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Bird Flying High

Spotted in Edinburgh in 2018 on a meetup there. Lovely skies, lovely weather. We were very lucky that week!

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	28mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/500s

Cork 2005

Older visitors will recognise this poster if they were around Cork in 2005 when the city was “European Capital of Culture”.

This poster was draped over the city library, and I was very lucky to capture a tour bus as it drove past on a fine June day, exactly 17 years ago today.

Aperture	ƒ/7.1
Camera	Canon EOS 20D
Focal length	55mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/100s

The old house by the Castle

If you’ve been to Blarney recently you won’t have seen this house. It was cleared several years ago and is now an open stretch of grass, and new wooden buildings used by the staff of Blarney Castle.

February 2015.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	Canon EOS 6D
Focal length	105mm
ISO	1000
Shutter speed	1/125s

Queue for the bus on St. Patrick’s Quay

The bus stops on St. Patrick’s Quay are being moved to various locations around the city disrupting the future travel arrangements of people who use them.

You used to be able to get a bus from west Cork to the city, walk to the next bus stop and hop on a bus to Dublin but now they’ll be in separate parts of the city.

Not exactly encouraging for people with mobility issues.

Aperture	ƒ/2.4
Camera	SM-G998B
Focal length	9mm
ISO	50
Shutter speed	1/3000s

Night Club Fantasy

Not much use for a night club in the middle of a blistering hot day in Tenerife.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	16mm
ISO	2000
Shutter speed	1/500s

We’ve seen a lot of the Ukraine flag in the last few months following the invasion of that country by Russia. Before that I didn’t realise the wall facing the Centra in Dingle had the same colours. Looking the worse for wear and not the right shades of course.

Aperture	ƒ/1.8
Camera	SM-G998B
Focal length	6.7mm
ISO	64
Shutter speed	1/100s

Books in Bristol

A book stall in Bristol, by the river. Some good stuff here!

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	Canon EOS 6D
Focal length	17mm
ISO	125
Shutter speed	1/250s

Sitting outside Minihans

Outside Minihans Chemist on Oliver Plunkett Street.

Aperture	ƒ/2.2
Camera	SM-G998B
Focal length	2.2mm
ISO	50
Shutter speed	1/1800s

The heavy burden of religion

Malaga, Spain. October 2018.

Aperture	ƒ/9
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	28mm
ISO	125
Shutter speed	1/80s

Dating in Malaga

Sharing a Tik Tok video maybe in a backstreet in Malaga, Spain.

Aperture	ƒ/4
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	16mm
ISO	12800
Shutter speed	1/200s

The sun has almost set

At the tip of the Dingle Peninsula as the sun sets on an April evening.

Aperture	ƒ/10
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	35mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/1000s

The Blarney Fun Run 2022

Most of the kids and some of the adults who took part in the Blarney Fun Run today. Blistering heat didn’t stop this group enjoying themselves and I saw lots of happy smiles as kids crossed the finish line.

Surrounded by everyone else is Michael, the Little Blue Hero. He was guest of honour and raised the flag at the start the race. 🙂

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	30mm
ISO	320
Shutter speed	1/500s

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