In Photos dot Org » Sky http://inphotos.org no photoshopped images here Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:21:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Sunset Chimneys http://inphotos.org/2012/01/10/sunset-chimneys/ http://inphotos.org/2012/01/10/sunset-chimneys/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:24:33 +0000 Donncha O Caoimh http://inphotos.org/?p=5693

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

PS. happy new year!

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]]> http://inphotos.org/2012/01/10/sunset-chimneys/feed/ 1 A Cup among the the rocks http://inphotos.org/2011/08/29/a-cup-among-the-the-rocks/ http://inphotos.org/2011/08/29/a-cup-among-the-the-rocks/#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2011 16:47:26 +0000 Donncha O Caoimh http://inphotos.org/?p=5639

The smooth uniform texture of a cup contrasted with the rough and weathered stones of a wall on Cape Clear Island. Somewhere near where I took the previous shot I saw this cup at the side of the road and was struck by the oddness of it’s placement.

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Sometimes your world is just a little off kilter and not completely level.
Photo of St. Patrick’s Street, Cork taken back in January this year.

You know that a photo is of an often photographed subject when WordPress has all the tags required for it in the “most used tags” section of the Write screen…

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]]> http://inphotos.org/2011/07/07/weird-world/feed/ 2 American Beer http://inphotos.org/2011/06/02/american-beer/ http://inphotos.org/2011/06/02/american-beer/#comments Thu, 02 Jun 2011 15:50:56 +0000 Donncha O Caoimh http://inphotos.org/?p=5565

A restaurant in Seaside, Florida with the obligatory US flag flying overhead.

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]]> http://inphotos.org/2011/06/02/american-beer/feed/ 0 Deckchairs on the beach http://inphotos.org/2011/05/11/deckchairs-beach/ http://inphotos.org/2011/05/11/deckchairs-beach/#comments Wed, 11 May 2011 14:13:02 +0000 Donncha O Caoimh http://inphotos.org/?p=5545

Deckchairs on the beach at Seaside in Florida. Taken early in the morning before the day time humidity and temperature hit!

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]]> http://inphotos.org/2011/05/11/deckchairs-beach/feed/ 1 Boats in Drake’s Pool http://inphotos.org/2011/01/12/boats-drakes-pool/ http://inphotos.org/2011/01/12/boats-drakes-pool/#comments Wed, 12 Jan 2011 15:05:25 +0000 Donncha O Caoimh http://inphotos.org/?p=5475

There are always boats moored in the section of the Owenabue River called “Drake’s Pool”. This was a shot I took last weekend while out walking with my family there. Quite frosty but many people out walking the light from the setting sun was amazing.

Yes, this location is associated with Sir Francis Drake:

The name reveals the linkage to Sir Frances Drake who in 1743 took refuge in these waters from the Napoleonic forces as they patrolled around Cork Harbour. His hiding place worked and he lived to fight another day. (source)

PS. The name Owenabue River fascinates me. I wonder if Owenabue is the English phonetic spelling of “Abhainn Bui”? That would be “Yellow River” in Irish. Where did that name come from?

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]]> http://inphotos.org/2011/01/12/boats-drakes-pool/feed/ 2 Saint Finbarre’s Sunset http://inphotos.org/2010/11/29/saint-finbarres-sunset/ http://inphotos.org/2010/11/29/saint-finbarres-sunset/#comments Mon, 29 Nov 2010 18:04:05 +0000 Donncha O Caoimh http://inphotos.org/?p=5460

St Finbarre’s Cathedral silhouetted against the sunset in Cork yesterday. It was freezing cold but the skies were mostly clear and snow hasn’t fallen in the City or here in Blarney either yet.

The country is going through a recession but you wouldn’t know it. After driving around Parnell Place twice I parked in Merchant’s Quay but had to park on the roof because the place was full. Many of the shops were very busy, and the streets were crowded with shoppers.

So cold though.

PS. the version of gthumb in Ubuntu 10.10 sucks. Missing now is the “Duplicate” menu item, and I can’t drag photos from one folder to another. Grrr. It is faster however.

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As you may have already guessed, that’s not the dawn. It’s the lights of Cork City (and Blarney) shining and into the sky in a long exposure shot I made last August.

I had meant to mention this sooner but 2 weeks ago I was shocked to hear about the death of Debbie Metrustry (@debbiemet), a wonderful person I had the pleasure of conversing with by tweet and by email over the course of the last year or so. She even won a print on this blog last year, but between this and that I never got around to sending it to her. I hope I can get in touch with her family at some stage and offer it to them instead.

Debbie’s blog on WordPress.com is still there and will be as long as the service is there (which is forever, right?), I’ve seen to that.

If you knew Debbie you might like to read the reaction from other people who knew her.

RIP Debbie.

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Bare trees reach for the sky by the Atlantic Pond and Marina in Blackrock, Cork.

Shot in April 2008.

woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof….

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We called over to a friend’s house yesterday evening and even though I had heard there would be an eclipse I completely forgot about it. My Dad even texted me at 6.25pm that it’d be happening between 7pm and 8pm but I still forgot. Lucky he rang my wife and she reminded me of the event!

Unfortunately I only had my Sigma 18-200 zoom. The Canon 75-300 was at home so this is a severely cropped shot of the moon. I thought there was going to be a full eclipse but it wasn’t to be and only a shadow fell across the face of our nearest celestial neighbour.

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