Posts Tagged ‘Cobh’
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 by Donncha
A water tap on the quay in Cobh, Co. Cork drips slowly into the sea.
This is a favourite photo of mine.
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Posted in Boat, Canon 20D, Cobh, Cork, Ireland, Landscape, Sea, Sigma 10-20, Urban | 2 Comments »
Monday, April 14th, 2008 by Donncha
You can see Cobh Cathedral in the background, and I’d swear the boats in the foreground are still there in the same position all these years later ..
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Posted in Boat, Canon 20D, Cobh, Cork, Ireland, Landscape, Photos, Sea, Sigma 10-20, Sky, Sun, Urban | Comments Off
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007 by Donncha
I find it strange that out of the 600-odd images I took that day, this is the first image I’ve uploaded..
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Posted in Abstract, Canon 20D, Cobh, Cork, Ireland, Look up, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Signs, Sky, Urban | 4 Comments »
Thursday, August 23rd, 2007 by Donncha
In the distance the harbour pilot can be seen heading for the small harbour in Cobh.
It’s fascinating what comes up on Google:
The Lysfoss went aground (pdf) in 2001. This page says a vessel of the same name was in dry dock and had repairs made on 2 separate occasions.
The Lysfoss sailing schedule.
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Posted in Black and White, Boat, Canon 20D, Cobh, Cork, Ireland, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Water | 2 Comments »
Friday, February 16th, 2007 by Donncha
I discovered this fish’s head while walking about on the pier in Cobh during the month of August last year. At that time of year the mackerel
chase the sprat into Cork Harbour and provide a bountiful catch for local fishermen. Many years ago I remember casting into the waters off Church Bay and reeling in at least 4 fish, the feeding frenzy was so great!
PS. the new Digital Journalist is out!
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Posted in Canon 20D, Cobh, Cork, Food, Ireland, Photos, Sigma 10-20 | 4 Comments »
Wednesday, January 31st, 2007 by Donncha
Method
This required some work to expose properly. The sky is bright while the harbour, houses and landscape are in shadow. Out with the layers, top layer for the sky was darkened and the opposite was done for the ground.
Then it’s the simple task of adding a layer mask to the top layer and rubbing out the dark bits to expose the brightened landscape.
When using a layer mask, never paint with an opacity of 100%, try 30% or even 5%. Don’t be afraid to do a rough job of exposing the bottom layer because with a layer mask you can always reverse the procedure by swapping the colour of your brush with an opposite colour!
Thank you all for the comments on yesterday’s post, The Lonely Swan, it’s great to get feedback and I’m glad when people get something out of my methods when I describe them. See what you’ve done? I did it again!
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Posted in Architecture, Beach, Canon 20D, Cobh, Cork, Houses, Ireland, Night, Photos, Sea, Sigma 10-20, Sky, Sun, Tutorials, Water | 9 Comments »
Friday, January 26th, 2007 by Donncha
I took these firework photos from a spot on the right of this image.
PS. Happy Australia Day!
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Posted in Beach, Boat, Canon 20D, Cobh, Cork, Ireland, Photos, Rain, Sea, Sigma 10-20, Urban, Water | 2 Comments »
Monday, January 15th, 2007 by Donncha
This was shot from across the River Lee in Passage last November.
FRLinux asked about settings so here they are, including post-processing:
Flickr’s exif data for this is a bit wrong - gthumb says the exposure was for 5 seconds, aperture was wide open at f4.5, and lens set at 28mm, which you can probably multiply by 1.6 for the crop factor. ISO was 100.
Post Processing was done in the GIMP using 3 layers:
1. Top layer is transparent with a black gradient at the bottom. Layer mode is Overlay.
2. Middle layer is black and white, and blurred and with added noise. It’s set to screen mode, and opacity of 51%.
3. Bottom layer is the colour image, slightly saturated and darker.
Hope that helps!
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Posted in Canon 20D, Cobh, Cork, Ireland, Landscape, Lights, Night, Photos, River, Sigma 18-200, Sky, Water | 7 Comments »
Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006 by Donncha
“The Queenstown Story”, a museum in the background of this shot is worth a visit and tells the story of the port of Cobh as the last place 3 million Irish people saw before they sailed for the United States. Some of those sailed on the ill-fated Titanic.
The Queenstown Story on virtualtourist.com has more reviews, and pictures of the museum if you’re interested.
Techincal details:
- Duplicate Layer
- Brighten new layer with Curves tool.
- Blur with Gaussian Blur and a radius of 15 pixels.
- Black/White conversion with channel mixer.
- Change layer mode to Grain merge, 82.5% opacity.
- Resize and unsharp mask the lower layer.
I like this: Shandon Tower.
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Posted in Architecture, Cobh, Cork, Ireland, Night, People, Photos, Sigma 18-200, Urban | 4 Comments »
Saturday, August 19th, 2006 by Donncha
It was strange. There was lots of localised rain yesterday. Blarney was mostly dry, the roads were dry as we drove down but as soon as we crossed the bridge off the main road a steady drizzle enveloped the car.
I gloomily predicted that we’d spend our time in the Cobh in the car or sheltered under an umbrella but just as I parked the car, the drizzle let off and a little blue sky and sunlight peaked through the grey clouds! We had a nice pleasant walk after all!
This was shot at the end of a private row of houses that look on to the harbour. There’s a high chimney near the end of the road that I’d like to find out more about. I’ll have to do some research later on.
I like this: Wyre Wreck #5 - nice use of HDR to create a dramatic image.
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Posted in Cobh, Cork, Ireland, Nature, Photos, River, Sea, Sigma 10-20, Sky, Sun, Urban, Water | 2 Comments »