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Chocolate Lollies
Chocolate Lollies Who can resist chocolate? Feast your eyes on this stall at the St. Patrick’s Festival Cork! Aperture ƒ/3.5 Camera Canon EOS 20D Focal length 18mm ISO 400 Shutter speed 1/160s
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A riot of colour from Peru
A riot of colour from Peru One of the more colourful stalls at the open air market during the St Patrick’s Festival in Cork! Aperture ƒ/3.5 Camera Canon EOS 20D Focal length 18mm ISO 400 Shutter speed 1/125s
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The candle seller’s red hat
The candle seller’s red hat This man was selling scented candles on a small table in front of the Crawford Art Gallery. The sense of smell is one of our most primitive and releases memories and stirs emotions. He was doing a brisk trade. When I saw his woolly red hat I had to make…
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Cork St Patrick’s Festival Market
Cork St Patrick’s Festival Market One side of Academy Street was taken up by a long line of stalls populated by an international host of sellers! There were biscuits and cakes from Brittany, soaps and wooden toys from France, clothes and trinkets from Peru and lots more. I took a few shots of this scene…
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Such is the wonder of childhood
Such is the wonder of childhood A young child watches a street performer go through his act on Patrick’s Street, Cork last Saturday as part of the St. Patrick’s Festival 2006. Aperture ƒ/6.3 Camera Canon EOS 20D Focal length 200mm ISO 400 Shutter speed 1/125s
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Mr Crow performs for St Patrick’s Festival 2005 in Cork
Mr Crow uses his head Mr Crow teaches juggling The look of joy Mr Crow’s balancing act “On the count of three you pull!” Mr Crow is crazy, there’s no question of that. First of all he introduced his ex-girlfriend’s head, which he swung around his own head while juggling 3 doll heads! He “helped”…
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American Bald Eagle
American Bald Eagle This bird, the American Bald Eagle, took my breath away when I saw it at the zoo. He looked so majestic and dignified, despite the fact that he was surrounded by bars in a large enclosure. The shot is at the extreme end of the Canon 75-300mm zoom and it’s a little…
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White Owl
White Owl An owl pictured inside it’s enclosure at Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago. The faint lines are the thin bars of the cage. I love the eye! If you have a moment, check out Glassey Alley, Ryan’s new photoblog! Aperture ƒ/9 Camera Canon EOS 20D Focal length 210mm ISO 800 Shutter speed 1/800s
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The Mean Look
The Mean Look Is this a buzzard? I really should have taken note of the signs near the enclosures! Moments after I took this photo he was thrown some raw meat and went at it with gusto. Pictured in the Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago. Today is St. Patrick’s Day. It rained, it snowed, it was…
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Long Legged Bird
Long Legged Bird God help anyone who finds this picture through Google. I wonder what they were really looking for! Matt, any idea what kind of bird this is? Pictured in the aviary at Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo. In other news, I received an email from GE Health. My photo of a skateboarder is on…
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Jealousy
Jealousy Do animals feel emotion? Do they feel joy and sadness, regret and elation or even jealousy and envy? This little fella eyed the bigger mound next to him with what I’d swear was envy. Does anyone know what kind of animal he is? Pictured in Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo. Later.. if you wondered what…