In Photos dot OrgCanon 18 55 » In Photos dot Org http://inphotos.org no photoshopped images here Wed, 22 May 2013 22:12:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Happy on the Köln http://inphotos.org/2009/12/18/happy-kln/ http://inphotos.org/2009/12/18/happy-kln/#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:27:06 +0000 Donncha http://inphotos.org/?p=5271 A very happy crew member of the Köln when she docked in Cork in 2005. Now that I’ve archived my photo collection to DVD (only 41 DVDs for 2009 so far!) I’m converting RAW files to Jpeg to reduce the insane storage requirements of 179GB of data for 2009 alone. As an example, I squashed [...]

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A very happy crew member of the Köln when she docked in Cork in 2005.

Now that I’ve archived my photo collection to DVD (only 41 DVDs for 2009 so far!) I’m converting RAW files to Jpeg to reduce the insane storage requirements of 179GB of data for 2009 alone. As an example, I squashed 2GB of RAW files to high quality Jpeg files that only took up 362MB. I’ve saved over 20GB so far and I’ve only started. :)

It is risky having only one copy of the RAW files on DVD but I haven’t yet deleted the files from my backup drives. The plan is to make duplicate DVD copies of each year, and then every year or more likely every 2 years make another 2 copies of each disc. Or use a Bluray burner if they’re available.
Or use a hard disk, I suspect that the disk capacity I need will probably come close to the cost of a spindle of high quality DVD discs.

Me paranoid? Not paranoid enough.
Aperture ƒ/6.3
Camera Canon EOS 20D
Focal length 160mm
ISO 100
Shutter speed 1/250s

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]]> http://inphotos.org/2009/12/18/happy-kln/feed/ 0 Thumbs up for Comandante João Belo http://inphotos.org/2009/12/15/thumbs-comandante-joo-belo/ http://inphotos.org/2009/12/15/thumbs-comandante-joo-belo/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:09:56 +0000 Donncha http://inphotos.org/?p=5263 Members of the crew of the F480 Comandante João Belo as the ship was known in 2005. In 2008 it was sold to Uruguay, with official transfer on 8th April 2008, renamed ROU-01 URUGUAY. Related Posts Thumbs up on Pana! Thumbs up for Cork! The best photos of 2006

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Members of the crew of the F480 Comandante João Belo as the ship was known in 2005. In 2008 it was sold to Uruguay, with official transfer on 8th April 2008, renamed ROU-01 URUGUAY.

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]]> http://inphotos.org/2009/12/15/thumbs-comandante-joo-belo/feed/ 0 Digging up Daunt Square http://inphotos.org/2009/12/06/digging-daunt-square/ http://inphotos.org/2009/12/06/digging-daunt-square/#comments Sun, 06 Dec 2009 08:22:32 +0000 Donncha http://inphotos.org/?p=5233 Flash back to 2005 if you will. Ireland is in the grip of the Celtic Tiger boom. Cork is undergoing a transformation. The city’s streets were dug up and remolded with apparently improved drainage (didn’t help recently unfortunately) and the revamping of the city centre was in full swing. Here’s the construction on Daunt Square, [...]

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Flash back to 2005 if you will. Ireland is in the grip of the Celtic Tiger boom. Cork is undergoing a transformation. The city’s streets were dug up and remolded with apparently improved drainage (didn’t help recently unfortunately) and the revamping of the city centre was in full swing.

Here’s the construction on Daunt Square, with behind it the long gone Virgin Megastore.
Aperture ƒ/4
Camera Canon EOS 20D
Focal length 18mm
ISO 400
Shutter speed 1/2500s

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]]> http://inphotos.org/2009/12/06/digging-daunt-square/feed/ 0 Eyes on Fregatte Köln http://inphotos.org/2009/12/04/eyes-fregatte-kln/ http://inphotos.org/2009/12/04/eyes-fregatte-kln/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:15:25 +0000 Donncha http://inphotos.org/?p=5227 Crewmen on the Fregatte Köln when it visited Cork in 2005 kept a close eye on me, Ryan and AJ as we photographed every inch of the ship we could see. Looking back over these photos reminds me that this was the day the cheap memory card I used at the time failed on me [...]

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Crewmen on the Fregatte Köln when it visited Cork in 2005 kept a close eye on me, Ryan and AJ as we photographed every inch of the ship we could see.

Looking back over these photos reminds me that this was the day the cheap memory card I used at the time failed on me and I lost a number of fairly decent shots.

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]]> http://inphotos.org/2009/12/04/eyes-fregatte-kln/feed/ 1 The Chicago Theatre http://inphotos.org/2009/02/01/the-chicago-theatre/ http://inphotos.org/2009/02/01/the-chicago-theatre/#comments Sun, 01 Feb 2009 09:58:30 +0000 Donncha http://inphotos.org/?p=3482 The Chicago Theatre on State Street in the city of the same name. The sign in front is hard to miss but I’ve never been in there. Maybe next time I visit Chicago. More info on the theatre’s history page. Love that Netscape favicon! This was shot in 2005 but I know I have shot [...]

