City Hall at night Cork City Hall at night as viewed from across the river. It was all lit up for the Modern Homes Exhibition and as it was such a calm night the reflection on the River Lee was beautiful. If you watch the RTE news at 6pm or 9pm tonight, watch out for [...]
2006Sun31Dec
City Hall at night
Filed in Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Lights, Long Exposure, Night, Photos, River Lee, Sigma 10-20, Sky, Urban
A wonderful thing happened the other day. Gary Byron, a Corkonian like myself, was browsing the net and looking about for things to do when he comes home for Christmas. He stumbled upon this blog and by some one-in-a-million chance found my photo, Wet Day Shopping. He recognised the couple in the photo as his [...]
2006Sat30Dec
Standing in the gutter
Filed in Autumn, Blarney, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Photos, Rain, Sigma 10-20, Urban, WaterStanding in the gutter It’s pouring rain, I’m just after eating a delicious meal with family and what do I do? Go shoot the leaves in the drain across the road. I can tell you it was difficult enough holding the umbrella in one hand, camera in the other, thinking about composition and keeping my [...]
2006Fri29Dec
Brooding sky at sunset
Filed in Boat, Canon 20D, Cork, Crosshaven, Ireland, Night, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Sky, SunBrooding sky at sunset A brooding, dark sky threatens to swallow the setting sun over Drake’s Pool near Crosshaven in Co. Cork.
2006Thu28Dec
Enjoy diet Coke
Filed in Advertising, California, Canon 20D, Lights, Night, Photos, San Francisco, Sigma 10-20, Sky, Street, United States, Urban, VehiclesEnjoy diet Coke A sign blazes it’s message above our heads in San Francisco. The Diet Coke logo could be seen from the end of the street so I had to snap it as we got closer!
2006Wed27Dec
Dog in a lampshade
Filed in Animals, Black and White, Canon 20D, Cork, Dogs, Ireland, Photos, Sigma 10-20Dog in a lampshade Poor Oscar. It’s not bad enough that he got the snip but he had to wear what looks to all the world like a lampshade for two weeks. This was only a week after he moved in with us last Summer and the poor fella was not impressed. Thankfully he got [...]
Reuters have their best photos of the year, as do many other publications so I looked through my archives tonight to pick out some of my favourite photos of 2006; and found it was much harder than I thought. What follows are a selection of my best and favourite photos. Some for technical reasons while [...]
2006Tue26Dec
The River, The Brewery and the Cathedral
Filed in Architecture, Canon 20D, Cork, Gimp, Ireland, Landscape, Long Exposure, Night, Photos, River Lee, Sigma 10-20, UrbanThe River, The Brewery and the Cathedral The River Lee rushes by the Beamish and Crawford Brewery on one side, and O’Sullivan Electrical on the other with St. Finbarre’s Cathedral in the background. I have discovered there’s a dead pixel on my camera’s sensor. Fortunately it doesn’t seem to show itself much but when I [...]
2006Mon25Dec
Jesus Christ Loves You
Filed in Black and White, California, Canon 20D, Photos, San Francisco, Sigma 10-20, Street, United StatesJesus Christ Loves You A man stands alone amid the bustle of downtown San Francisco holding a sign proclaiming the message, “Jesus Christ Loves You”. This photo brings to mind the preacher in Chicago I photographed while on holiday there. I wonder if the man in San Francisco has the same colourful history. Happy Christmas [...]
2006Sun24Dec
Last minute shopping
Filed in Black and White, Candid, Canon 20D, Christmas, Cork, Ireland, People, Photos, Sigma 10-20, St Patrick's Street, StreetLast minute shopping Today many major cities and towns around the world are going to be thronged with shoppers doing last minute shopping before Christmas Day. Traffic is going to crawl and frustrate and the crowds will be suffocating. I’m glad I’m staying at home. We may head out to the Lough later for a [...]
