Fruit and other produce are still sold on Cornmarket Street although it’s more commonly known as the Coal Quay.
Tags: Black and White, Candid, Canon 20D, Coal Quay, Cork, Cork Photos, Cornmarket Street, Ireland, Irish photos, irishblogs, Market, People, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Street, UrbanAntennas reach to the sky above San Francisco. I’m not sure of the name of this hill, or how to get there again! Niall showed myself and Mark around up there before heading down by the Bay Bridge, grabbing a bite to eat in a local restaurant and finally ending up at the post-WordCamp bash with the rest of Automattic and everyone else!
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If you walk past this area now, the Amacas Restaurant is in this building on Paul Street, Cork. At the time the building was empty, having been vacated by the Gingerbread House a few weeks previously.
This sign is now gone too, but Collins Bookshop on Carey’s Lane is still there, I think. There’s a fancy glass partition in front of the building now where smokers can sup their coffee and eat their food. A far cry from the previous occupant’s dining arrangements.
I’m a sucker for old and weather beaten signs, street furniture and general rusted implements so I had to get a shot of this while walking past.
Tags: Advertising, Architecture, Canon 20D, Carey's Lane, collins-bookshop, Cork, Cork Photos, Ireland, Irish photos, irishblogs, Paul Street, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Signs, UrbanFilm crews and photographers wait outside Cork University Maternity Hospital yesterday for a shot of Michael Flatley. His wife Niamh gave birth to a bouncing baby boy that morning in the hospital. Apparently Flatley gave a 5 figure donation to the hospital. Nurses I spoke to wondered where it went..
OK, maybe the people pictured are TV3, RTE news and a couple of photographers for the local paper but it’s not often one sees them about and in one place. I was busy helping Jacinta and Adam into the car and we weren’t about to stop and hang about. I told the reporters I had no comments to make except that Adam was in great form and that he and his mom were coming home.
I saw Michael Flatley on TV later and he was beaming! 
A tram waits for tourists a few blocks from Union Square in San Francisco. It’s a popular attraction. There was a long line of people waiting to board just behind me!
Technique - I used a blurred layer with a layer mask and circular gradients to create the blurred background. Black and white conversion with colour mixer.
Tags: Advertising, Black and White, California, Canon 20D, holiday, irishblogs, Photos, San Francisco, San Francisco Photos, Sigma 10-20, Street, Trains, tram, United States, Urban, vacation, VehiclesThe Atlantic Manor Hotel stood for many a year at Garrettstown in Co. Cork and is even still listed on a travel website but it is gone now. Ryan visited there a while back and took some great interior shots of the decaying ruins before they disappeared.
A JCB operator was clearing up some of the rubble when we happened to drive past last year and as luck would have it, I only had my wide angle lens so I was limited in what I could shoot unfortunately. It does force you to learn a new discipline and work with what you have though.
We drove past there recently and all that remains is barren wasteland. People still have their memories.
Jacinta and Adam are possibly coming home today. I’m very happy (and tired!)
Tags: Architecture, Black and White, Canon 20D, Cork, Cork Photos, Garretstown, Garrettstown, hotel, Ireland, Irish photos, irishblogs, People, Photos, ruins, Sigma 10-20, VehiclesThe light says stop so we stop. A junction in downtown San Francisco as we walked about town. I just realised the vehicle in the picture is parked awfully close to the corner. There isn’t any driver staring madly at the camera. Hope he didn’t get a ticket. That’s Banana Republic across the street and what looks like Rinelli?
Off to the hospital again in a short while. Unlike the beautiful blue sky in this photo it’s overcast outside, but I’ll be in a hospital room for most of the day so it doesn’t matter..
Tags: Abstract, Advertising, Architecture, banana-republic, California, Canon 20D, irishblogs, Photos, reflection, San Francisco, San Francisco Photos, Sigma 10-20, Signs, Sky, United States, Urban, VehiclesTuckey Street is a one way street that joins The Grand Parade with South Main Street in Cork. In typical Irish fashion, the one-way has been reversed over the last few years and anyway, the road works on The Grand Parade make getting onto the street a bit more difficult at the moment.
Nothing left to say, I’m off to the hospital again shortly. Hopefully Jacinta and Adam will be left out tomorrow. I’ve already registered Adam’s domain name for the next couple of years!
Does anyone know how to get namecheap’s DNS to not redirect to the www hostname? I prefer nowww urls but it doesn’t seem possible. On the “@” line, entering the IP address of the server as an ANAME record simply causes a URL redirect to the IP. At least I have two servers now so maybe it’s about time I host my own DNS.
Tags: Architecture, Black and White, Canon 20D, clouds, Cork, Cork Photos, Houses, Ireland, Irish photos, irishblogs, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Sky, South Main Street, Street, Tickey-Street, Tuckey Street, Tucky-Street, UrbanTwo kids running along Cornmarket Street last August had a great time. I don’t think they were being chased by anyone so it was pure innocent fun!
Heading into the hospital again shortly. In between taking care of Adam with Jacinta I watched Kill Bill 2 on the Macbook which has become a glorified DVD player. I’m tempted to copy over some of my WP projects so my brain doesn’t turn to mush. I have three ideas for different plugins I’m trying to find time to code.
Tags: Black and White, boys, Candid, Canon 20D, Cork, Cork Photos, Cornmarket Street, Ireland, Irish photos, irishblogs, Market, People, Photos, playing, Sigma 10-20, Street, UrbanA girl looked up at me from her buggy as I took her photo with the wide angle lens of my camera. This was taken just after the St. Patrick’s Day Parade this year and the place was black with people, especially outside the The Larry Tompkins pub so no wonder she was a little upset. Mum can be seen in the background, looks like they’re going home.
Today is the calm before the storm. I woke up to quiet. Oscar is with my family, Jacinta and Adam are still in the hospital. Tomorrow, everyone comes home probably, although Jacinta could do with an extra day.
Thank you to everyone who commented yesterday (and here too!) I’m bringing my laptop into the CUMH this afternoon to share with Jacinta all the good will and wishes left by you and everyone else!
PS. Good luck to Donal and Celine who are off to Lesotho today for 10 days. They have a long jounrey ahead of them but I know they’re going to do some great work out there, the money they’ve raised will be well spent and I’m looking forward to the photos!
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