Brilliant Winter Leaves Just over a month ago, some of the trees around here still had leaves. I took the camera with me one evening when we went for a walk around the park. The leaves were a lovely bright and vibrant colour, but obviously this has been a little touched up in the GIMP [...]
2007Mon12Nov
Winter Leaves
Filed in Autumn, Blarney, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Look up, Nature, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Sky, TreesWinter Leaves It’s cold out there and the trees are almost bare. Some leaves still hang on however!
2007Sat08Sep
Light reflects on the Lough
Filed in Autumn, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Lights, Night, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Sky, The Lough, Trees, Urban, VehiclesLight reflects on the Lough Light trails from passing cars and street lights reflect on the calm surface of the Lough in Cork in this long exposure shot.
2007Sat18Aug
Fitzgerald’s Park Reflection
Filed in Architecture, Candid, Canon 20D, Cork, Fitzgerald Park, Ireland, Landscape, People, Photos, Reflections, Sigma 10-20, Trees, Urban, WaterFitgerald’s Park Reflection Clouds in the sky reflect off the water of the pond in Fitzgerald’s Park in Cork.
2007Fri17Aug
The house in the bushes
Filed in Architecture, Canon 20D, Cork, Fitzgerald Park, Flowers, Houses, Ireland, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Sky, Trees, UrbanThe house in the bushes This is the side of the small gatehouse in Fitzgerald’s Park, Cork.
2007Tue10Jul
Capoeira Girls
Filed in Canon 20D, Capoeira, Cork, Fitzgerald Park, Ireland, People, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Trees, UrbanCapoeira Girls Two girls show off their Capoeira moves in Fitzgerald’s Park accompanied by music played on the berimbau and atabaque. The fighting is very exciting to watch as participants leap from the ground, and seem to defy gravity on occasion! From the Wikipedia page on Capoeira: Capoeira is a Brazilian fight-dance, game, and martial [...]
2007Sun13May
Autumn Leaf
Filed in Autumn, Canon 20D, Cork, Douglas, Ireland, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Trees, UrbanAutumn Leaf A leaf lies on the ground in the public park in Douglas opposite Tesco. An ambulance drives past on the busy road.
2007Tue17Apr
Co. Cork Cemetery
Filed in Architecture, Canon 20D, Co. Cork, Cork, Ireland, Landscape, Nature, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Sky, TreesCo. Cork Cemetery A graveyard in Co. Cork attracted my attention last summer while walking with Oscar down a small road. I didn’t go in but I got a few nice shots from over the cemetery gate. This is a the result of sandwiching two versions of this image together. One is overexposed and the [...]
2007Fri06Apr
Doorway into the gloom
Filed in Canon 20D, Cork, Flowers, Ireland, Photos, Sigma 18-200, Trees, UrbanDoorway into the gloom Taken almost a year ago, this doorway leads into an old building on the grounds of a hospital in Cork. A cherry blossom can be seen blooming outside contrasting with the gloom and ruin of the interior. While on the hospital theme, I wrote up our experiences at the new Cork [...]
2007Wed14Mar
Clouds over the Lough
Filed in Black and White, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Landscape, Nature, Photos, Sigma 18-200, Sky, Sun, The Lough, Trees, Urban, WaterClouds over the Lough Clouds gather and block out the sun over the Lough in Cork last year. The display was beautiful as light wispy clouds and dark brooding rain clouds skirted across the sky. The sun made one final effort to shine, but the clouds won out and it started to rain moments later.
