An Fear Marbh, or “The Dead Man” in English lies off the coast of Co. Kerry. I posted another photo of the island taken on the same night as this one here, but it was such a beautiful evening I took quite a few shots!
Tags: An-Fear-Marbh, Atlantic, Canon 20D, clouds, Dingle, in-photos, Ireland, Irish photos, island, Kerry, Kerry Photos, Landscape, Night, Photos, Sea, Sigma 18-200, Sky, Sun, sunsetCork City Hall and the urban lighting on both sides of the River Lee are reflected in the water at night.
I took this back in October 2006 when the Elysian hadn’t reached it’s glorious present day height. I venture to say that a photo of this scene now would feature at least a part of the Elysian buildings blocking the sky in the top right of the photo.
Tags: Canon 20D, Cork, Cork City Hall, Cork Photos, dark, Ireland, Irish photos, irishblogs, lighting, Night, reflection, River Lee, Sigma 10-20, Sky, Urban, WaterThe sun had just set over this stretch of the water in Cork Harbour near Monkstown and the sky had turned a beautiful orange and purple and red and golden.
Much to the annoyance of my dog Oscar, I stopped and spent a good 10 minutes shooting this scene and basked in the beautiful colour.
Tags: Canon 20D, Cork, Cork Photos, Ireland, Irish photos, irishblogs, Landscape, Lights, Long Exposure, Monkstown, Night, Photos, Reflections, River, Sea, Sigma 10-20, Sky, Sun, WaterThe London Eye (or Millenium Wheel as it is also called) is clearly visible in this shot of London City Center taken last weekend as my plane banked on approach to Heathrow Airport.
We arrived around 7am when it was still dark. Thankfully I had my camera in a small bag at hand because I had missed some great shots of Tuscon, Arizona because my camera had been tucked away in the overhead bins.
Sorry for the large file size. It’s a noisy image, and Jpeg compression isn’t that great with random noise.
Tags: Canon 20D, irishblogs, Lights, London, London-Eye, Millenium-Wheel, Night, Photos, Sigma 18-200, UK, United Kingdom, UrbanCork City Fire Brigade were called out this evening to a shop on Patrick Street.
I’m not sure what the emergency was but two fire engines were called to the scene and had a Garda escort on the way there. Maybe a gas leak?
A huge crowd gathered around and when some people saw my camera they just had to pose for a shot .. more on that next week!
Trivia: these are my first shots posted in 2008 that was taken in 2008. Plenty more 2007 ones to go through yet though!
Tags: Black and White, Canon 20D, Cork, Cork Photos, fire-brigade, fireman, Ireland, Irish photos, irishblogs, Look up, Night, People, Photos, Sigma 18-200, St Patrick's Street, Street, Urban, VehiclesA long five second exposure at f/22 captured cars stuck on Patrick Street about a month ago.
They’ve done some fabulous work on the pavements of Cork’s main thoroughfare but it hasn’t made a jot of difference to vehicular traffic, except to make it more dangerous to pedestrians as they saunter across junctions blissfully unaware of the cars bearing down on them ..
Tags: Canon 20D, cars, Cork, Cork Photos, headlights, Ireland, Irish photos, irishblogs, Lights, Long Exposure, Night, Panna, People, Photos, Sigma 18-200, St Patrick's Street, starlight, Street, Urban, VehiclesLight trails from passing cars fill the frame with a golden glow on the corner of The Grand Parade and Washington Street, Cork.
Long exposure shot made possible by the traffic light switch on which I rested my camera!
Tags: Abstract, Candid, Canon 20D, cars, Cork, Cork Photos, Grand Parade, headlights, Ireland, Irish photos, irishblogs, light-trails, Lights, Long Exposure, Night, People, Photos, Sigma 18-200, starlight, Street, Urban, Vehicles, Washington Street
Christmas Baubles hang in Porter’s newsagent, Cork. Christmas decoration is everywhere but reflective surfaces present an opportunity to take a self portrait. Yes, that’s me reflected! 
Hope you had a great Christmas Day. We went travelling and I must say it was the best Christmas Day in a long time. I think I must invest in a WII next year…
Tags: Candid, Canon 20D, Christmas, Cork, Cork Photos, Ireland, Irish photos, irishblogs, Lights, Night, People, Photos, Reflections, Sigma 18-200, St Patrick's Street, Street, UrbanBlue glowing and sparkling Christmas lights flow down from the roof of Benetton on Oliver Plunkett St. in Cork.
I loved the reflection in the car and had to take this shot. It was hand held and I’m quite sure I pumped up the ISO quite a bit to get a half-decent shutter speed. Resizing helps to hide and smooth out the noise!
Tags: Architecture, Benetton, Canon 20D, Christmas, Christmas-Decoration, Christmas-Lights, Cork, Cork Photos, Ireland, Irish photos, irishblogs, Lights, Night, Oliver Plunkett Street, Photos, Reflections, Sigma 18-200, Urban, VehiclesA huge advertisement for Stolichnaya Russian Vodka on the side of a building near Union Square in San Francisco. It proudly stats, “Choose Authenticity”.
This is the sight that greeted me on my first night in the city!
Tags: Advertising, billboard, Black and White, California, Canon 20D, irishblogs, Lights, Night, Photos, Russian-Vodka, San Francisco, San Francisco Photos, Sigma 18-200, sign, Signs, Stolichnaya, Union Square, United States, Urban, vodka
