County Hall in Cork, as it was in 2005. Not so long ago it was flooded but it looks vaguely impressive when seen from certain viewpoints since the facelift it received in this photo. Shame it’s built on a flood plain.
2009Mon07Dec
County Hall Deconstructed
Filed in Architecture, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Photography, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Urban
2009Sun06Dec
Digging up Daunt Square
Filed in Black and White, Canon 18-55, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, People, Photography, Photos, Street, UrbanFlash back to 2005 if you will. Ireland is in the grip of the Celtic Tiger boom. Cork is undergoing a transformation. The city’s streets were dug up and remolded with apparently improved drainage (didn’t help recently unfortunately) and the revamping of the city centre was in full swing. Here’s the construction on Daunt Square, [...]
2009Fri04Dec
Eyes on Fregatte Köln
Filed in Canon 18-55, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, People, Photography, Photos, UrbanCrewmen on the Fregatte Köln when it visited Cork in 2005 kept a close eye on me, Ryan and AJ as we photographed every inch of the ship we could see. Looking back over these photos reminds me that this was the day the cheap memory card I used at the time failed on me [...]
2009Fri13Nov
The Historic C.O.D Ranch
Filed in Arizona, Black and White, Canon 20D, Photography, Photos, Sigma 18-200, United StatesThe Historic C.O.D Ranch outside Oracle in Arizona where Automattic held a meetup in January 2008. Winter in the desert is mostly pleasant, during the day. At night it was freezing!
The moon shines down on the Arizona desert, January 2008.
2009Tue22Sep
The evolution of back pain
Filed in Canon 20D, Photography, Photos, San Francisco, Sigma 10-20, Street, United States, UrbanA small poster advertises a survey on back pain. It’s a 3 year programme and since this was taken in 2007 it’s nearing completion now! Taken somewhere in San Francisco.
2009Wed09Sep
The French Armada Anchor in Bantry
Filed in Black and White, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Photography, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Street, UrbanAn anchor sits in the main square in Bantry Town. According to the Wikipedia page on the town, This anchor from the French Armada force in 1796 was discovered off the northeast point of Whiddy island, Bantry Bay, in 1980 by the Dutch salvage company Smit Tak Couldn’t find much else about it online after [...]
2009Sat05Sep
Tipping Over
Filed in Canon 20D, Ireland, Kerry, Photography, Photos, Sea, Sigma 18-200, Slea Head, WaterI thought I had posted this photo of waves crashing down at Couminole Beach before but no, I have posted several shots of waves at that exposed Atlantic beach but not this one! I rarely mention WordPress stuff here but if you haven’t upgraded your site to 2.8.4, read this post by Matt. Please upgrade, [...]
2009Tue18Aug
Growing Wild in the Biosphere
Filed in Arizona, Canon 10-22, Canon 20D, Photography, Photos, Trees, United StatesInside Biosphere 2, Arizona is a complete ecosystem meant to keep a group of people alive for months on end. That project ended years ago but the building remains and it’s worth a visit if you’re in the area! Just in case you didn’t see yesterday’s post, 3 hotel rooms going for free on the [...]
Waves crash and water rushes in on the rocks at Couminole Beach in County Kerry. Shot almost 2 years ago on Slea Head!
