The recently announced Nikon D40 could be the camera that wins over the hearts and minds of a whole new generation of DSLR owners and it’s being released right before the Christmas buying season. Why? For two reasons, price and brand. There are a number of digital SLR cameras in the sub $500 range; the [...]
2006Sun19Nov
The gulls of Alcatraz
Filed in Alcatraz, Birds, California, Photos, San Francisco, Sigma 10-20, United StatesThe gulls of Alcatraz Yet another curious seagull on the island of Alcatraz in San Francisco. I think he has a stern, angry look on his face, probably because I disturbed him by waving a camera in his face!
2006Sat18Nov
Glistening Blackberries
Filed in Co. Cork, Cork, Food, Ireland, Nature, Photos, Sigma 18-200Glistening Blackberries Blackberries glisten in the bright sun of an August afternoon in Co. Cork. I love blackberry jam, blackberry tarts, blackberry crumble. I don’t like picking the fruit, but I have many childhood memories of wandering country lanes with my family looking for the best fruit for my mother to make delicious jam. Nowadays, [...]
2006Fri17Nov
Wait to cross
Filed in Architecture, Black and White, Cork, Ireland, Photos, Sigma 10-20, St Patrick's Bridge, UrbanWait to cross Please wait until the green man shows before crossing the street. I love the shadows on the ground cast by the sun! Shot on St. Patrick’s Bridge, Cork.
2006Thu16Nov
Checking the prisoner
Filed in Alcatraz, Black and White, California, Candid, People, Photos, San Francisco, Sigma 10-20, United StatesChecking the prisoner “I’m so tired. They’ve had me locked up here for years. I’m in solitary confinement for my sins. I was set up I tell you! It wasn’t me!” A tourist looks in on a cell in Alcatraz in the solitary confinement wing. Luckily I was able to walk out immediately. Not a [...]
2006Wed15Nov
No walking stick
Filed in Alcatraz, California, People, Photos, San Francisco, Sigma 10-20, Signs, United StatesNo walking stick It’s a good thing nobody in this picture needs help walking or getting about! Is that sign really saying walking sticks aren’t allowed? It could be one of the following too, what do you think? No backpackers No mountaineers or hikers No round headed people Or possibly even “people with bags on [...]
2006Tue14Nov
Wet Wellow Web
Filed in Blarney, Cork, Flowers, Ireland, Nature, Panasonic FZ5, Photos, Rain, WaterWet Wellow Web Early in the morning dew coats everything and water droplets on spider webs glisten in the rising sun. I’m not sure where this was taken, it was probably somewhere in Blarney but it was taken with my Panasonic FZ5 last September and I only copied it off a few days ago!
2006Mon13Nov
Pier 38, San Francisco
Filed in California, Lights, Long Exposure, Night, Photos, Reflections, San Francisco, Sea, Sigma 10-20, Sky, United States, WaterPier 38, San Francisco Pier 38 is where True Ventures have their San Francisco office. It was the location of a great post-WordCamp party last August. It was such a beautiful night I had to take a shot of the moon and lights reflecting in the water.
2006Sun12Nov
Cupid’s Arrow in the sunset
Filed in Architecture, California, Night, Photos, San Francisco, Sigma 10-20, Sky, United States, UrbanCupid’s Arrow in the sunset The arrow head of Cupid’s Span is caught as a silhouette by the evening sky in San Francisco. The monument sits in Rincon Park and was created by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen to mirror the span of the Bay Bridge nearby.
2006Sat11Nov
A resident of Alcatraz
Filed in Alcatraz, Birds, California, Photos, San Francisco, Sigma 10-20, United StatesA resident of Alcatraz Alcatraz Island is now inhabited by the birds and I presume security staff but I think the birds have a better life with all the tourists around hefting lunches and sandwiches from the mainland. Imagine the scene, me and a few of the others scrambling to get a shot of this [...]
