In Photos dot Org » Cobh http://inphotos.org no photoshopped images here Thu, 24 May 2012 18:47:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Cobh in Black and White http://inphotos.org/2009/09/30/cobh-black-white/ http://inphotos.org/2009/09/30/cobh-black-white/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:16:03 +0000 Donncha O Caoimh http://inphotos.org/?p=4873 A dump of the b/w images I shot in Cobh over the weekend. It was a strictly “stroll around and do nothing” day (so sorry Conor for not calling in!) as Adam was being minded by my sister.

As I said a few days ago, I shot everything in black and white and I’m pleased with the results. From about the shots of the rope on I used RAW+Jpeg but I still prefer the b/w images.

Hope something here takes your fancy!

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]]> http://inphotos.org/2009/09/30/cobh-black-white/feed/ 4 Soiree http://inphotos.org/2009/09/27/soiree/ http://inphotos.org/2009/09/27/soiree/#comments Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:57:52 +0000 Donncha O Caoimh http://inphotos.org/?p=4861 Soiree

–noun
an evening party or social gathering, esp. one held for a particular purpose: a musical soiree. (source)

The first time I heard anyone use the word “soiree” was when my wife’s friend spoke about organising a party at her home. My wife uses it too. Must be posh, I married well!

Today I decided to see the world in black and white after reading an article in Photography Monthly about Chris Friel, a colour blind photographer in the UK, who shoots that way.
I set my shooting mode to Monochrome, quality to Jpeg and added a red filter (although I’m not certain it had much effect from testing..) and fired away. After 3 or 4 shots I chickened out and set the quality mode to RAW+Jpeg so at least I have the full colour image to work with in the RAW image.

I must say, I’m pleased with the results! Black and white doesn’t work for every image. They were rather flat out of the camera but a bit of dodging and burning helped add some punch. Hopefully I’ll find time to work on a few more shots over the next few days so you can see just what black and white images “out of the camera” can look like! (versus conversion by some filter or the channel mixer.)

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]]> http://inphotos.org/2009/09/27/soiree/feed/ 2 Cunard http://inphotos.org/2008/11/26/cunard/ http://inphotos.org/2008/11/26/cunard/#comments Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:27:57 +0000 Donncha O Caoimh http://inphotos.org/?p=3204 Cunard

Cunard, owner of the Queen Elizabeth 2 which docked in Cobh a few weeks ago.

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]]> http://inphotos.org/2008/11/26/cunard/feed/ 0 Lifeboat 9 on the QE2 http://inphotos.org/2008/10/21/lifeboat-9-on-the-qe2/ http://inphotos.org/2008/10/21/lifeboat-9-on-the-qe2/#comments Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:43:57 +0000 Donncha O Caoimh http://inphotos.org/?p=3071 Lifeboat 9 on the QE2

Lifeboats are dotted around the The Queen Elizabeth 2. They’re high up above some of the lower decks as far as I can remember and there are plenty of them. Hopefully won’t ever be needed.

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]]> http://inphotos.org/2008/10/21/lifeboat-9-on-the-qe2/feed/ 0 No visitors on the QE2 http://inphotos.org/2008/10/18/no-visitors-on-the-qe2/ http://inphotos.org/2008/10/18/no-visitors-on-the-qe2/#comments Sat, 18 Oct 2008 08:10:49 +0000 Donncha O Caoimh http://inphotos.org/?p=3061 No visitors on the QE2

Crowds gathered to see the Queen Elizabeth 2 off from Cobh 2 weeks ago, but they weren’t getting on board unless they had a ticket!

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]]> http://inphotos.org/2008/10/18/no-visitors-on-the-qe2/feed/ 0 Cobh Street Entertainer http://inphotos.org/2008/10/17/cobh-street-entertainer/ http://inphotos.org/2008/10/17/cobh-street-entertainer/#comments Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:09:12 +0000 Donncha O Caoimh http://inphotos.org/?p=3058 Cobh Street Entertainer

A singer outside the Commodore Hotel in Cobh kept the crowd entertained and attracted the attention of my son Adam who wasn’t happy unless he was outside listening to him.

Photos of Breckenridge, Colorado to follow, although I didn’t take that many. Too busy to leave the house much unfortunately!

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]]> http://inphotos.org/2008/10/17/cobh-street-entertainer/feed/ 1 QE2 Funnel in the Sky http://inphotos.org/2008/10/09/qe2-funnel-in-the-sky/ http://inphotos.org/2008/10/09/qe2-funnel-in-the-sky/#comments Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:49:39 +0000 Donncha O Caoimh http://inphotos.org/?p=3031 QE2 Funnel in the Sky

The funnel of the Queen Elizabeth 2 looms over Cobh as seen from near the Commodore Hotel.

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]]> http://inphotos.org/2008/10/09/qe2-funnel-in-the-sky/feed/ 6 Queen Elizabeth 2 in Cobh http://inphotos.org/2008/10/08/queen-elizabeth-2-in-cobh/ http://inphotos.org/2008/10/08/queen-elizabeth-2-in-cobh/#comments Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:36:00 +0000 Donncha O Caoimh http://inphotos.org/?p=3028 Queen Elizabeth 2 in Cobh

The QE2 docked in Cobh last Thursday. This was shot at the bottom of steps down to the water where seaweed made footing precarious. I saw a few people venture down the steps but none went further than half way down. The tide was well out so I was maybe 3m below the quayside, standing in wet and slippery seaweed. The risks I take to get a photo!

Oh yeah, there’s already something gone bust in my new Canon 40D. The pop up flash refuses to pop up unless I prise it open with a fingernail. It tries a few times, gives up and issues an Error 99 and needs to be switched off and on. The same happened to my Canon 20D, but I’m surprised the 40D didn’t last a bit longer ..

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]]> http://inphotos.org/2008/10/08/queen-elizabeth-2-in-cobh/feed/ 4 Flying the Irish Tricolour on the QE2 http://inphotos.org/2008/10/03/flying-the-irish-tricolour-on-the-qe2/ http://inphotos.org/2008/10/03/flying-the-irish-tricolour-on-the-qe2/#comments Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:14:29 +0000 Donncha O Caoimh http://inphotos.org/?p=3008 Flying the Irish Tricolour on the QE2

The Queen Elizabeth 2 is a British ship, and it’s likely that many of the passengers were British too. I spotted one large Union Jack flag draped over a railing and people on the ship waved mini Union Jack flags too. That sort of gets under the skin of many Irish people.

A huge crowd had gathered on the quayside at Cobh. A band was playing and people cheered and waved as the ship departed. The atmosphere was great but when the Irish Tricolour appeared on the roof of the ship, being waved by a young man, the crowd let out a huge cheer, and whistled and clapped in appreciation.
They were still waving the Irish flag as the ship left the harbour. I spotted them after she turned!

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The Queen Elizabeth 2, or QE2, flagship of the Cunard Line, docked for the last time in Cobh yesterday and left this evening just after 6pm. Here she is after turning in Cork Harbour and seconds before she increased speed and left the harbour for good.

In 2009, she will become a floating hotel in Dubai. A fitting ending for a luxury ship that has plied the waters of the world for the last 39 years.

I took over 300 shots of the Queen Elizabeth 2 today and filled almost 4GB of space with RAW images. In hindsight, many of the images would have been fine as Jpeg files but I had the space, so I used it. I hope to upload a gallery of my favourite images tomorrow.

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