Author: Donncha

  • The Cork Pride Flag

    One of the (many) highlights of the Cork Pride parade is the massive rainbow flag that accompanies the marchers through the city. It was unfurled on Grand Parade where a jubilant crowd carried it and waved it in preparation for the trip around the city. I noticed a bump in the middle, and saw the reason underneath. 🙂


    Apertureƒ/8
    CameraILCE-7RM5
    Focal length24mm
    ISO500
    Shutter speed1/6400s

  • Hoppy looking at you

    A black and white cat relaxing on a pet bed. She is looking directly at the camera

    Our cat Hoppy relaxing on a bed, wondering what I do all day and why am I not giving her loads of attention.


    Apertureƒ/1.8
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length75mm
    ISO2500
    Shutter speed1/80s

  • The Commandant’s House

    The Commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, lived in the large house at the end of this road. It sits right outside the concentration camp where so many people were put to death, but a family lived here, and they are the subject of a 2023 movie, The Zone of Interest.

    When I visited the camp last week, the guide made an offhand remark while pointing in the direction of a locked gate, saying, “That’s where the camp commandant lived with his family.” My group were on our way to Gas Chamber 1, so nobody went to look, but I stuck my camera over the gate and recorded a photo of an ordinary street with parked cars outside a red brick building and the family home further down. Watch the trailer of the movie, and you’ll recognise the shape of the roof in the background. Gave me chills.


    Apertureƒ/8
    CameraILCE-7RM5
    Focal length24mm
    ISO200
    Shutter speed1/500s

  • Bambie Thug at Cork Pride

    Bambie Thug holds up the transgender flag on stage.

    At the Cork Pride party today, Bambie Thug performed for the crowd, and came on stage proudly waving the transgender flag. The party was great, and the parade was full of energy, colour, smiles and happiness. If you missed it this year, make sure to go next year. It’s a great event!


    Apertureƒ/6.3
    CameraILCE-7RM5
    Focal length240mm
    ISO5000
    Shutter speed1/2000s

  • A light trail in Lisbon

    A long exposure shot of Lisbon, with the trailing red brake lights of a car captured going down a nearby street.

    Looking down on the streets of Lisbon and using a long exposure shot, I captured the brake lights of a car as it went down a nearby hill.


    Apertureƒ/8
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length31mm
    ISO200
    Shutter speed2s

  • Watching the Dog Walking

    A woman brings her dog for a walk in front of a building with a large face painted on it.

    The mural of a huge head watches a young woman bringing a dog for a walk in Lisbon. The mural caught my eye.


    Apertureƒ/2.8
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length24mm
    ISO1000
    Shutter speed1/500s

  • 80th anniversary of Warsaw Uprising

    Young men climbed on a public toilet in the centre of Warsaw this afternoon to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising.

    At 5pm, sirens rang out and suddenly red flares were lit as a large cargo plane flew overhead. Smoke from the flares filled the air, and it got noticeably cooler as the sun was temporarily blocked.

    Polish flags fly as they are surrounded by smoke from flares
    Photo by my teenager who was there with me.

    The flares and smoke cleared within minutes, and a commanding voice in Polish continued to talk to the massive crowd.

    A military service attended by uniformed soldiers and two elderly people, one in a wheelchair.

    Earlier in the day, we observed a simple military service. Two elderly people were there, and it’s obviously about the Uprising, but if anyone recognises them, I’d love to know more.

    This episode of Dan Snow’s History Hits podcast does a great job covering what happened when Poles rose up against heir Nazi occupiers 80 years ago today. I found a Reddit thread about it too.


    Apertureƒ/6.3
    CameraILCE-7RM5
    Focal length124mm
    ISO100
    Shutter speed1/800s

  • Cycling by the fence

    Two people cycling on a path next to the barbed wire fence surrounding the former Birkenau concentration camp in Poland.


    Apertureƒ/8
    CameraILCE-7RM5
    Focal length240mm
    ISO400
    Shutter speed1/500s

  • St Kinga’s Chapel in the Salt Mine

    Buried deep underground in the Wieliczka Salt Mine is a huge man made chamber called St Kinga’s Chapel. It’s quite a sight to see after wandering down tunnel and after tunnel. You come across chambers on the way there, but this one is the special one, and it’s a consecrated Catholic Church where they hold religious ceremonies.

    It’s 101m underground, 11m high and has a floor space of 465 metres squared.

    Unfortunately, we didn’t have much time to spend there as the mine is really busy at this time of year with tourist groups coming in and out all the time!


    Apertureƒ/8
    CameraILCE-7RM5
    Focal length35mm
    ISO8000
    Shutter speed1/25s

  • Just dog walking

    A woman walking her dog across the road.

    Sometimes a photo is just what it appears, a walk enjoyed by human and dog alike, in Amsterdam earlier this year.


    Apertureƒ/4
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length24mm
    ISO320
    Shutter speed1/500s

  • A face in the crowd on a dull day

    It was a chilly March afternoon in Cork. Some were wrapped up tight against the cold, while it didn’t bother others. Look out the window now and enjoy the heat of July!


    Apertureƒ/8
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length24mm
    ISO10000
    Shutter speed1/500s

  • Lightroom Classic doesn’t always adjust time correctly

    I can confirm that this bug still exists. If you change the capture time of a photo in Lightroom Classic it may not do it correctly. The time was wrong on my camera and I had to change 249 images this evening. As I went through them later, I noticed a few were out of order, when sorting by “capture time”.

    When the time is changed, there are three fields that need to be modified:

    • Date Time Original
    • Date Time Digitized
    • Date Time

    Most of the time all three are changed, but sometimes, only the first one is.

    Attempts to change the time failed again and again, so I changed the sort order to “Filename” which works just fine, but it’s annoying me that there are bunches of photos in today’s photos that have jumped through time.

    Anyone figured out how to fix this?