Mid-July 2021 featured a period of exceptionally hot weather in Ireland. It is a very rare and special occasion when Ireland gets to experience weather like this that isn't a 1-day affair which you typically see at least once most summers. This period lasted for at least 10 consecutive days.
I wanted to make the most of the spell best I could. I set myself a challenge to capture every sunrise and sunset during the heatwave, no matter if it kills me - and by that, I mean from lack of sleep. I would try to go all kinds of places in Dublin rather than the same old same old every morning or evening. I was able to successfully achieve this for a full week before I got far too tired and just gave up. I had great assistance from my mother, especially the sunrises, whom I couldn't have achieved what I did without. It is a period of my life I will not soon forget and ordinarily I am very critical about myself on making the most of fine weather in Ireland but I feel this was one occasion where I did just that!
The gallery below is some of the many images I captured during the July 2021 heatwave in Dublin and you will find a list of dates and places I visited each day.
Wednesday 14th July - Coliemore Harbour, Burrow Beach, Howth (sunset)
Thursday 15th July - Seapoint Beach (sunset)
Friday 16th July - Vico Baths, Bullock Harbour, Howth Harbour, Deer Park (sunset)
Saturday 17th July - Portmarnock Beach (sunrise), Skerries South Strand, Salthill (sunset)
Sunday 18th July - Burrow Beach (sunrise), Dún Laoghaire West Pier (sunset)
Monday 19th July - Burrow Beach (sunrise and sunset)
Tuesday 20th July - Portrane (sunrise), Dublin Airport (sunset)
Wednesday 21st July - Skerries (sunrise), Portmarnock Beach, Father Collins Park (sunset)
Throughout the period, I used my iPhone 12 Pro Max and Nikon D5300 with either 18-55mm or 150-600mm lenses. It's unfortunate I didn't have a 70-300mm then because that would have been very useful in getting those zoom shots without the crazy zoom of the 150-600mm which has quite a shallow field of view and not a lot of room to manoeuvre to frame your subject. Gotta make do with what you have!
