A shark at Kay O’Connell’s fishmongers A shark’s deadly grin greeted customers to the fishmongers in the English Market on the day this photo was taken. Don’t you just love the expression on the fishmonger’s face? PS. Claire took some great portraits on Saturday!
2007Thu03May
A shark at Kay O’Connell’s fishmongers
Filed in Black and White, Candid, Canon 20D, Cork, English Market, Ireland, Market, People, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Urban
2007Sat24Mar
From the old hospital to the new
Filed in Architecture, Black and White, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Long Exposure, Photos, Sigma 18-200From the old hospital to the new In stark contrast to the newly built Cork University Maternity Hospital this was taken in one of the older ones. If you look carefully you can read the notice on the wall which starts, ‘Central Sterile Supply Department’. This building is in a state of disrepair you’d hardly [...]
2007Fri23Feb
Escalator Moments
Filed in Abstract, California, Candid, Canon 20D, Lights, Long Exposure, People, Photos, San Francisco, Sigma 10-20, Street, United States, UrbanEscalator Moments A one second exposure captures the movement through time of the escalator in Nikeworld San Francisco last August. This is one of a series of shots, including a few of Mark and Andy although I think this is the most dramatic of them. I wasn’t going to post this at all except that [...]
2007Tue30Jan
The lonely swan
Filed in Birds, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Lights, Long Exposure, Night, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Sky, The Lough, Urban, WaterThe lonely swan A solitary swan swims on the calm waters of The Lough as the sun disappears at the end of the day. Believe it or not, this is a 10 second exposure that turned out much better than I could have hoped! I balanced my camera on the edge of the Lough, set [...]
2007Sun21Jan
Bay Bridge Reflections
Filed in Architecture, Automattic, California, Canon 20D, Lights, Long Exposure, Night, Photos, San Francisco, Sea, Sigma 10-20, Sky, United States, UrbanBay Bridge Reflections Light from the Bay Bridge in San Francsico shimmers in the waters of the harbour. To the left one of the fire fighting boats of the SF Fire Department can be seen. Posting this landmark of San Francisco today as most of the rest of Automattic make their way to Mexico. Here’s [...]
2007Tue16Jan
The swans they are a coming
Filed in Abstract, Birds, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Lights, Long Exposure, Night, Photos, Sigma 18-200, The Lough, UrbanThe swans they are a coming Swans rush to the bank of the Lough looking for bread from the crazy guy hanging over the water with a large black object… This shows off one of my favourite night-time techniques. Long exposure with a flash. The long exposure captures the background while the flash illuminates the [...]
2007Thu11Jan
Panoramic Traffic Lights
Filed in Co. Cork, Cork, Ireland, Lights, Long Exposure, Night, Panoramic, Photos, Sigma 10-20, VehiclesPanoramic Traffic Lights Traffic along the Mallow Road hurries past on a cold and foggy December night. This was taken from the bridge near Rathpeacon and Killeens. The bridge itself as you can see from the map above is much wider than the one in this picture but I wasn’t going to stand in the [...]
2007Mon08Jan
Leading lines and bright lights
Filed in Black and White, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Lights, Long Exposure, Night, Photos, Sigma 10-20, South Mall, Street, UrbanLeading lines and bright lights Studs on the ground lead down to the traffic lights on the South Mall, Cork. In this long exposure shot a couple of cars passed by providing a nice light trail in the background. The twinkling of the street lighting is from the narrow aperture. Setting the aperture as small [...]
2006Sun31Dec
City Hall at night
Filed in Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Lights, Long Exposure, Night, Photos, River Lee, Sigma 10-20, Sky, UrbanCity Hall at night Cork City Hall at night as viewed from across the river. It was all lit up for the Modern Homes Exhibition and as it was such a calm night the reflection on the River Lee was beautiful. If you watch the RTE news at 6pm or 9pm tonight, watch out for [...]
2006Tue26Dec
The River, The Brewery and the Cathedral
Filed in Architecture, Canon 20D, Cork, Gimp, Ireland, Landscape, Long Exposure, Night, Photos, River Lee, Sigma 10-20, UrbanThe River, The Brewery and the Cathedral The River Lee rushes by the Beamish and Crawford Brewery on one side, and O’Sullivan Electrical on the other with St. Finbarre’s Cathedral in the background. I have discovered there’s a dead pixel on my camera’s sensor. Fortunately it doesn’t seem to show itself much but when I [...]
