In Photos dot Org » Sky 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 Houses of Parliament http://inphotos.org/2012/05/24/houses-of-parliament/ http://inphotos.org/2012/05/24/houses-of-parliament/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 18:47:42 +0000 Donncha O Caoimh http://inphotos.org/?p=5917

The Houses of Parliament in London, UK dominate the skyline near the river.

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A pigeon watching the passing pedestrians on a bridge near the London Eye in the United Kingdom.

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Another shot of the London Eye in the UK. One more to go!

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]]> http://inphotos.org/2012/05/19/all-aboard-the-london-eye/feed/ 1 The London Eye http://inphotos.org/2012/05/18/the-london-eye/ http://inphotos.org/2012/05/18/the-london-eye/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 11:33:55 +0000 Donncha O Caoimh http://inphotos.org/?p=5904

While on my way to Iceland a few months ago I had about 10 hours to kill while in London. Thankfully John Godley collected me at the airport and gave me a quick tour of the city centre!

I got loads of photos of the London Eye, here’s one of them.

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]]> http://inphotos.org/2012/05/18/the-london-eye/feed/ 3 Four Points Cadiz http://inphotos.org/2012/05/02/four-points-cadiz/ http://inphotos.org/2012/05/02/four-points-cadiz/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 14:34:39 +0000 Donncha O Caoimh http://inphotos.org/?p=5872

Cadiz is a city and port in the Iberian Peninsula in Spain. The centre of the city is filled with old alleys and narrow streets. Here’s I shot straight upwards at the junction of 4 such alleys, I think it was here near the local cathedral.

Many years ago I took a similar photo of buildings in San Francisco.

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]]> http://inphotos.org/2012/05/02/four-points-cadiz/feed/ 1 Sólfar, The Sun Voyager http://inphotos.org/2012/03/12/solfar-the-sun-voyager/ http://inphotos.org/2012/03/12/solfar-the-sun-voyager/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 11:48:30 +0000 Donncha O Caoimh http://inphotos.org/?p=5764

This is a metal statue in Reykjavík of what looks like a Viking longboat but according to the Wikipedia page is in fact a “dreamboat”.

It is a common misunderstanding that Sun Voyager is a Viking ship. It is quite understandable that many tourists think like this when travelling in Iceland, the land of the sagas. Nonetheless, it should be stressed that this was not the original intention.

Jón Gunnar was himself very ill with leukaemia at the time that the full-scale Sun Voyager came to be constructed, and he died in April 1989, a year before it was placed in its present location. Some people have thus suggested that Jón Gunnar conceived the work during this period, at a time when he might have been preoccupied with death, and argued that Sun Voyager should be seen as a vessel that transports souls to the realm of death. While this is a nice idea and might be imagined to have some validity, it actually has little truth (at least from the point of view of the artist). As noted above, Sun Voyager was essentially envisaged as being a dreamboat, an ode to the sun symbolizing light and hope.

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A statue of Leif Ericsson stands in front of the Church of Hallgrimur, Reykjavik, Iceland.

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What I’ve seen of Reykjavik so far has been really nice. Buildings are colourful, the streets are for the most part well maintained and the city centre has cobbled streets so it’s pleasant to walk around.

While on our photowalk today we passed these buildings on the sea front. I thought they were just another apartment building until I noticed that the balconies were fenced in by planks of wood held together loosely!

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Clonakilty in County Cork as shot from the multi storey car park adjoining Supervalu.

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Chimney stacks loom over the town of Clonakilty in County Cork in November last year.

PS. happy new year!

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