Pretty yellow flowers bloom in late April in the grounds of the Westlodge Hotel we stayed in while on holiday in Bantry. Spring was late coming to these gardens so it was nice to see a splash of colour!
2008Sun13Jul
Pretty Yellow Flowers
Filed in Bantry, Canon 10-22, Canon 20D, Cork, Flowers, Ireland, Look up, Nature, Photography, Photos, Sky, Trees
2008Sat12Jul
Railway Tunnel
Filed in Black and White, Canon 10-22, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Photography, PhotosA tunnel under the railway line between Cork and Mallow that eventually ends up in “the big smoke”, Dublin (Only ever heard Dublin people refer to Dublin by that name..) I believe the road heads to Whitechurch where we’re heading tomorrow for a meal with some Polish friends. There are great winding roads off the [...]
2008Fri11Jul
Set me free
Filed in Canon 10-22, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Paul Street, Photography, Photos, Street, Urban, VehiclesA car leaving the Paul St. car park last Saturday while Phil, Chris and myself took photos from the top floor.
2008Thu10Jul
Biosphere 2 Lung
Filed in Arizona, Canon 10-22, Canon 20D, Photography, Photos, United StatesAs Biosphere 2 is a self contained and airtight structure the air inside would expand and contract on warm and cold days which could cause the building to explode or implode! Two lungs were built to cope with this effect. One of them is pictured above. As the air in the building warmed up the [...]
2008Wed09Jul
Rainbow Umbrella
Filed in Candid, Canon 10-22, Canon 20D, Cork, Grand Parade, Ireland, People, Photography, Photos, Street, UrbanA child opens a rainbow coloured umbrella outside Cork City Library last Saturday. Rain threatened most of the day so it was a good idea to have an umbrella with you, just in case. Phil is blogging the photos he took, and posted about his trip to Cork too.
2008Tue08Jul
High Street, Bantry
Filed in Architecture, Bantry, Black and White, Canon 10-22, Canon 20D, Cork, Houses, Ireland, Photography, Photos, Signs, UrbanHigh Street in Bantry, Co. Cork is one of the main streets in the town. It was a gorgeous day when I walked around there and shot this high contrast photo on one of it’s corners.
2008Mon07Jul
Biosphere 2
Filed in Architecture, Arizona, Automattic, Canon 10-22, Canon 20D, Landscape, Photography, Photos, Sky, United StatesBiosphere 2 lies in the dusty hot desert in Arizona. It was originally designed as a self contained “world” where scientists stayed for an extended period of time. After going through the tour, there’s no way I’d volunteer to spend my time inside. It must have been very difficult being cooped up in one building. [...]
2008Sun06Jul
Cock Pit Lane, Cork
Filed in Canon 20D, Cork, Cornmarket Street, Ireland, Look up, Photography, Photos, Sigma 18-200, Signs, UrbanI wouldn’t be surprised if you didn’t know where Cock Pit Lane was, or if you had never heard of it. It’s a small lane off Cornmarket Street, Cork. I was fascinated by the slight change in meaning of the English and Irish names. The Irish name, “Lana Troid Coileach” literally means, “Cock Fight Lane”, [...]
2008Sat05Jul
Musical Sunglasses
Filed in Black and White, Candid, Canon 20D, Cork, Grand Parade, Ireland, People, Photography, Photos, Sigma 18-200, Street, UrbanA brass band played in front of Cork City Library today and I made this shot while waiting with Phil and his brother Christopher for Damien to appear. We didn’t make it to Robodock in the end. I was busy and exhausted with a sick baby all morning and I think I’m lucky I managed [...]
2008Fri04Jul
Electronic waste in the countryside
Filed in Bantry, Canon 10-22, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Nature, Photography, Photos, TreesLast February we spent a weekend in Bantry where I made a couple of very nice shots when I drove into the hills surrounding the town. The area was so nice that I wandered up the road on foot a few yards for a better shot of this lone tree. I was disgusted to see [...]
