The sun had risen about 40 minutes before and we were about to leave Cappagh Beach on the Dingle Peninsula when I saw a tree silhouetted against the sun.
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7RM5 |
| Focal length | 32mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/160s |
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The Cappagh Sentinel
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The Umbrella Photographer
Sunday’s storm on the Dingle Peninsula was the kind that turns sensible people around at the car park, but photographers are rarely sensible. I was down at Clogher Strand when the rain properly opened up. My friend and I both grabbed umbrellas trying to keep the gear dry while still getting the shot. The blue umbrella was doing most of the heavy lifting, swallowing them whole against that wall of ancient slate. What struck me was the colour contrast: that vivid blue
popping against the muted greys and ochres of the cliff face, with the smooth sand beneath acting like a stage. They never knew they’d wandered straight into my frame, which is probably for the best. Sometimes the best subjects are the ones who don’t know they’re performing.Clogher Strand was used as a filming location for David Lean’s Ryan’s Daughter (1970). The production spent nearly a year on the Dingle Peninsula waiting for suitably dramatic weather. We had that on Sunday!
Aperture ƒ/5 Camera ILCE-7RM5 Focal length 63mm ISO 800 Shutter speed 1/2000s Fediverse reactions
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1864 Meets 2026: Old Iron, New Glass
Look up and notice that 160 years of history are stacked vertically in the same sightline in London. At the bottom of the frame is the ornate ironwork crest of the London, Chatham and Dover Railway, dated 1864, sitting on its stone parapet like it’s been there forever (because it basically has). And rising directly behind it, filling the rest of the frame, is One Blackfriars. That’s a 50-storey residential tower clad in curved glass that Londoners have nicknamed “the Vase” because of its shape.
Aperture ƒ/8 Camera ILCE-7RM5 Focal length 65mm ISO 100 Shutter speed 1/250s Fediverse reactions
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Tiny People in a Giant City
This is what I love about shooting London with a telephoto lens. You compress the layers of the city together and suddenly the relationship between people and architecture becomes absurd.
Aperture ƒ/8 Camera ILCE-7RM5 Focal length 87mm ISO 125 Shutter speed 1/500s Fediverse reactions
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Cool and Curly: Two Strangers on the South Bank
Just after we walked across Millenium Bridge in London I came across these two people watching something behind me. I think it may have been two women who had a couple of dogs with them.
An interesting pair. I couldn’t resist making a candid photo of the moment.
Aperture ƒ/4 Camera ILCE-7RM5 Focal length 24mm ISO 100 Shutter speed 1/1250s Fediverse reactions
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Wish You Were Here
We stopped for a break in St. John’s Church Garden where I spotted an art installation mounted on a rotary clothes line. A bit eye-catching!
Aperture ƒ/6.3 Camera ILCE-7RM5 Focal length 187mm ISO 500 Shutter speed 1/500s -
Walking Into the Storm on the Dunes
A storm was rapidly approaching but the sun was still shining when I took this. Moments later the dark clouds in the background had blown over, leaving some of us drenched, and then it was bright and sunny again.
Aperture ƒ/8 Camera ILCE-7RM5 Focal length 139mm ISO 100 Shutter speed 1/1000s Fediverse reactions
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This is Dunnes in 2008
The Dunnes Stores on St. Patrick’s Street, Cork was only a muddy construction site in March 2008. Only the distinctive yellow front of the building remained at this time.
Aperture ƒ/9 Camera Canon EOS 20D Focal length 18mm ISO 200 Shutter speed 1/200s Fediverse reactions
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It’s Big, Ben!
Every tourist in London has a photo of Big Ben, so here’s another one. 🙂
Aperture ƒ/5 Camera ILCE-7RM5 Focal length 62mm ISO 100 Shutter speed 1/640s Fediverse reactions
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The Sacred and the Street: St. Augustine’s Before It Closes
The news broke at the end of last month that St Augustine’s Church in Cork would be closing later this year.
Despite walking past there hundreds of times while out walking I’ve only been in there a couple of times. I happened to call in about a week before that announcement and took the photos above.
The building has been featured here before. Jeremiah Cronin sold the Echo in this porch for many years until he retired during the pandemic. He passed away in 2022.
I wonder what will happen to the building now?
Aperture ƒ/1.8 Camera ILCE-7RM5 Focal length 50mm ISO 12800 Shutter speed 1/800s Fediverse reactions
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The Wheels Go Around
I love when I spot something like this happening on the street. It happened near the London Eye where there’s a novelty photo booth shaped like a bus. Two kids were at the back, with one pointing at the wheels, and then they go and spin the wheels!
Aperture ƒ/4 Camera ILCE-7RM5 Focal length 29mm ISO 100 Shutter speed 1/640s Fediverse reactions
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Going Underground at Piccadilly Circus
Every photographer who visits London takes a shot of Piccadilly Circus. It’s practically a rite of passage. The neon screens, the crowds, and the Eros statue somewhere off to the side are iconic. So is the famous UNDERGROUND branding seen all over the city so I wanted to get a mix of the two in this photo.
Aperture ƒ/8 Camera ILCE-7RM5 Focal length 24mm ISO 400 Shutter speed 1/500s Fediverse reactions
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Protests at Lincoln Park Zoo (2006)
Sleeping it off in Cork City (2007)
The pigeon flies away! (2008)
The Big M (2009)
The Balloon Seller (2015)
Look Up! (2017)
The view from Sandycove (2018)
Smile in the Poster (2019)
Christmas Coffee (2022)
Skeletal Trees by the Pond (2023)
The Idle Hour on Albert Quay (2024)
Nature’s Art: Fungi Patterns (2025)