway? To the west, in the distance are mountains in the north of Ellesmere Island, and we can just about see the Canadian base at Alert. To the east, the mountains Greenland's top end lie on the horizon. To the south, Nares Strait - the route to Baffin Bay by which we arrived, and to the north - well, there's really only frozen ocean between here and the geographic North Pole. Earlier - with lookouts keeping an eye for polar bears, most of the crew jumped out onto the ice, taking a very short stroll around on the Arctic Ocean, before Nick had us clowning for a crew photograph - with Captain Pete holding a sign that reads "North Pole: 445 miles".

You can read more at weblog.greenpeace.org/climate

Late Night with Nanuk »

Petermann Glacier from above, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Petermann Glacier, seen from above, northwestern Greenland. To get a sense of scale, I'd say you're looking at an area about 1.5km wide.

Photographed from a helicopter on the first leg of the Greenpeace Arctic Impacts expedition 07/07/2009. Peterman glacier is the longest floating glacier in the northern hemisphere. The floating area is 16km by 80km. A 100 square km chunk, about 5 billion tonnes of ice is about to break off - and we're planning on being there to see it. Read my articles at the Climate Change blog weblog.greenpeace.org/climate

Iceberg: Gaudi Rooftop, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Iceberg in Kane Basin, Northwest Greenland.

Twist and turn: Petermann Glacier, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Twist and turn: Petermann Glacier


Petermann Glacier, near its face, northwestern Greenland. This floating part of the glacier is 80km long, and 16km wide at it's skinniest. The cliffs in the backgrounds are around 1000m high.

Photographed on the first leg of the Greenpeace Arctic Impacts expedition 07/07/2009. Peterman glacier is the longest floating glacier in the northern hemisphere. The floating area is 16km by 80km. A 100 square km chunk, about 5 billion tonnes of ice is about to break off - and we're planning on being there to see it. Read my articles and see Nick Cobbing's photographs at the Climate Change blog weblog.greenpeace.org/climate

Iceberg: Sleeping Giant, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Icberg near Humboldt Glacier, Kane Basin, remote northwest Greenland

Svalbard Global Seed Vault, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

More pictures here »

Nestled into the rocky waste of plataberget Mountain about Svalbard's airport, the Global Seed Vault is at once startling and innocuous. Designed by architect Peter W. Søderman at Barlindhaug Consulting, this concrete, steel and glass structure is the first layer of security to a repository of millions of seeds from around the world, stored here in case of disaster, disease, or war.

The Svalbard Global Seed Bank is situated 120 metres (390 ft) inside a sandstone
mountain at Longyearbyen on Spitsbergen Island, in the Svalbard archipelago about 1300km from the North Pole. Svalbard was considered ideal for the bank, due to low tectonic activity and its permafrost, which will aid preservation. Even if sea levels rise due to climate change - and the melting of ice caps, the seeds will be safe and dry , as they are stored at a location 130 metres (430 ft) above sea level.

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault provides a safety net against accidental loss of diversity from traditional storage within genebanks around the world, and has a capacity for 4.5 million seeds. Although the media has made much of the "Doomsday Vault's" role in providing security in the face of war or or catastrophe, the operators - the Norwegian government and the Global Crop Diversity Trust and the Nordic Genetic Resource Center - say that it will be most useful when genebanks lose samples due to mismanagement, accident, equipment failures, funding cuts and natural disasters.

Walrus, Kane Basin, Northwest Greenland., originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Walrus, Kane Basin, Northwest Greenland.

Nanuk: Polar Bear looking me right in the eye, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Posted to flickr in August 2009 Nanuk: Polar Bear, Ursus Maritimus seen from the deck of the Arctic Sunrise in Kane Basin, North west Greenland. The bear's curiosity drew the ship while it was stationary, in sea ice, just after midnight on Sunday morning. It came very close to the ship, and even looked like it thought about trying to scale the side of the vessel, before playfully rolling about on the ice.

This is the largest apartment blog in downtown Nuuk, the capital of Greenland. More than 1% of Greenland's 57,000 population reportedly live in this building.
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Two girls walking by the Samuel Beckett Bridge, Dublin by Santiago Calatrava., originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Samuel Beckett Bridge, Dublin, before installation, following its arrival from the Netherlands. Constructed by Graham Hollandia Joint Venture, architect, Santiago Calatrava. 120 metres long and 48 metres high and weighs 5,700 tonnes.

