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!
Tags: bicycles, Black and White, Canon 10-22, Canon 20D, Cork, Cork Photos, deer, English Market, Ireland, Irish photos, painting, stag, Urban
This way to the EXIT. This is a sign in Biosphere 2 in Arizona. Can you imagine how enticing it would be to get out of a building after spending a year inside there?
Declan from O’Learys rang this morning. Good news. He got on to the boss at the Sigma repair company who told him my lens had been fixed all along and it was going to be dispatched today. Sounds like a load of bullshit to me, and
they were fobbing off anyone who rang from O’Learys making inquiries. There was €40 still left on the bill, but O’Learys have waived that in view of the length of time it took. I’m still <em>very</em> annoyed at their antics with my photos though.
Bertie Ahern, who recently announced his resignation as Taoiseach or Prime Minister of Ireland was well known for opening all sorts of events and buildings.
Plaques with his name dot the country.
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Tags: Bantry, Bertie Ahern, Black and White, Canon 10-22, Canon 20D, Cork, Cork Photos, Ireland, Irish photos, irishblogs, Photos, plaque, politicians, politics, Signs, UrbanObviously the gentlemen of Bantry are a polite and courteous bunch.
While their women folk are in the public loo an enterprising soul will sell them flowers for their better half!
Tags: Bantry, Black and White, Canon 10-22, Canon 20D, Cork, Cork Photos, flower shop, Flowers, Ireland, Irish photos, irishblogs, ladies, loo, Photos, shop, Signs, Street, toilet, Urban
Children look out of an upstairs window in Merchants Quay shopping centre. When I took this shot I didn’t even see them!
I was concentrating on the kids in the foreground with their flags. I think they frame the street sign rather nicely and ties in with the name of the day too.
Check out some great photos of Inchigeela from the 1960’s on textlad’s set. Thanks Katie, they’re wonderful!
This reminds me of someone at Mallow Camera Club who showed a number of slides he had bought or got off a priest who had served on a mission in South America. The images were from decades ago and the priest was dead and buried by now. Pictures were still as good as ever, but they’re languishing in a slide box now. I’d love to see them uploaded to Flickr and made public.
Tags: Architecture, Candid, Canon 20D, children, Cork Photos, flags, Irish photos, irishblogs, kids, Look up, People, Photos, Sigma 18-200, St Patrick's Street, St. Patrick's Day, St. Patrick's Day 2008, Street, UrbanI happened upon the O’Keeffe Lounge and Bar while wandering around Bantry last Sunday morning. Given the name of the establishment I just had to take a shot didn’t I?
Note the “Welcome to the pint depot” quotation?
Congratulations to Gingerpixel who won Best Photoblog at last night’s Irish Blog Awards. Ryan so deserves a special mention for doing the photography on the night, yet again! And of course, a big thank you to Damien for getting the ball rolling and organising the whole thing.
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Wouldn’t it be great if posters sang to you? Christy Moore would sang a ballad about Guinness and a surf board while Lovely Girls would scream and shout.
Meanwhile Shayne Ward would sing something or other. Not sure who he is. He won one of those x-factor things didn’t he?
I like my peace and quiet.
Tags: Advertising, Black and White, Canon 10-22, Canon 20D, Christy Moore, Cork, Cork Photos, Ireland, Irish photos, irishblogs, Music, Photos, posters, Shayne Ward, Street, UrbanHands up now lads. How many of you have waited around while your significant other picked out makeup or browsed the aisles in a department store?
Yeah, me too.
This young fella was collecting the rubbish from the drawers and in contrast to the immaculately done up girls dressed in black he wore torn jeans and a cheap sweater.
PS. Lunar eclipse in 2 hours time. I think I’ll be asleep!
Tags: Black and White, boy, brown-thomas, Canon 10-22, Canon 20D, cleaning, Cork, Cork Photos, department store, Ireland, Irish photos, irishblogs, MAC, man, rubbish, shoppingIt’s high tech in the retail industry! No more cheques in Marks & Spencer stores from March 1st! I find it hard to imagine anyone paying for goods by cheque these days.
Business dealings seem to be different though. One of these days we’ll figure out a safe way of handing over our bank details to business partners without getting signed up for a monthly subscription to some charity like a certain Jeremy did a few weeks ago ..
Oh yeah, cheque is a check. I can never get my head around that. “Check” is a verb, not a noun!
Tags: Black and White, Canon 10-22, Canon 20D, cash register, cheques, Cork, Cork Photos, Ireland, Irish photos, irishblogs, Marks & Spencer, Photos, retail, storeThe Nike Store, Niketown, on Union Square, San Francisco as seen in 2006.
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