Fingers loosely laced, a thin ring catching the light and that small contact is the whole picture.
| Aperture | ƒ/2.8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 24mm |
| ISO | 640 |
| Shutter speed | 1/500s |
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Hand in Hand on a Valencia Pavement
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The Glass Cathedral of Work
A wall of glass tilt over your head and you start to feel very small, very corporate and very much in need of a strong coffee. This is the WeWork office in London. Look closely and there’s one warm pendant lamp glowing in a window, a tiny pocket of cosiness in a tower of cold glass, and that’s the bit that gets me.
I’d rather be working from home and I think most people would too.
Aperture ƒ/4 Camera ILCE-7RM5 Focal length 25mm ISO 1600 Shutter speed 1/500s Fediverse reactions
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Everyone in a Hurry but Him
The man in the red jacket became my anchor the moment I set up. Henry Street on a sunny day is a river of people. Shoppers, buskers’ audiences, lads cutting across to Gino’s for a cone, and a slow shutter turns all of that into smears of colour and ghostly half-people mid-stride. But he just sat there on the utility box, hands clasped, watching the world rush by at a blur while he stayed pin-sharp.
Aperture ƒ/22 Camera ILCE-7RM5 Focal length 24mm ISO 50 Shutter speed 1/4s Fediverse reactions
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Perched and Patient
A heron perched on a boat in Kinsale harbour last year. Patient and watching.
Aperture ƒ/6.3 Camera ILCE-7RM5 Focal length 240mm ISO 800 Shutter speed 1/1000s Fediverse reactions
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Rearing to Go at the Dingle Races
Number 9 had clearly decided that the racing could wait. I was wandering around at the Dingle Races and right in front of me this dark bay racehouse reared up on it’s hind legs while the poor jocket and two men tried to calm the animal.
It only lasted a moment and the racing continued.
Aperture ƒ/8 Camera ILCE-7M3 Focal length 31mm ISO 320 Shutter speed 1/500s Fediverse reactions
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A Quiet Bench in a Busy City
Early morning in Spitalfields, near the market and I spotted a man enjoying a moment by himself in the nearby green area.
Aperture ƒ/8 Camera ILCE-7RM5 Focal length 24mm ISO 320 Shutter speed 1/500s Fediverse reactions
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Low Tide on the Thames
Pull the river back a few metres and London grows a beach. I caught this stretch of Thames foreshore at low tide, the water was a proper builder’s-tea brown, the City stacked up behind like someone had emptied a box of glass towers.
I love springer spaniels, so I had to photograph this.
Aperture ƒ/8 Camera ILCE-7RM5 Focal length 24mm ISO 160 Shutter speed 1/500s Fediverse reactions
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Where the Lizandro Meets the Sea
A surfer, fresh out of the water, with her body board while a couple nearby walk and photograph the beach.
What you might notice from the waves and the way the dress of the woman on the far left is whipped about is the wind. No wonder surfers love this part of the world! This beach is inside the Ericeira World Surfing Reserve so you’ll find surfers here when the waves rise and come thundering on to the sand.
Aperture ƒ/6.3 Camera ILCE-7RM5 Focal length 120mm ISO 400 Shutter speed 1/5000s Fediverse reactions
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Henry Street, Slowed Down
A quarter of a second is all it takes to turn a busy footpath into a river of ghosts. I planted myself on Henry Street, dropped the shutter speed right down, and let the lunchtime crowd smear themselves across the frame while the New Yorker models behind them stayed pin-sharp and perfectly bored. It’s the opposite of the shot I put up a few days ago, where I caught a Deliveroo cyclist mid-pedal.
Aperture ƒ/22 Camera ILCE-7RM5 Focal length 24mm ISO 50 Shutter speed 1/4s Fediverse reactions
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Run Away to the Circus
The circus had pitched up in a field at Cashel, near Junction 8 on the motorway, with big top flying the flags of half a dozen nations.
I was taking photos of the circus when these two kids sped across the frame, probably headed to the shop at the nearby garage. I wonder if they went to the circus while it was there.
We passed through a few days later, and the tent was gone. Moving on to another town.
Aperture ƒ/2.4 Camera Galaxy S23 Ultra Focal length 7.9mm ISO 50 Shutter speed 1/1200s Fediverse reactions
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Silhouettes on Henry Street
I was waiting on Henry Street and spotted the deep shadows cast by the buildings, so it occurred to me that silhouettes would become a good subject for a photo.
Luckily, a Deliveroo cyclist came along then and I captured him motionless as he rode past.
Aperture ƒ/8 Camera ILCE-7RM5 Focal length 24mm ISO 320 Shutter speed 1/1600s Fediverse reactions
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The Tide Pulls Away at Kilfarrasy
Getting a shot like this is half luck and half persistence. You have to wait until the incoming tide is about to retreat to take the photo.
This one was at Kilfarrasy Beach in Co. Waterford in 2017. Blarney Photography Club was visiting the area and this was on the itinerary for the the evening shoot.
It was a very dull evening, but we made the most of it.
Aperture ƒ/8 Camera Canon EOS 6D Focal length 21mm ISO 100 Shutter speed 1.3s Fediverse reactions
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hey BABe (2008)
The Big Slide (2009)
Conversation (2012)
Family Fun Day in Blarney (2013)
Ticketmaster (2015)
London Street Photography (2016)
St Patrick’s Quay (2017)
Sunset on the Lee (2018)
The Straight Road (2021)
Pet Shop Boys at the Marquee (2022)
A break from the guitar (2023)
Not Sleeping in Ardmore (2024)
Up Close with a Tawny Owl (2025)