Waves at Couminole The waves crash on to the beach at Couminole on Slea Head, Co. Kerry. Standing where I was when I took this image was scary. Huge waves lifting up water to head height before crashing down mere feet in front of me. Is that Skellig Michael in the background?
2007Wed31Oct
Waves at Couminole
Filed in Beach, Canon 20D, Ireland, Landscape, Photos, Sea, Sigma 10-20, Sky, Slea Head, Water
2007Tue30Oct
The Kerry Flag
Filed in Canon 20D, Houses, Ireland, Kerry, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Sky, UrbanThe Kerry Flag Kerry were still celebrating their win in the All Ireland when we stayed in Dingle a few weeks back and flags were flying everywhere!
2007Mon29Oct
Shadows on Slea Head
Filed in Beach, Canon 20D, Ireland, Kerry, Landscape, Nature, Photos, Sea, Sigma 10-20, Sky, Slea Head, Sun, WaterShadows on Slea Head Shadows from the broken clouds above play over the landscape on Slea Head in Co. Kerry. Every moment was a different photo until the rain eventually caught up with us!
Halloween Pumpkin Head A Halloween Pumpkin Head or Jack-o’-lantern stares off at the community hall where Mallow Camera Club meet each Monday. I spotted the head after our last meeting. It’s hand-held in low light so I had to pump up the ISO to get a steady shot. More on this Halloween tradition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack-o’-lantern http://wilstar.com/holidays/hallown.htm
2007Sat27Oct
Montague Burton the Tailor of Taste
Filed in Advertising, Architecture, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Photos, Princes Street, Sigma 10-20, Signs, UrbanMontague Burton the Tailor of Taste Like the stone laid by Barbara Jessie Burton in 1927, this doorway probably goes unnoticed by most people on Prince’s Street. It’s right next to the stone linked above, but the door is usually closed. I spotted this colourful mosaic out of the corner of my eye and recognised [...]
2007Fri26Oct
Dunnes Stores for Better Value
Filed in Architecture, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Look up, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Signs, Sky, St Patrick's Street, Sun, UrbanDunnes Stores for Better Value The old Dunnes Stores on Patrick’s Street is now only a shadow of it’s former self. All that remains of the building is the front facade and a small portion of the side walls. Construction work on the Paul Street development has levelled most of the back buildings in a [...]
2007Thu25Oct
The crow stops here
Filed in Birds, Black and White, Canon 20D, Cork, Grand Parade, Ireland, Look up, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Signs, Sky, UrbanThe crow stops here A crow atop a STOP sign on The Grand Parade, Cork. Shot using a fairly high ISO but bicubic resizing smudges the noise away!
The new release of GIMP 2.4 is finally out! Sven announced it on the Gimp User mailing list this morning. It seems like forever since 2.2 was released but he has promised that 2.6 won’t be as long in the making. The roadmap for GIMP 2.6 will be discussed over the next weeks on the [...]
2007Wed24Oct
Trust on the street
Filed in Black and White, Candid, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, People, Photos, Sigma 10-20, St Patrick's Street, Street, UrbanTrust on the street Have you ever thought about how you’re manipulated by the brands? Trust Boots.
This is a slighly modified version of an old GIMP Lomo plugin I’ve used for ages that will now work with the new GIMP 2.4 release thanks to some advice I remembered reading on the GIMP User mailing list. The original plugin is by Francois Le Lay but hasn’t been updated since 2005. It’s a [...]