That's the new Dublin Convention centre in the background.

More Samuel Beckett Bridge photos for sale »

Samuel Beckett Bridge, Dublin by Santiago Calatrava., originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Samuel Beckett Bridge, Dublin, before installation, following its arrival from the Netherlands. Constructed by Graham Hollandia Joint Venture, architect, Santiago Calatrava. 120 metres long and 48 metres high and weighs 5,700 tonnes.

More Samuel Beckett Bridge photos for sale on davewalshphoto.com »

Taking the piss - blue study, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Taking the piss - blue study, Leidseplein, Amsterdam.

Burning Cross, Amsterdam, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Illuminated Cross on building, Amsterdam

Found football, Bull Island, Dublin, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Found football, Bull Island, Dublin

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Recession Lap Dance on Dublin's Dame St, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Recession Lap Dance on Dublin's Dame St. Monday and Tuesday specials at Lapello, offering admission drink and private dance for €35. Even Lapdancing clubs get hit by the recession. A bargain, if spending money that way floats your boat.

Dad in the boat, on the Slaney with Loki and Becky, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Dad in the boat, on the Slaney with Loki and Becky. Jim Walsh 23/05/2009.

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Museumplein, Amsterdam, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Museumplein, Amsterdam

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World Press Photo Exhibition, Oude Kirk, Amsterdam, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

People at the World Press Photo Exhibition, Oude Kirk, Amsterdam

Le Coup De Grace, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Le Coup De Grace - child with sword and father, anarchist parade, May Day March, Paris, 1 May 2009. Child apparently attempting to behead his father, not realising that if his father has no head, he will have nothing to hold on to!

Nous Voulons un vrai President: May Day March, Paris, 1 May 2009, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Nous Voulons un vrai President: May Day March, Paris, 1 May 2009. Protest with sign that reads "We want a true president"

Reve General, May Day March, Paris, 1 May 2009, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Reve General, May Day March, Paris, 1 May 2009. Woman protesting on the Colonne de Juillet, July Monument. - 'General Dream', pun on 'Greve General' (General Strike)

Mum, I am here! Place de la Bastille May Day March, Paris, 1 May 2009, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Mum, I am here! Place de la Bastille May Day March, Paris, 1 May 2009. Maman, je suis la!

Anarchist protestor in knitted balaclava, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Anarchist protestor in knitted balaclavaMay Day March, Paris, 1 May 2009

Kicking Ass at the Centre Pompidou, by Mimi the Clown, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Mimi the Cown kicking some ass 'Running in Paris', Centre Pompidou, Paris.

More from Mimi the Clown here:
www.flickr.com/photos/migueldonvez/
That piece was actully done this month - I must have caught it a day after it was done:
www.flickr.com/photos/migueldonvez/3522521329/

mimitheclown.com/

Foto Automat, by Canal St. Martin, Paris, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Foto Automat, outside Point Ephémère, ParisCanal St. Martin, Paris

Careful with that baguette now, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Careful with that loaf now. Father and son, and old man with loaf of bread, Île Saint-Louis, Paris

Quai du Marché-Neuf, Paris, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Quai du Marché-Neuf, Île de la Cité, Paris

Picnic on the Seine, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Couple having a picnic on the Pont des Arts, footbridge over the Seine river, Paris, France. But who is the girl in the red shoes?

Missed Opportunity, by the Canal St. Martin, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

By the Canal St. Martin. Older woman with crutch sitting on bench beside the canal while two girls talk. Can't help thinking she's lonely, and wants to join in. Of course, I could be wrong.

Black Guillemots on the Liffey, Dublin, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Lovely Black Guillemots or tysties, Cepphus grylle on the Liffey, Dublin, , beside Sean O'Casey Bridge. They've been around a couple of weeks now... which is a little strange, as the tystie is normally a cliff-dwelling species...

This photo was taken nearly a month ago, but I saw them last weekend in the same area. I didn't have my 100-400 with me, so this is taken with a 70-200.

