In Photos dot Org » Canon 18 55 http://inphotos.org no photoshopped images here Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:21:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 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 O Caoimh http://inphotos.org/?p=5271 Happy on the Köln

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.

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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 O Caoimh http://inphotos.org/?p=5263 Thumbs up for Comandante João Belo

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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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.

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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 O Caoimh http://inphotos.org/?p=3482 the-chicago-theatre

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.

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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 O Caoimh http://inphotos.org/?p=3439 Moving from Chicago to Washington

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!

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Construction work on the Trump Tower in 2005.

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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 O Caoimh http://inphotos.org/?p=3262 Look up at Marina City

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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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.

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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..

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