In Photos dot Orgclouds » 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 Fountainstown Beach in April http://inphotos.org/2013/05/01/fountainstown-beach-in-april/ http://inphotos.org/2013/05/01/fountainstown-beach-in-april/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 20:07:55 +0000 Donncha http://inphotos.org/?p=7918 Who wouldn’t go to the beach on a blustery, showery day? A cold wind blew off the land on to Fountainstown Beach and the sky would change as quickly as anything. Such happened here when the sun peeked through the clouds for a few moments and we were suddenly sweltering. It didn’t take long before [...]

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Who wouldn’t go to the beach on a blustery, showery day? A cold wind blew off the land on to Fountainstown Beach and the sky would change as quickly as anything. Such happened here when the sun peeked through the clouds for a few moments and we were suddenly sweltering. It didn’t take long before we felt first few drops of rain however.

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This is the original photo for comparison. I love what I can do quickly and easily with Lightroom!
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]]> http://inphotos.org/2013/05/01/fountainstown-beach-in-april/feed/ 1 Windswept in Reykjavik http://inphotos.org/2013/03/16/windswept-in-reykjavik/ http://inphotos.org/2013/03/16/windswept-in-reykjavik/#comments Sat, 16 Mar 2013 11:44:03 +0000 Donncha http://inphotos.org/?p=7731 One of the many buildings in Reykjavik, Iceland that are battered by the harsh weather there. You wouldn’t know it by looking at the sky here but it was quite cold when I took the photo. I think it was at the end of a short photowalk around the city centre when our fingers were [...]

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One of the many buildings in Reykjavik, Iceland that are battered by the harsh weather there. You wouldn’t know it by looking at the sky here but it was quite cold when I took the photo. I think it was at the end of a short photowalk around the city centre when our fingers were numb with cold.
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Camera Canon EOS 40D
Focal length 18mm
ISO 400
Shutter speed 1/400s

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]]> http://inphotos.org/2013/03/16/windswept-in-reykjavik/feed/ 0 Marrakesh Rooftop City http://inphotos.org/2013/03/07/marrakesh-rooftops/ http://inphotos.org/2013/03/07/marrakesh-rooftops/#comments Thu, 07 Mar 2013 21:15:01 +0000 Donncha http://inphotos.org/?p=7777 A view of some nearby rooftops and a stunning sunset over Marrakesh, Morocco. In black and white I know, but I have a few more shots of the same sky coming! This was shot from Riad O2 in the city where Polldaddy recently stayed. In the Medina many (most?) of the houses are jam packed [...]

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A view of some nearby rooftops and a stunning sunset over Marrakesh, Morocco. In black and white I know, but I have a few more shots of the same sky coming! This was shot from Riad O2 in the city where Polldaddy recently stayed.

In the Medina many (most?) of the houses are jam packed in next to each other. We had to take a winding alley way from the main road to the building, going left, right, left, right, left (and maybe 2 more turns?) to get there. Like nothing I’ve ever experienced before.

What’s Marrakesh like? The medina is the old fortified town which is where we were staying. You’ll be woken each morning by the Muslim call to prayers as there are loud speakers dotted around the city. Currently the first one starts around 5:30am so I hope you can get back to sleep afterwards! I wasn’t too fond of heading out in the city. It’s very busy, vehicles of all sorts zoom up and down the streets. Everything from motorbikes to carts pulled by donkeys will pass you by. There are no traffic lights in the medina either and footpaths disappear without warning, if they existed at all.

The food we ate there was excellent, both in the riad and outside. Well, except for the one night we decided to sample what was on offer in the plaza. What a mistake! For the same price you’ll get a top quality meal in a fancy restaurant elsewhere!

The hot air balloon guys were super friendly and I can recommend them, the locals taking care of us in the riad were too but out on the street was another matter. Talk to anyone and they’ll either lead you to a particular area of the souk or demand a tip for “showing” you the way.

If only we could get a bit of their sun here in Ireland right now. Go on clouds, let the sun through!

Oh yes, I may have to change the tagline on this blog. This photo was processed by Adobe Lightroom. It’s not Photoshop but it’s close. I used this preset on this photo but Lightroom is really impressing me. It’s ability to recover blown out detail is amazing, the noise reduction and sharpening tools are easy and effective. The one area it really falls down in is not being able to reassign keys. I fixed that by installing Paddy which let me assign hotkeys to my two main export presets.
I imported over 23k photos into a catalogue and it’s running nice and fast. The next thing to do is write a preset and assign a hotkey to import images from my CF card.
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Camera Canon EOS 40D
Focal length 21mm
ISO 100
Shutter speed 1/30s

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The Sun shone on the underside of the clouds this morning, lighting them up in a blaze of glory. Moments later the gloom had settled in, the Sun disappeared and an hour later the rain had started. Ah well.
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Focal length 180mm
ISO 100
Shutter speed 1/100s

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]]> http://inphotos.org/2012/11/29/the-fiery-sky/feed/ 0 Old Shed in Camden Fort http://inphotos.org/2011/08/18/old-shed-in-camden-fort/ http://inphotos.org/2011/08/18/old-shed-in-camden-fort/#comments Thu, 18 Aug 2011 09:57:35 +0000 Donncha http://inphotos.org/?p=5631 Camden Fort near Crosshaven in Co Cork was part of a photowalk last Sunday and we visited Spike Island on Saturday, it was great visiting such historical sites. We were so lucky with the weather as the rain stayed off and Camden Fort on Sunday was bathed in strong sunlight! Both sites are still being [...]

