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  • A Pandemic Smoke

    Mask pulled down to the chin, cigarette on the go is the small, very 2022 contradiction I couldn’t resist framing.


    Apertureƒ/8
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length16mm
    ISO2500
    Shutter speed1/500s

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  • A Smoke Break in Soho

    A young woman blew the smoke from a vape into the air as I walked past.


    Apertureƒ/1.8
    CameraSM-G998B
    Focal length6.7mm
    ISO50
    Shutter speed1/500s

  • The Log That Caught the Sunset

    A single weather-beaten log, marooned on the foreshore. It was nudged back and forth by the waves coming in and out but in the moment this photo was taken, the sky was reflected in wet sand and the log was beached. Safe from the incoming waters.


    Apertureƒ/8
    CameraILCE-7RM5
    Focal length24mm
    ISO100
    Shutter speed1.6s

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  • Soft Water, Hard Rock

    This is a small section of O’Sullivan’s Cascade in Kerry. The lovely sound of the water falling through the rocks is soothing. The picturesque scene in front of me does the opposite as I worry about composition and, “Did I get a good photo of that?”


    Apertureƒ/11
    CameraILCE-7RM5
    Focal length62mm
    ISO100
    Shutter speed1/5s

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  • Celebrate Birmingham

    Four people leaning on an escalator, the rail edged with a purple "...TE BIRMINGHAM 2..." Commonwealth Games banner, an Ann Summers shopfront to the left and a young man in a blue shirt with headphones round his neck staring toward the camera.
    Photo shot from above of two escalators crisscrossing through a shopping centre, packed with people going up and down, the upper handrail carrying a purple banner reading "...MINGHAM 2022 IN STYLE" and "BIRMINGHAM 2022" with a small "Prenetics" logo.


    Apertureƒ/8
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length28mm
    ISO640
    Shutter speed1/500s

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  • First Light on Gougane Barra


    Apertureƒ/8
    CameraILCE-7RM5
    Focal length62mm
    ISO100
    Shutter speed1/25s

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  • Showdown at Cyprus Avenue again

    Last night was our second time seeing Showdown – The ELO Experience play at Cyprus Avenue, and I think they might even have been even better than the previous time!


    Apertureƒ/5
    CameraILCE-7RM5
    Focal length24mm
    ISO10000
    Shutter speed1/250s

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  • The Landlady of the Lava Fields

    A calico cat sits in the sun in Playa Blanca, Lanzarote on a warm January afternoon in 2017. The charity, Freddy’s Cat House, erected the feeding house you can see in the background.


    Apertureƒ/8
    CameraCanon EOS 6D
    Focal length73mm
    ISO100
    Shutter speed1/500s

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  • 20,000 Bulbs and One Sky

    The massive Eiffel Tower glows golden as it is viewed from the Trocadéro nearby.


    Apertureƒ/4
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length26mm
    ISO640
    Shutter speed1/25s

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  • Youghal’s Wooden Sentinels

    Groynes in the sand as the water rushes away to do battle with another wave coming in. The ever-present push and pull of the tide, defeated for some time at least by these wooden posts.


    Apertureƒ/7.1
    CameraILCE-7RM5
    Focal length24mm
    ISO100
    Shutter speed2s

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  • Climbing into the Clouds

    Two days of unbroken Cork sunshine had to end somewhere, and they ended like this. I was in the posh Dunnes in Bishopstown and when I came out the sunny sky became a brooding wall of cloud piling up overhead just as a jet lifted off.

    From the ground it looked tiny, but that’s distance playing tricks; it’s almost certainly a 737, already well into its climb and dwarfed by a sky that had spent 48 hours stewing in the heat and finally decided it had had enough. I watched it pick along the edge of the dark stuff before slipping into the brighter side. Got the shot, the rain started before we got to the car with the shopping.

    The heatwave was officially over, thankfully.


    Apertureƒ/1.7
    CameraGalaxy S23 Ultra
    Focal length6.3mm
    ISO10
    Shutter speed1/900s

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  • The Red Bridge at Fota

    A scarlet-railed bridge, a limestone arch, and a pond almost still enough to hand you a second bridge for free. I caught this one at Fota Wildlife Park, framed through a gap in the spring foliage, the fresh greens crowding in from both sides.

    The contrast is what pulls me in. Those bold red posts and rails against the cool grey stonework and the soft greens all around, with the whole thing folded neatly into its own reflection on the water.

    There’s a wire mesh tucked under the arch, presumably to keep the residents on the right side of the fence, which is a gentle reminder this isn’t just a pretty ornamental pond but part of a working wildlife park.

    Thanks Henry for the walk around the park that Sunday morning.


    Apertureƒ/5.6
    CameraILCE-7RM5
    Focal length225.1mm
    ISO250
    Shutter speed1/800s

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