Light reflects on the Lough Light trails from passing cars and street lights reflect on the calm surface of the Lough in Cork in this long exposure shot.
2007Sat08Sep
Light reflects on the Lough
Filed in Autumn, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Lights, Night, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Sky, The Lough, Trees, Urban, Vehicles
2007Wed29Aug
Children on the merry-go-round
Filed in Black and White, Candid, Canon 20D, Cork, Emmet Place, Funfair, Ireland, Lights, Long Exposure, People, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Street, UrbanChildren on the merry-go-round Children smile and laugh as the fairground ride goes around and around! Linda and myself spent a good few minutes shooting this ride. I combined a long exposure and flash to capture the action and hoped to get a glimpse of a child’s smile. I think I was lucky to get [...]
2007Mon20Aug
Clouds move at night
Filed in Black and White, Canon 20D, Cork, Houses, Ireland, Landscape, Lights, Long Exposure, Night, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Sky, UrbanClouds move at night Clouds fly across the sky in this nighttime shot of Cork City. A crane is in the middle distance, practically a symbol of the City at this stage. The building site in the foreground is on the old site of the Guy And Company building. There’s St. Anne’s Church or Shandon [...]
2007Fri13Jul
Inside the Cork University Maternity Hospital
Filed in Architecture, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Lights, Night, Photos, Sigma 10-20, WiltonInside the Cork University Maternity Hospital The (still) new Cork University Maternity Hospital or CUMH is shaped like a triangle with a central area that will eventually be planted with grass, flowers and vegetation. For now it’s boring bland grey. To the right and left you can see balconies. The one of the right adjoins [...]
2007Tue05Jun
Light trails on Oliver Plunkett Street
Filed in Advertising, Architecture, Black and White, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Lights, Long Exposure, Night, Oliver Plunkett Street, Photos, Sigma 10-20, UrbanLight trails on Oliver Plunkett Street Light trails from a passing car leave their mark on this long exposure shot of Oliver Plunkett Street in Cork. Can you see pink lights on the vertical poles standing at the edge of the pavement? On my Linux box they’re clear as day but I can’t see them [...]
2007Tue27Mar
Stanley Super 800 Gatecrashing Again
Filed in Black and White, Canon 20D, Caroline Street, Cork, Ireland, Lights, Music, People, Photos, Sigma 10-20Stanley Super 800 Gatecrashing Again Stanley Super 800 playing in the old Tramway power station in Caroline St. Cork on Sunday. More photos here!
2007Sat24Feb
The shadows have it all
Filed in Abstract, Architecture, Black and White, Candid, Canon 20D, Cork, Emmet Place, Ireland, Lights, People, Photos, Sigma 18-200, Street, UrbanThe shadows have it all Sometimes it’s the shadows that are the focus of my camera rather than the people in it.
2007Fri23Feb
Escalator Moments
Filed in Abstract, California, Candid, Canon 20D, Lights, Long Exposure, People, Photos, San Francisco, Sigma 10-20, Street, United States, UrbanEscalator Moments A one second exposure captures the movement through time of the escalator in Nikeworld San Francisco last August. This is one of a series of shots, including a few of Mark and Andy although I think this is the most dramatic of them. I wasn’t going to post this at all except that [...]
2007Tue30Jan
The lonely swan
Filed in Birds, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Lights, Long Exposure, Night, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Sky, The Lough, Urban, WaterThe lonely swan A solitary swan swims on the calm waters of The Lough as the sun disappears at the end of the day. Believe it or not, this is a 10 second exposure that turned out much better than I could have hoped! I balanced my camera on the edge of the Lough, set [...]
2007Sun21Jan
Bay Bridge Reflections
Filed in Architecture, Automattic, California, Canon 20D, Lights, Long Exposure, Night, Photos, San Francisco, Sea, Sigma 10-20, Sky, United States, UrbanBay Bridge Reflections Light from the Bay Bridge in San Francsico shimmers in the waters of the harbour. To the left one of the fire fighting boats of the SF Fire Department can be seen. Posting this landmark of San Francisco today as most of the rest of Automattic make their way to Mexico. Here’s [...]
