The steeple of St. Anne’s Church, or “Shandon Bells” as viewed from near the Opera House in Cork. Traffic is as usual stuck at the lights close by ..
Tags: Architecture, Black and White, Canon 20D, Cork, Cork Photos, Emmet Place, Ireland, Irish photos, irishblogs, Photos, Sigma 18-200, Sky, Urban, Vehicles
Traffic stops at the lights by the building site of the Elysian. I passed by the other side of it, past the low rise section of the building and it towers over the street.
It’s massive!
A holiday caravan near a beach on the Dingle Peninsula.
This caravan has been in the same spot for at least the last 2 years, and probably longer. I wanted to shoot it for quite a while but it wasn’t until I converted this shot to b/w that I was happy with it.
Tags: Beach, Black and White, Canon 20D, caravan, Dingle, grass, holiday-photos, Ireland, Irish photos, irishblogs, Kerry, Kerry Photos, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Sky, vacation, VehiclesCork 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, VehiclesI’m going to slow down this year. I’ve been trying to keep up with everyone else, moving without thinking, on auto pilot sometimes.
I blog too fast. There! I’ve said it. I tried to post here, to Holy Shmoly!, to The Funny Video Blog every day but there’s only so much one man can do.
Instead, this blog will of course be updated every day, Holy Shmoly will be updated at most 3 times a week, and I’ll try to post one funny video a week.
Then I’ll have time to play with my son, watch him discover the world and enjoy the great times.
Ryan - thank you for the recommendation and a happy new year to you too!
Tags: Blarney, Canon 20D, Cork, Cork Photos, Houses, Ireland, Irish photos, irishblogs, Photos, road, Sigma 10-20, Signs, slow-sign, Urban, VehiclesA strange multi-coloured bus waiting at the lights in downtown San Francisco last summer.
Yes, those are horns on the roof. Does anyone know anything about it? A search for “EFT 922″, it’s registration plate, turns up nothing useful.
Tags: bus, California, Canon 20D, hippy, horns, irishblogs, multi-coloured, Photos, San Francisco, San Francisco Photos, Sigma 10-20, Street, United States, 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 StreetBlue 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, VehiclesFreeze what you’re doing. Right now. The world has stopped.
A busy moment on Patrick’s Street, Cork captured forever.
I liked this image because of the solitary motorcycle rider, but then I noticed all the activity: the people walking, cars *all over* the frame, the parked security truck with the driver leaning over to get his papers.
All frozen.
