The River Nore runs through the city of Kilkenny where we spent a weekend earlier this month at WordCamp Ireland. In the photo you can see the Rivercourt Hotel where I stayed with my family on the opposite bank the famous Kilkenny Castle. Beautiful city, well worth a visit.
2010Fri26Mar
River Nore, Kilkenny
Filed in Black and White, Canon 40D, Ireland, Kilkenny, Photography, Photos, River, Sigma 10-20, Urban, Water
2008Sat13Sep
Car bits in the water
Filed in Black and White, Canon 10-22, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Photography, Photos, River, Vehicles, WaterBits of a car that lay abandoned and burned out in Inniscarra next to the river.
2008Sat23Aug
The basement of Trump Tower
Filed in Architecture, Black and White, Canon 18-55, Canon 20D, Chicago, Photography, Photos, River, Street, United States, Urban, Vehicles, WaterIn 2001 Donald Trump announced he’d build the tallest building in the world in Chicago, “Trump International Hotel and Tower”. After the attacks on the WTC in September that year the plans were changed however, but it’s still an awfully high building. Check out the Wikipedia page for further details. This is the building site [...]
2008Thu07Aug
Chicago on the river
Filed in Architecture, Boat, Canon 18-55, Canon 20D, Chicago, Landscape, Photography, Photos, River, United States, Urban, Vehicles, WaterMany cites live and depend on rivers and none more so than Chicago which went as far as to reverse the flow of the Chicago River! Wikipedia has more of course. The observant visitor will notice the twin towers of Marina City in the photo above, and possibly recognise the distinctive bridge from the latest [...]
2008Tue22Jul
A touch of colour
Filed in Canon 10-22, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Photography, Photos, River, River Lee, Sky, Urban, WaterA slightly different version of yesteryday’s black and white shot of the River Lee. Which one do you prefer?
2008Mon21Jul
The river in black and white
Filed in Black and White, Canon 10-22, Canon 20D, Cork, Houses, Ireland, Landscape, Photography, Photos, River, River Lee, Urban, WaterThe River Lee in Cork shot from the Nano Nagle Bridge (erected in 1985 to commemorate Cork’s 800th birthday). Far off in the distance is Holy Trinity Church as well as Parliament Bridge. That ugly building on the right is where the IDA have their offices. What an eye sore. Another version of this shot [...]
2008Sat03May
Glengarriff River
Filed in Canon 10-22, Canon 20D, Co. Cork, Cork, Ireland, Landscape, Nature, River, WaterThis is a picturesque stream that runs through Glengarriff Nature Reserve in Co. Cork. We went for a short walk close by but by the time we got here it was getting late in the afternoon and Adam was getting hungry!
2008Mon04Feb
That after sun glow
Filed in Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Landscape, Lights, Long Exposure, Monkstown, Night, Photos, Reflections, River, Sea, Sigma 10-20, Sky, Sun, WaterThe after sun glow The sun had just set over this stretch of the water in Cork Harbour near Monkstown and the sky had turned a beautiful orange and purple and red and golden. Much to the annoyance of my dog Oscar, I stopped and spent a good 10 minutes shooting this scene and basked [...]
2007Sat09Jun
Grand Parade on the Lee
Filed in Architecture, Black and White, Canon 20D, Cork, Grand Parade, Houses, Ireland, River, River Lee, Sigma 10-20, Sky, Urban, WaterGrand Parade on the Lee This is the Grand Parade in Cork, from across the River Lee on Sullivan’s Quay. It was the graffiti on the river wall, “Tek”, that prompted me to shoot this image and I like how it came out. It does lose something in this resized version because of the distant [...]
2007Sun15Apr
45 on the Golden Gate
Filed in Automattic, Black and White, California, Candid, Canon 20D, Golden Gate Bridge, Landscape, People, Photos, River, San Francisco, Sigma 10-20, Signs, Sky, United States, Vehicles45 on the Golden Gate The posted speed limit for the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco is 45mph but good luck to anyone who managed to reach that speed! Traffic crawled the day we were there and I suspect that’s the norm. Shot from the car as we drove along. Thanks Andy for driving that [...]