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Camden Fort near Crosshaven in Co Cork was part of a photowalk last Sunday and we visited Spike Island on Saturday, it was great visiting such historical sites. We were so lucky with the weather as the rain stayed off and Camden Fort on Sunday was bathed in strong sunlight!

Both sites are still being developed. Camden Fort is manned by volunteers with a few people paid by FAS who helped clear 21 years of undergrowth and weeds. You should visit and talk to the volunteers as they’re so enthusiastic about the project and friendly you’ll spend quite a lot of time talking! Our trip to Spike Island was way too short and we all agreed that we didn’t have enough time to explore it fully.

More photos from the photowalk:

  1. Spike Island Photowalk
  2. Fort Camden Photowalk
  3. Home From Home
  4. Cobh, as seen from Spike Island

And I hope Denis posts some of his photos soon!
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Focal length 10mm
ISO 100
Shutter speed 1/125s

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]]> http://inphotos.org/2011/08/18/old-shed-in-camden-fort/feed/ 0 Quality Irish Meat http://inphotos.org/2010/07/12/quality-irish-meat/ http://inphotos.org/2010/07/12/quality-irish-meat/#comments Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:36:34 +0000 Donncha http://inphotos.org/?p=5435 A SuperValu lorry delivers produce to their store in Dingle, Co Kerry a number of months ago. While the rest of the country basked in the first rays of a beautiful Summer we were lucky to get two nice days out of seven. Love the area though, and the staff of the Dingle Skellig Hotel [...]

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A SuperValu lorry delivers produce to their store in Dingle, Co Kerry a number of months ago. While the rest of the country basked in the first rays of a beautiful Summer we were lucky to get two nice days out of seven.

Love the area though, and the staff of the Dingle Skellig Hotel took great care of us!
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Camera Canon EOS 40D
Focal length 300mm
ISO 400
Shutter speed 1/800s

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]]> http://inphotos.org/2010/07/12/quality-irish-meat/feed/ 2 False dawn of the city http://inphotos.org/2010/02/23/false-dawn-city/ http://inphotos.org/2010/02/23/false-dawn-city/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:17:54 +0000 Donncha http://inphotos.org/?p=5361 As you may have already guessed, that’s not the dawn. It’s the lights of Cork City (and Blarney) shining and into the sky in a long exposure shot I made last August. I had meant to mention this sooner but 2 weeks ago I was shocked to hear about the death of Debbie Metrustry (@debbiemet), [...]

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As you may have already guessed, that’s not the dawn. It’s the lights of Cork City (and Blarney) shining and into the sky in a long exposure shot I made last August.

I had meant to mention this sooner but 2 weeks ago I was shocked to hear about the death of Debbie Metrustry (@debbiemet), a wonderful person I had the pleasure of conversing with by tweet and by email over the course of the last year or so. She even won a print on this blog last year, but between this and that I never got around to sending it to her. I hope I can get in touch with her family at some stage and offer it to them instead.

Debbie’s blog on WordPress.com is still there and will be as long as the service is there (which is forever, right?), I’ve seen to that.

If you knew Debbie you might like to read the reaction from other people who knew her.

RIP Debbie.
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Look up and see naked branches cover the sky with their evil and treacherous appendages, and then walk straight into some dog sh*t that an uncaring owner neglected to clean up.
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Focal length 10mm
ISO 100
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Yellow spots mark the parking spaces while the Elysian looms overhead!
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Focal length 10mm
ISO 100
Shutter speed 1/200s

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]]> http://inphotos.org/2009/12/26/yellow-spots/feed/ 0 Silver Lining over Couminole http://inphotos.org/2009/11/25/silver-lining-couminole/ http://inphotos.org/2009/11/25/silver-lining-couminole/#comments Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:04:19 +0000 Donncha http://inphotos.org/?p=5195 No matter how bad the day, how crummy and wet the weather is, there’s always a silver lining. This day on the Slea Head the silver lining was the fact that our toddler slept the whole drive around, and of course this photo. This is the beach at Couminole on Slea Head in County Kerry. [...]

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No matter how bad the day, how crummy and wet the weather is, there’s always a silver lining. This day on the Slea Head the silver lining was the fact that our toddler slept the whole drive around, and of course this photo.

This is the beach at Couminole on Slea Head in County Kerry. It had been pouring rain earlier in the day, it was very windy and cold but the waves pounded the sand and I lapped up the view. Love the countryside in County Kerry!
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Focal length 10mm
ISO 100
Shutter speed 1/200s

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