This Examiner article from 2006 suggests they've been around quite a while: Tystie treat as auks try the inner city

The Steine, or Long Stone, Dublin, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

The Steine, Dublin - a replica monlith at the junctions of Pearse, Hawkins and D'Olier St, the possible location of the Steine, or Long Stone, a marker for the original Viking, Anglo Norman to Medieval landing point on the River Liffey. A fascinating ignored bit of Dublin furniture...

More about the Steine

Trawler in Howth Harbour, Dublin, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Old Trawler in Howth Harbour, Dublin

Feral Goat, Glenealo Valley, Glendalough, Co. Wicklow, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Feral Goat, Glenealo Valley, Glendalough, Co. Wicklow, near the ruined Miner's Village

Little Egret, Egretta garzetta, on the Tolka River, Dublin, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Little Egret, Egretta garzetta, taking off this afternoon on the Tolka River, Dublin. Interestingly, these are a summer migratory visitor - I've never noticed this so early in the year before.

Grey Heron, Ardea Cinerea, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Aha, it's letting me get closer! I spent a bit of time today, coming back from the shop, and he was really just too lazy to fly away. I shot 250 photos... here's one of the closest with the Canon 100-400 L USM IS 4.5-5.6


Grey Heron, Ardea Cinerea on the bank of the Tolka River, by Fairview Park in Dublin today (13/02/2009).

Newgrange Passage Grave, Co. Meath, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Newgrange Passage Grave, Co. Meath. Newgrange is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, dating to 3200BC. On the shortest day of the year, at the winter solstice, a beam of sunlight illuminates the interior.

Playa Del Ingles, La Gomera, Canary Islands, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Long exposures of the surf breaking on rocks at Playa Del Ingles, La Gomera, Canary Islands

Short-finned pilot whales off the coast of La Gomera, Canary Islands, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Dorsal fins of Short-finned pilot whales, Globicephala macrorhynchus, off the coast of La Gomera, in the Canary Islands, from whalewatching boat 'Tina'.

Pilot whales have been in the news a bit this week, because of the strandings off Tasmanian.

All dolphins are whales - but not all whales are dolphins. And pilot whales are actually very large dolphins, at up to 3.5 - 6.5m long and up to 4 tonnes in weight. They can dive down hundreds of metres, where they catch squid and fish. They've very social animals, towards each other that is, but not terribly interactive with humans. So it was a pleasure to hang out beside this pod for a few minutes while they lay on the surface and dallied...

Short-finned pilot whale blowing, Globicephala macrorhynchus, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

Dorsal fins of Short-finned pilot whales, Globicephala macrorhynchus, off the coast of La Gomera, in the Canary Islands, from whalewatching boat 'Tina'.

Pilot whales have been in the news a bit this week, because of the strandings off Tasmanian.

All dolphins are whales - but not all whales are dolphins. And pilot whales are actually very large dolphins, at up to 3.5 - 6.5m long and up to 4 tonnes in weight. They can dive down hundreds of metres, where they catch squid and fish. They've very social animals, towards each other that is, but not terribly interactive with humans. So it was a pleasure to hang out beside this pod for a few minutes while they lay on the surface and dallied...

Grey Heron, Ardea Cinerea, blowing in the wind, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

My friend The Heron, again, hanging out behind a fence by the Tolka River. At least this time I had the right lens (Canon 100-400 L IS USM). The heron's feathers are blowing in the wind, and that's a fence in the foreground, in case you're wondering. Here's the other photo of the heron from last week...

Grey Heron, Ardea Cinerea, right beside Annesley Bridge on the bank of the Tolka River, by Fairview Park in Dublin (11/02/2009).

Ha'penny Bridge, Dublin, originally uploaded by Dave Walsh Photography.

A quiet still evening, amongst the early winter storms...

The Ha'penny Bridge, known later for a time as the Penny Ha'penny Bridge, is a pedestrian bridge built in 1816 over the River Liffey in Dublin, Ireland. Originally called the Wellington Bridge (after the Duke of Wellington), the name of the bridge changed to Liffey Bridge, its official name to this day. It is still commonly known as the Ha'penny Bridge. The toll itself was dropped in 1919; before this there were turnstiles either end of it.