Center of attention at the aquarium in Dingle.
Author: Donncha
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A shark in the aquarium

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The Milky Way in Tenerife

The Milky Way captured from inside Teide National Park.
This is a stacked image created from 19 images of the sky and 10 “noise” images. It was assembled in Sequator using this video tutorial to help me figure out how to use it. Final adjustments in Lightroom.
Getting to Teide National Park, inside a volcano, involves a long car journey going up. We were around 2300m above sea level when I took this photo, and it takes about an hour to drive here from the coast. Driving up the whole time. Quite an experience, especially after midnight. Out of the corner of my eye I spotted the lights of the resorts far below which made my stomach turn briefly, but the road was simple to follow. It just kept going up and up…
I was amazed when we got there finally. I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many stars. The night sky was so dark the stars lit up brightly. Unfortunately clouds rolled in as we were taking photos but this image was the first stack I made, and the cloud hadn’t become too thick yet.
Thanks Henry for the lend of the 14mm Samyang lens. It was great having that extra wide lens!
2022, a8ctravel, astrophotography, Canary Islands, Look up, milky way, Photo, Sky, stars, Teide Naional Park, TenerifeWritten by
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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 2018, a8ctravel, Birds, clouds, Edinburgh, Look up, Photo, Scotland, Sky, Sony A7 III, Street PhotographyWritten by
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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 2005, bus, Canon 20D, Cork, Cork 2005, Cork City Library, Grand Parade, Ireland, Photo, Street Photography, touristsWritten by
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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 Written by
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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 Written by
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Yellow and Blue

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 Written by
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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 2021, clouds, Cork, Ireland, Look up, Minihan’s Pharmacy, Oliver Plunkett Street, Photo, Sky, Street PhotographyWritten by
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The heavy burden of religion

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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 Written by