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The Chicago Theatre on State Street in the city of the same name. The sign in front is hard to miss but I’ve never been in there. Maybe next time I visit Chicago. More info on the theatre’s history page. Love that Netscape favicon!

This was shot in 2005 but I know I have shot the same scene a number of times.
Aperture ƒ/7.1
Camera Canon EOS 20D
Focal length 18mm
ISO 100
Shutter speed 1/160s

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]]> http://inphotos.org/2009/02/01/the-chicago-theatre/feed/ 0 Moving from Chicago to Washington http://inphotos.org/2009/01/20/moving-from-chicago-to-washington/ http://inphotos.org/2009/01/20/moving-from-chicago-to-washington/#comments Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:26:44 +0000 Donncha http://inphotos.org/?p=3439 Barack Obama’s family probably had some help from America’s Secret Service when they moved from Chicago to Washington but for the rest of us, that journey would be a lot more mundane and would involve the services of a company like Hollander. Photographed somewhere in Chicago in May 2005. PS. Thank you if you nominated [...]

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Barack Obama’s family probably had some help from America’s Secret Service when they moved from Chicago to Washington but for the rest of us, that journey would be a lot more mundane and would involve the services of a company like Hollander.

Photographed somewhere in Chicago in May 2005.

PS. Thank you if you nominated this blog for the Irish Blog Awards!
Aperture ƒ/5
Camera Canon EOS 20D
Focal length 18mm
ISO 100
Shutter speed 1/60s

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]]> http://inphotos.org/2009/01/20/moving-from-chicago-to-washington/feed/ 1 Construction in Chicago http://inphotos.org/2008/12/16/construction-in-chicago/ http://inphotos.org/2008/12/16/construction-in-chicago/#comments Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:41:06 +0000 Donncha http://inphotos.org/?p=3292 Construction work on the Trump Tower in 2005. Aperture ƒ/8 Camera Canon EOS 20D Focal length 18mm ISO 100 Shutter speed 1/200s Related Posts Chicago on the river Last of the Construction Workers Chicago Spaces

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Construction work on the Trump Tower in 2005.
Aperture ƒ/8
Camera Canon EOS 20D
Focal length 18mm
ISO 100
Shutter speed 1/200s

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]]> http://inphotos.org/2008/12/16/construction-in-chicago/feed/ 3 Look up at Marina City http://inphotos.org/2008/12/08/look-up-at-marina-city/ http://inphotos.org/2008/12/08/look-up-at-marina-city/#comments Mon, 08 Dec 2008 09:01:53 +0000 Donncha http://inphotos.org/?p=3262 Marina City, the round shaped buildings in Chicago that sit on the river make an imposing sight when viewed up close. Good thing there’s valet parking, you certainly wouldn’t want to be scared of heights driving around inside them! Aperture ƒ/6.3 Camera Canon EOS 20D Focal length 18mm ISO 100 Shutter speed 1/125s Related Posts [...]

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Marina City, the round shaped buildings in Chicago that sit on the river make an imposing sight when viewed up close. Good thing there’s valet parking, you certainly wouldn’t want to be scared of heights driving around inside them!
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Camera Canon EOS 20D
Focal length 18mm
ISO 100
Shutter speed 1/125s

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]]> http://inphotos.org/2008/12/08/look-up-at-marina-city/feed/ 2 Shoe Shopper Heaven http://inphotos.org/2008/12/07/shoe-shopper-heaven/ http://inphotos.org/2008/12/07/shoe-shopper-heaven/#comments Sun, 07 Dec 2008 09:54:59 +0000 Donncha http://inphotos.org/?p=3259 I’m reliably informed that many women enjoy the occasional trip to shoe shops and other establishments were garments and other finery may be purchased. Thankfully my wife isn’t one of them and hates shopping almost as much as I do. Nevertheless we found ourselves inside this shoe shop in Chicago so I decided to make [...]

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I’m reliably informed that many women enjoy the occasional trip to shoe shops and other establishments were garments and other finery may be purchased. Thankfully my wife isn’t one of them and hates shopping almost as much as I do. Nevertheless we found ourselves inside this shoe shop in Chicago so I decided to make the most of the moment and snap a few photos.
Aperture ƒ/5.6
Camera Canon EOS 20D
Focal length 21mm
ISO 1600
Shutter speed 1/100s

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Despite being a major city, or perhaps because of it, Chicago has plenty of open spaces and broad streets. I love this shot for it’s wide open space bordered by tall buildings.

If the photo looks slightly odd, that’s because I used the perspective tool, but never dragged it the other way..
Aperture ƒ/16
Camera Canon EOS 20D
Focal length 18mm
ISO 1600
Shutter speed 1/800s

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