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Ruari Outdoors

Cityscape, Landscape, Street & Travel photographer from Newry, Ireland. Photographing on Canon R6.

30/10/2026

11/10/2026 - playing 🎹 in Volksgarten, Vienna

(Music: Ludovico Einaudi - Divenire)

29/10/2026

8/10/2026 to 12/10/2026 - My stay in Vienna was a rather short visit, with me also having a trip to Hallstatt in between these dates too. I tried to see as much as I could of Vienna during the short visit. Vienna is certainly a city with a lot of history and character, I would certainly return to Vienna for a longer stay to see a lot more of the city.

That Thursday when I arrived in Vienna, I made my way to the Palace of Justice before visiting hours closes as visiting is only from Monday to Friday and I was travelling to Hallstatt on Friday. Sunday was my only full day in Vienna where I walked around St. Stephen's Cathedral, Volksgarten and Michaelerplatz, while walking around these places I took photographs documenting of what I saw.

These are some of my Vienna photographs that I have been able to photograph during my short visit there.

27/10/2026

9/10/2026 - These are some of my photos from Hallstatt, Austria from earlier this month where I travelled to Vienna from the 8th to 12th October with the inclusion of an overnight stay in Hallstatt during this period of time.

Hallstatt, a beautiful UNESCO town in the foothills of the Alps, Austria.

Hallstatt is a beautiful town, it does welcome a lot of tourists so expect many of people in and around this small but beautiful town.

26/10/2026

9/10/2026 - Earlier this month from the 8th to 12th October I visited Austria especially Vienna, where I also made a timed overnight stay in Hallstatt (a beautiful UNESCO town in the foothills of the Alps).

This photo is from Hallstatt. Hallstatt has been on my list of places that I would like to visit. And earlier in the year, I decided I shall visit Austria with including an overnight stay in Hallstatt.

Hallstatt is one of the most photographed towns in the world especially from this photo location (Place of Silence), as you will see many of photographs from this location either from search engines or through image sharing websites. You may have seen a photo like this but during the day, when your TV becomes idle and images show up in a slideshow widget which includes a photo of Hallstatt.

Hallstatt is a beautiful town, it does welcome a lot of tourists so expect many of people in and around this small but beautiful town.

26/10/2026

Earlier this month from the 8th to 12th October 2026 I visited Austria especially Vienna, where I also had an overnight stay in Hallstatt too (beautiful town in the foothills of the Alps)

25/10/2026

Stunning, Mythical like.

It was a pleasure to witness Murlough Bay, Ballycastle on 5th October 2025 being bathed in such beautiful golden morning sunlight. Murlough Bay was on my radar to photograph for the past while because of its natural beauty, with a famous sycamore tree that is mythical like while being the main subject of interest.

I came to photograph Murlough Bay last year because I couldn’t give up the opportunity to keep waiting to photograph it because, other natural beauty locations have been destroyed or altered e.g. The Dark Hedges is not the same anymore with key trees being felled by storms or being cut down for public safety. Destruction of the Sycamore Gap tree in Northumberland, England and also the vandalism of the willow tree that was attacked in New Zealand.

I was just happy to be there at the right moment to photograph Murlough Bay being bathed in golden sun. I was happy to have been there before the tree loses all of its leaves for the winter. It was even more special for me to have witnessed the golden sunlight on my own at Murlough Bay with nobody around me.

In understanding about these golden lighting conditions - you make your own luck, just by being there, with also some educated guesses about the weather and the direction of the sun e.g. looking at the weather maps for the day. Sunrise was for 7:35am going by weather maps, but the sun didn’t start to rise between the Bay until around 8:05am. And the golden sunlight only lasted for around 2-5 minutes because the clouds were in the way to break up the golden sunlight.

25/10/2026

I am sharing some more Autumnal photos from 2024 in Gleno Waterfall, which is tucked away in the beautiful green hills of County Antrim.

I went back and re-edited my Autumnal Gleno Waterfall 2024 photos because I found that the previous edits were very dark and they weren’t realistic to the lighting and colour from that day.

My opinion of Gleno Waterfall, it would be one of the nicest scenic locations to photographic in Northern Ireland and my initial edited photos of this location did not showcase the beauty of this place. I can see now that the edited photos (first time around) were unnatural looking - very dark and the green colour of the ferns were so desaturated they looked unnatural. I captured autumn at Gleno Waterfall quite well, but my editing let me down.

But now in editing these photos again; I think I have balanced the colours and the lighting evenly & correctly this time around. I am happy that I have been able to correct my previous editing mistakes because it is such a beautiful location and I am able to showcase Gleno Waterfall in a better light now than before. I think these photos showcases the best and how I first envisioned of what Gleno Waterfall looks like during Autumn.

Being self-critical in photography can be good at times because by finding mistakes, you can learn from them and do better next time. In photography, you are always learning.

25/10/2026

I re-edited and sharing this photo to Instagram. This photo was photographed back in October 2024, of the beautiful morning sunrise at Tollymore Forest Park with the sun piercing through the trees, next to Tollymore’s Barbican Gate.

I was photographing from the back of the Tollymore Forest entrance gate (Barbican Gate), facing back down the entrance if anybody wanted to know how I photographed this.

I put this photo into The Strangford and Lecale AONB Photography Competition and it was included in the top 12 entries, where the 12 entries are listed in the AONB 2026 Calendar. My photo was listed for October, Autumn season.

11/09/2026

At the end of August, I took some portrait photos of the lovely Esha for a creative photography session around the area of Ravensdale and also at the Carrickdale Gardens. This was a good experience for me to build my portrait photography portfolio and practice working with natural light and distinct environments. Ravensdale offers beautiful, rugged forest landscapes, while the Carrickdale Gardens provide a more structured, elegant, and manicured backdrop.

I am interested in photographing people, models and families more, that is something I would like to do more and if you would like create something beautiful together, please send me a message on Facebook or Instagram.

01/09/2026

I’m somewhere in the audience! 😄

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