The ceiling of the Sanctuaire de Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré in Quebec is quite a sight. In a low light situation you can’t get a more stable support than the floor at your feet, lucky me. A wide angle lens meant I had to run for cover lest the camera capture me in the image. The 2 second [...]
2009Thu22Oct
Look up at the roof
Filed in Black and White, Canon 40D, Photography, Photos, Sigma 10-20
You’ll find Montmorency Falls just outside Quebec City in Canada. They’re an imposing sight, visible from the highway and by foot you can almost reach the base of the falls. Bring a coat and protect your camera because you’ll be soaked by spray! Remember that Balloon Boy story last week? People have been searching for [...]
A waterfall near where I’m staying in Quebec. To get to here you need to descend about 100m of steep steps but there are frequent observation platforms to observe the waterfall. On the way back up, those platforms were a welcome break from the hard slog of climbing. My legs were like jelly by the [...]
2009Sun04Oct
St Patrick and the Volkswagen
Filed in Canon 40D, Cork, Ireland, Photography, Photos, Sigma 18-200, UrbanA Volkswagen Beetle parked across the road from St. Patrick’s Catholic Church on the Lower Glanmire Road in Cork. The church was built in 1840. The car, not so old. Shot on the recent photowalk in the city.
2009Sun20Sep
Cork Button Co Ltd
Filed in Black and White, Canon 40D, Cork, Ireland, Photography, Photos, Sigma 18-200, UrbanCork Button Co Ltd still exist and trade from Pope’s Quay in Cork but I don’t think they occupy the building the pictured above.
2009Thu17Sep
John Lynch The Fenian
Filed in Canon 40D, Cork, Ireland, Photography, Photos, Sigma 18-200, UrbanA plaque on a wall on Devonshire Street in Cork records the capture of a Fenian in 1865. JOHN LYNCH THE FENIAN CAPTURED HERE SEPTEMBER 1865 DIED WOKING PRISON JANUARY 1866 There’s more, this page has quite a bit on him, but also gives a different date for his death. John Lynch was a widower [...]
2009Wed16Sep
Cork Arts Studio
Filed in Canon 40D, Cork, Ireland, Photography, Photos, Sigma 18-200, UrbanCork Arts Studio on Coberg Street, Cork. The tower of St. Anne’s Church or “Shandon Bells” is in the background.
2009Thu10Sep
Clouds hang over CUMH
Filed in Black and White, Canon 40D, Cork, Ireland, Photography, Photos, Sigma 18-200, UrbanClouds hang over Cork University Maternity Hospital.
2009Tue08Sep
Chemtrails and Clouds and Evening Sky
Filed in Blarney, Canon 40D, Cork, Ireland, Look up, Photography, Photos, Sigma 10-20, SkyI’ve already covered the chemtrails conspiracy but they’re such a frequent and visible part of the sky that I have to shoot them sometimes. This was taken in Blarney, the trail is from a high flying plane going west to the USA. Arrangements for the photowalk on the 26th are surging ahead. Pat got in [...]
2009Thu03Sep
This is No. 26
Filed in Architecture, Canon 40D, Cork, Ireland, Look up, Photography, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Signs, Sky, Urban, YoughalNumber 26, a house in Youghal, County Cork.
