Archive for the 'Cobh' Category
Monday, January 15th, 2007 by Donncha
This was shot from across the River Lee in Passage last November.
FRLinux asked about settings so here they are, including post-processing:
Flickr’s exif data for this is a bit wrong - gthumb says the exposure was for 5 seconds, aperture was wide open at f4.5, and lens set at 28mm, which you can probably multiply by 1.6 for the crop factor. ISO was 100.
Post Processing was done in the GIMP using 3 layers:
1. Top layer is transparent with a black gradient at the bottom. Layer mode is Overlay.
2. Middle layer is black and white, and blurred and with added noise. It’s set to screen mode, and opacity of 51%.
3. Bottom layer is the colour image, slightly saturated and darker.
Hope that helps!
Tags:
Canon 20D,
Cobh,
Cork,
Cork Photos,
crane,
cranes,
Ireland,
Irish photos,
irishblogs,
Landscape,
Lights,
Night,
Photos,
River,
River Lee,
ships,
shipwayrd,
Sigma 18-200,
Sky,
Water
Posted in Canon 20D, Cobh, Cork, Ireland, Landscape, Lights, Night, Photos, River, Sigma 18-200, Sky, Water | 7 Comments »
Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006 by Donncha
“The Queenstown Story”, a museum in the background of this shot is worth a visit and tells the story of the port of Cobh as the last place 3 million Irish people saw before they sailed for the United States. Some of those sailed on the ill-fated Titanic.
The Queenstown Story on virtualtourist.com has more reviews, and pictures of the museum if you’re interested.
Techincal details:
- Duplicate Layer
- Brighten new layer with Curves tool.
- Blur with Gaussian Blur and a radius of 15 pixels.
- Black/White conversion with channel mixer.
- Change layer mode to Grain merge, 82.5% opacity.
- Resize and unsharp mask the lower layer.
I like this: Shandon Tower.
Tags:
Architecture,
Cobh,
Cork,
Cork Photos,
Ireland,
Irish photos,
museum,
Night,
People,
Photos,
restaurant,
Sigma 18-200,
The-Queenstown-Story,
Titanic,
tourist,
train-station,
Urban
Posted in Architecture, Cobh, Cork, Ireland, Night, People, Photos, Sigma 18-200, Urban | 4 Comments »
Saturday, August 19th, 2006 by Donncha
It was strange. There was lots of localised rain yesterday. Blarney was mostly dry, the roads were dry as we drove down but as soon as we crossed the bridge off the main road a steady drizzle enveloped the car.
I gloomily predicted that we’d spend our time in the Cobh in the car or sheltered under an umbrella but just as I parked the car, the drizzle let off and a little blue sky and sunlight peaked through the grey clouds! We had a nice pleasant walk after all!
This was shot at the end of a private row of houses that look on to the harbour. There’s a high chimney near the end of the road that I’d like to find out more about. I’ll have to do some research later on.
I like this: Wyre Wreck #5 - nice use of HDR to create a dramatic image.
Tags:
chimney,
Cobh,
Cork,
Cork Photos,
Ireland,
Irish photos,
Nature,
Photos,
rain-drops,
River,
Sea,
Sigma 10-20,
Sky,
spike,
Sun,
sunset,
Urban,
Water
Posted in Cobh, Cork, Ireland, Nature, Photos, River, Sea, Sigma 10-20, Sky, Sun, Urban, Water | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, August 16th, 2006 by Donncha
You can find out more about Flash Harry on their website.
Sorry if you’re on dialup, this may take a while to download!
Tags:
band,
Cobh,
Cobh Peoples Regatta,
concert,
Cork,
Cork Photos,
crowd,
Events,
flash-harry,
gig,
Ireland,
Irish photos,
Night,
People,
Photos,
queen,
Sigma 18-200,
tribute,
Urban
Posted in Cobh, Cobh Peoples Regatta, Cork, Events, Ireland, Night, People, Photos, Sigma 18-200, Urban | 9 Comments »
Tuesday, August 15th, 2006 by Donncha
The Regatta is a weekend long festival which I found out about last year, watched the fireworks and the band that played. This year’s band was Flash Harry, a Queen tribute band. Photos of them to appear tomorrow!
Tags:
Beach,
Cobh,
Cobh Peoples Regatta,
Cork,
Cork Photos,
fireworks,
Ireland,
Irish photos,
Night,
Photos,
River,
Sigma 10-20,
Sigma 18-200
Posted in Beach, Cobh, Cork, Ireland, Night, Photos, River, Sigma 10-20, Sigma 18-200 | 10 Comments »
Sunday, June 18th, 2006 by Donncha
Tags:
Architecture,
Black and White,
Cobh,
commodore-hotel,
Cork,
Cork Photos,
Ireland,
Irish photos,
Photos,
Sigma 10-20,
Sky,
Urban
Posted in Architecture, Black and White, Cobh, Cork, Ireland, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Sky, Urban | 2 Comments »
Sunday, June 4th, 2006 by Donncha
It’s scorchio in Ireland now and it’s great! We adopted Oscar yesterday and the poor
dog was upset last night until we brought him for a walk. I think I’m finally going to get that exercise I’ve been promising myself for ages!
Tags:
Abstract,
Architecture,
Cobh,
Cork,
Cork Photos,
Ireland,
Irish photos,
Photos
Posted in Abstract, Architecture, Cobh, Cork, Ireland, Photos | 2 Comments »
Friday, June 2nd, 2006 by Donncha
Tags:
Architecture,
cobbestones,
Cobh,
Cork,
Cork Photos,
Ireland,
Irish photos,
irishblogs,
moss,
Photos,
reflection,
shine,
Water
Posted in Architecture, Cobh, Cork, Ireland, Photos, Water | 3 Comments »
Thursday, June 1st, 2006 by Donncha
Posted in Abstract, Cobh, Cork, Ireland, Long Exposure, Photos | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, May 31st, 2006 by Donncha
Posted in Cobh, Cork, Ireland, Photos, Urban | 5 Comments »