A young girl on Patrick’s Street pushes her buggy with her mothercare bag. See the face she’s making? She means business!
Tags: Black and White, Candid, Canon 20D, children, Cork, Cork Photos, girls, Ireland, Irish photos, irishblogs, People, Photos, shopping, shopping bag, Sigma 10-20, St Patrick's Street, Street, 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, UrbanA young girl leans on a traffic light where she has a bird’s eye view of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Cork.
Tags: Candid, Canon 20D, children, Cork, Cork Photos, girls, Ireland, Irish photos, irishblogs, Look up, People, Sigma 18-200, St Patrick's Street, St. Patrick's Day, St. Patrick's Day 2008, Street, tricolour, UrbanWhile walking back to the car after the Cobh Rambler’s game a few weeks ago I made this picture of a sign on the road.
I find it strange that out of the 600-odd images I took that day, this is the first image I’ve uploaded..
Tags: Abstract, Canon 20D, children, Cobh, Cork, Cork Photos, Ireland, Irish photos, irishblogs, Look up, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Signs, Sky, UrbanChildren smile and laugh as the fairground ride goes around and around! Linda and myself spent a good few minutes shooting this ride.
I combined a long exposure and flash to capture the action and hoped to get a glimpse of a child’s smile. I think I was lucky to get this one!
Tags: action, Black and White, Candid, Canon 20D, children, Cork, Cork Photos, Emmet Place, Funfair, Ireland, Irish photos, irishblogs, Lights, Long Exposure, People, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Street, UrbanI have no idea what they were looking at because there wasn’t anything flying overhead. Better than waiting for the St. Patrick’s Day Parade to start I suppose!
Taken on Paddy’s Day this year on Patrick’s Street, or Panna as it’s locally known.
Tags: Black and White, Candid, Canon 20D, children, Cork, Cork Photos, crowd, Ireland, Irish photos, irishblogs, People, Photos, Sigma 18-200, St Patrick's Street, St. Patrick's Day, Street, UrbanBlowing bubbles on the street is a great way to keep children occupied! On St. Patrick’s Day this year a fairy lady blew bubbles for these kids who were having a ball catching them!
Tags: Black and White, Candid, Canon 20D, children, Cork, Cork Photos, fairy, Ireland, Irish photos, irishblogs, People, Photos, Sigma 10-20, soap-bubbles, St Patrick's Street, St. Patrick's Day, Street, UrbanSometimes you just want to move to the side and let life pass you by. Don’t forget to jump on again!
Image made on Paul Street, next door to Bully’s Restaurant in Cork.
Tags: Black and White, Candid, Canon 20D, children, Cork, Cork Photos, Ireland, Irish photos, irishblogs, Paul Street, People, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Street, tired, UrbanA few links you will find useful and interesting as we start another week.
A sign in Fermoy, Co. Cork warns motorists to watch out for kids playing on the road.
I’ve seen so many people speed through built up areas these signs mean absolutely nothing to them.
Technique:
1. Original image was flat and plain. Background sky was monotonous so I ran it through auto-levels which brought out the colours.
2. Then I duplicated that layer and blurred it using Gaussian Blur with a radius of 25px (original image is 3504px wide). By adding a layer mask I was able to rub out some of the blurred layer to expose the sharp original below. Opacity was set to 41% to reduce the blur effect.
3. Finally an overlay layer was added and circular gradients drawn on with a low opacity. This darkens the sky and sign slightly in patches.
All manipulation done in the GIMP but will work just as well in Photoshop or other application.
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