Archive for the 'Black and White' Category
Black and white photography has been around for years but it continues to be popular. I love black and white pictures because the color doesn’t distract from the light, shape and texture of the subject.
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 by Donncha
Important decisions in life. What job will I do in the future and should I wear a beard? I’ve got the job bit covered, but would I look better with a beard? I think there’d be trouble if I tried growing one!
The wearbeard sticker really caught my eye. It’s just weird to create a site about that but it takes all sorts I guess.
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Posted in Advertising, Black and White, Canon 10-22, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Photos, St Patrick's Street, Street, Urban | No Comments »
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 by Donncha
Margi is an artist and business woman living in Oracle, Arizona in the US. She makes beautiful handmade jewelry and glass beads from this small building near an iron smith in the town. I bought a few items for my wife and she loves them.
If you’re near Oracle, call in and say hi. She’s busy but is lovely to chat with and will gladly sell you beautiful jewelry!
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Posted in Arizona, Black and White, Canon 10-22, Canon 20D, People, Photos, United States, Urban | 1 Comment »
Monday, May 12th, 2008 by Donncha
Two enthusiastic fans of Cork band, Fred, when they played at the May Day celebrations in Cork back in 2005. I loved their first album, but the second one was just more of the same. Great to hear and watch live though!
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Posted in Black and White, Cork, Ireland, People, Photos, St Patrick's Street, Street, Urban | 1 Comment »
Saturday, May 10th, 2008 by Donncha
OK, so it’s not quite a bus, but it’s a stretch limo. I saw it again today cruising up and down Patrick’s Street with the rear window open a crack. I’d hate to see that try to navigate a tight bend!
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Posted in Black and White, Candid, Canon 10-22, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, People, St Patrick's Street, Street, Urban, Vehicles | 1 Comment »
Friday, May 9th, 2008 by Donncha
Two seagulls wander into the water on the slip that serves the Bere Ferry in Schull Harbour.
Jacinta was the first to notice that actually, the Bere Ferry does not go from Schull. It lands at Castletownbere! Oops!
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Posted in Birds, Black and White, Boat, Canon 10-22, Canon 20D, Co. Cork, Cork, Ireland, Landscape, Photos, Sea, Urban, Vehicles, Water | No Comments »
Monday, May 5th, 2008 by Donncha
A farmer ploughing his field caught my attention while out driving with Adam (trying to get him to sleep, it worked!)
The farmer saw me and asked the usual “why are you photographing me?” question but was friendly enough. Plenty of work to be done anyway as he was only halfway through the field!
When I saw the scene I pictured the contrasting bright and dark halves of the ground, but the day was so bright it was difficult to shoot the shadow close by me. I had to clone out a really annoying power line going right across the top half of the image too!
Shot just outside Ballincollig in Co. Cork.
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Posted in Ballincollig, Black and White, Canon 10-22, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Landscape, Photos, Vehicles | 1 Comment »
Sunday, May 4th, 2008 by Donncha
A decorative bench and wheel on the ranch in Arizona. I took so many shots of the place I’m still struggling to catch up and mark the ones I want to work on but I will eventually get to them. I suspect some may not see the light of day until next year though!
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Friday, May 2nd, 2008 by Donncha
A hungry, scrawny cat came up to us while walking around Schull in Co. Cork last weekend. The poor thing was crying for food and affection. This was the first time Adam saw a real cat and he was delighted but we had to leave the poor thing to fend for itself.
I discovered that the Irish name of the town called Schull is “Scoil Mhuire”, a much nicer name IMO. In English that would be “Mary’s School”, or more likely, “St. Mary’s School”. West Cork is so beautiful but the basterdisation of Irish names is shocking. I even saw a sign for a town called “Snámh” which had been translated as “Snave”. “Snámh” is the verb, “to swim” in English. Perhaps the town was created by an English landlord and named “Snave” first and then named “Snámh” by the Irish?
PS. Congrats to fellow Mallow Camera Club member, David Lavery, who left his comfortable 9-5 day job to become a wedding photographer in Mallow, Co. Cork a year ago today! Not many would take the jump, so I hope he’ll get that blog rolling and write about his experiences. I know I’d like to hear about them!
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Posted in Animals, Black and White, Canon 10-22, Canon 20D, Co. Cork, Cork, Ireland, Urban | 2 Comments »
Thursday, May 1st, 2008 by Donncha
This is John Sullivan, a man we met near the beach at Allihies in West Cork a few days ago. He’s quite a remarkable man, especially as he will be 91 in June. I’ll be very happy with myself if I’m as fit and healthy as he is when I celebrate my 91st birthday!
The photo isn’t the best I could manage but I only took the one shot and wanted to share it. There was a very strong light behind him from the afternoon sun and I used the on-camera flash to fill in the shadows as best I could.
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Posted in Allihies, Black and White, Canon 10-22, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, People, Photos | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 by Donncha
I remember seeing a shot Alkos took of this stag or deer on a wall near the English Market in Cork. I must dig up a link to it. Anyway, that shot was on my mind when I took this photo and I really like how it turned out!
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Posted in Black and White, Canon 10-22, Canon 20D, Cork, English Market, Ireland, Landscape, Signs, Urban | 1 Comment »