The QE2 docked in Cobh last Thursday. This was shot at the bottom of steps down to the water where seaweed made footing precarious. I saw a few people venture down the steps but none went further than half way down. The tide was well out so I was maybe 3m below the quayside, standing [...]
2008Wed08Oct
Queen Elizabeth 2 in Cobh
Filed in Boat, Canon 10-22, Canon 40D, Cobh, Cork, Ireland, Look up, Photography, Photos, Sea, Sky, Vehicles, Water
2008Mon06Oct
Queen Elizabeth 2
Filed in Boat, Canon 40D, Cobh, Cork, Ireland, Photography, Photos, Sigma 18-200, Signs, Sky, UrbanLuxury cruise ship Queen Elizabeth 2 tied up at the quayside in Cobh, Co Cork last Thursday. This was moments before she cast off. You can see a tug in the background of this image. It was bitterly cold down on the quay, but we were lucky that the evening sun cast a lovely golden [...]
2008Fri03Oct
Flying the Irish Tricolour on the QE2
Filed in Boat, Candid, Canon 40D, Cobh, Cork, Ireland, Look up, People, Photography, Photos, Sigma 18-200, SkyThe Queen Elizabeth 2 is a British ship, and it’s likely that many of the passengers were British too. I spotted one large Union Jack flag draped over a railing and people on the ship waved mini Union Jack flags too. That sort of gets under the skin of many Irish people. A huge crowd [...]
2008Thu02Oct
QE2 Leaving Cork
Filed in Boat, Canon 40D, Cobh, Cork, Ireland, Landscape, Photography, Photos, Sea, Sigma 18-200, Sky, Vehicles, WaterThe Queen Elizabeth 2, or QE2, flagship of the Cunard Line, docked for the last time in Cobh yesterday and left this evening just after 6pm. Here she is after turning in Cork Harbour and seconds before she increased speed and left the harbour for good. In 2009, she will become a floating hotel in [...]
2008Fri26Sep
Tractor at Allihies
Filed in Allihies, Beach, Black and White, Canon 10-22, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Landscape, Photography, Photos, Sea, Sky, Vehicles, WaterA tractor in the carpark at Allihies Beach in Co Cork.
2008Mon15Sep
Tullagh Cemetery at Sunset
Filed in Canon 40D, Cork, Ireland, Landscape, Nature, Night, Photography, Photos, Sigma 18-200, Sky, Sun, UrbanTullagh Cemetery in Baltimore, Co Cork, Ireland is just a field away from the excellent Casey’s Hotel where we spent the last week. I went down there one evening to shoot a couple of half capsized trawlers in the bay when I turned around and saw some of the headstones silhouetted against the setting sun. [...]
2008Fri22Aug
Tall trees in Oracle
Filed in Arizona, Automattic, Black and White, Canon 10-22, Canon 20D, Houses, Landscape, Photography, Photos, Sky, Trees, United States, Urban, VehiclesThese tall evergreens planted in front of a set of small houses in Oracle were almost gone before I saw them. The scene looked bizarre. Tall trees, tiny houses. I wonder who lives in them? Here it is on Google Maps. Try the Street View, you’ll see two cars pulled up in front of the [...]
2008Thu21Aug
Sears Tower
Filed in Architecture, Black and White, Canon 18-55, Canon 20D, Chicago, Look up, Photography, Photos, Reflections, Sky, United States, UrbanSears Tower is one of the famous landmarks of Chicago I photographed while in the city. Remarkably, despite the months I spent in the city, I never actually went to the top of the building. I almost did once, but turned back for some reason. Could have been the long line to get past security. [...]
2008Wed20Aug
A storm brewing at Allihies Beach
Filed in Allihies, Beach, Canon 10-22, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Landscape, Nature, Photography, Photos, Sea, Signs, Sky, WaterStorm clouds gathered over West Cork on the day I took this shot at Allihies Beach. A very different shot to some of the previous shots of this area! It was freezing this day, wind howled and I was wrapped up in a big jacket against the elements. Gives me the shivers just looking at [...]
2008Fri15Aug
Allihies Countryside
Filed in Allihies, Beach, Canon 10-22, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Landscape, Photography, Photos, Sea, Sky, WaterThe road to the beach at Allihies in West Cork branches in two a few miles from there. This was taken on the scenic route where the road comes out between two hills and you see this beautiful expanse of hills and grassland spread out before you. It’s quite a sight. My poor photo does [...]
