Night falls over Quebec as we finish our tour and photowalk around the city. ISO 1600 came in very useful as the sky got darker! Pictured here are a few of the buildings just outside the old city walls. I think the Hilton is the building on the right.
The sun sets behind the County Hall in Cork. Taken from near Fitzgerald’s Park a few weeks ago on a glorious weekend evening. PS. My first photo from the parade last week was published on outsidein on Saturday!
2008Tue11Nov
Windsor Leaves
Filed in Canon 10-22, Canon 40D, Landscape, Long Exposure, Photography, Photos, Sky, United Kingdom, UrbanDown by the river in Windsor the ground was littered with autumn leaves and served as a perfect foreground for someone else’s castle.. That was a great idea of Matt’s to head down that direction!
2008Mon06Oct
Queen Elizabeth 2
Filed in Boat, Canon 40D, Cobh, Cork, Ireland, Photography, Photos, Sigma 18-200, Signs, Sky, UrbanLuxury cruise ship Queen Elizabeth 2 tied up at the quayside in Cobh, Co Cork last Thursday. This was moments before she cast off. You can see a tug in the background of this image. It was bitterly cold down on the quay, but we were lucky that the evening sun cast a lovely golden [...]
2008Sun06Apr
Call of the evening
Filed in Birds, Blarney, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Look up, Photos, Sigma 18-200, Sky, SunCall of the evening A bird atop the light outside my house calls into the glowing evening sky heralding the end of 2007. After walking Oscar I had to grab my camera and shoot the beautiful evening sky. The background was this colour, there’s no trickery here except a little vignetting and sharpening.
2008Thu03Jan
The road to Blarney Castle
Filed in Blarney, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Photos, Sigma 18-200, Trees, UrbanThe road to Blarney Castle This is the private road to the estate on which Blarney Castle sits. As I was walking about one late winter afternoon I spotted the lovely light shining through the trees and just had to take a snap!
2007Fri15Jun
Beach in the evening
Filed in Beach, Canon 20D, Inch Strand, Ireland, Kerry, Photos, Sea, Sigma 10-20, Sky, WaterBeach in the evening Inch Strand in Co. Kerry as the sun shines over the water and the tide comes in.
2007Sat24Feb
The shadows have it all
Filed in Abstract, Architecture, Black and White, Candid, Canon 20D, Cork, Emmet Place, Ireland, Lights, People, Photos, Sigma 18-200, Street, UrbanThe shadows have it all Sometimes it’s the shadows that are the focus of my camera rather than the people in it.
2007Sun11Feb
Cupid’s Arrow and the birds
Filed in Automattic, Birds, California, Canon 20D, Night, Photos, San Francisco, Sea, Sigma 10-20, Sky, Sun, United States, UrbanCupid’s Arrow and the birds Cupid’s Arrow in San Francisco provides an interesting silhouette against the evening sky. If you’ve payed close attention to my photos in the past you might think this is a duplicate of another shot but it’s from a slightly different angle and wider, and I feel stronger because of the [...]
2006Fri18Aug
Joyce and the Spire
Filed in Abstract, Architecture, Black and White, Dublin, Ireland, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Sky, Sun, UrbanJoyce and the Spire James Joyce, forever forced to look upon the Spire on O’Connell Street Dublin. Here’s a humorous look at the names of the statues and monuments in Dublin. I had heard that the Spire was nicknamed the “Stiletto in the Ghetto”, but I hadn’t heard it called, “North Pole”! Overhead wires destroy [...]
