Just Google It!
Posted on 20 November 2009 | No responses
Einstein says you should use a search engine!
Shot in Killarney, County Kerry.
Abandoned Dingle Trawler
Posted on 19 November 2009 | No responses
Right on the pier in Dingle are two trawlers that are slowly falling to pieces. The one pictured above is severely burned, windows burned out and broken. Moss grows on the deck amid the rubbish.
I can’t believe it’s still there. It was there last year when we visited, and may even have been there the time before that!
Bike Park
Posted on 18 November 2009 | No responses
The bike park on Patrick’s Street, Cork.
Director’s Cut
Posted on 17 November 2009 | 1 response
First of all Virgin Megastore was sold off to Zavvi and shortly afterwards they had a liquidation sale and went under. Now Director’s Cut are in there and it’s a depressing store. There’s no piped music to liven the dead atmosphere, oh dear!
Pub of the year for sale
Posted on 16 November 2009 | 4 responses
The Woodford on Patrick’s Street Cork closed some time ago. Shame really as it was a nice pub.
Slea Head Statues
Posted on 15 November 2009 | No responses
There’s a statue of Christ and associated figures on the cross at the top of Slea Head in County Kerry. I’m not sure who erected them but they’re a prominent part of the headland there.
Fencing out the Atlantic
Posted on 14 November 2009 | No responses
A fence on the road on Slea Head in County Kerry. The waters of the Atlantic lie just beyond.
The Historic C.O.D Ranch
Posted on 13 November 2009 | 1 response
The Historic C.O.D Ranch outside Oracle in Arizona where Automattic held a meetup in January 2008. Winter in the desert is mostly pleasant, during the day. At night it was freezing!
Straighten and Crop with the GIMP
Posted on 13 November 2009 | 2 responses
One of the more awkward tasks to do in the GIMP is straightening horizons. You have to manually rotate the image using that tool which always seems to be fairly hit and miss.
I had hoped that GIMP 2.6 would have the “draw a line and rotate” function that Bibblepro and I think Photoshop have but unfortunately it’s not there. Not to worry because the Straighten and Crop plugin by Bert Hinz does the job too!
Install the plugin by copying the .py file into .gimp-2.6/plug-ins/. You might need to chmod it to make it executable. Fire up the gimp and using the Path tool (press B) mark two points on the horizon with left clicks of the mouse. Run the plugin (from Image->Transform->Straighten and Crop) and it will rotate the image.
Nice and simple and has worked on the couple of images I tried it on. (via)
Old Wood and Yellow
Posted on 12 November 2009 | 1 response
The gorgeous Autumn colours contrast with the dark and rough texture of the old wood of a fence.
Shot in Quebec of course.