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Wheeling Through the Square
The nun was the only person in Market Square moving with any purpose. Everyone else had the tourist walk, slow and drifting or heads tilted up at the scaffolding on St Mary’s. She came over the cobbles in sandals with the bike beside her, key swinging from her belt, and went straight past us on…
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Photograph the eclipse through the eclipse glasses
WARNING: DON’T LOOK AT THE SUN WITHOUT THE ECLIPSE GLASSES. The sun is bright, but if you have a compact camera with a small-diameter lens, you may be able to use certified eclipse glasses as a filter to photograph it. You might be able to use your phone too, particularly if it has an expert/manual…
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The dogs of Kraków
Three dogs in Kraków over the course of a couple of hours. Only the Pomeranian was doing any work, pulling its owners along for a walk. The dachshund was travelling in style in a pram, and the Maltese was patiently waiting for the conversation to end so the walk could continue. I love to see…
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Gino’s on a Bench
Sometimes all you want on a warm summer’s day is a milkshake and a bench to sit on.
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Posing in the sunlight
The bright light of the late afternoon sun shone into an arcade in Kraków’s Main Market Square. I spotted a photographer photographing two women. A moment they’ll remember but the tourists walking past paid it no heed.
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Access at Own Risk
The rain was falling steadily as I photographed this sign on the Sheep’s Head peninsula. Curious about the sign, I looked up The Anchorage and found this for sale page saying it was recently sold, but an archive.org copy from 2019 shows the seller was looking for €695,000 back then.
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Beige on Beige
A caring moment in time in Lisbon caught by the camera.
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Two Screens, One Corner
The man on the corner had his phone in one hand and a child’s white puffa coat over the other arm, which tells you roughly how the morning was going. Across the square a woman stood next to the brick wall in the same posture, head down, thumb moving. They weren’t together, so the matching…
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The last of the light in the wheelhouse
The sun went down beyond the far side of Ballycotton Harbour and everything on the pier turned to an outline. The wheelhouse windows kept some of the light, so the boat is a black shape with orange panes punched through it. You lose the paint and the rust and the name on the bow at…
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Blarney Castle at sunset
I shot straight into the sun, so Blarney Castle came out as a flat black shape with nothing left but the outline. Two birds had claimed some of the highest points while all the humans had gone home for the day. It was a lovely evening. Perfect time for silhouettes.
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Donkeys in the Rain
The rain is back! After weeks of blistering sun we’re getting a dose of ordinary Irish weather again except the rain is warm. Four donkeys in a field gathered around, curious to see me on the road with an umbrella held precariously over my head, protecting my camera. I hope they have some shelter in…
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Unseen Movement
The bollard is the only thing in the frame that stayed put in this long exposure of a floating pier in Ballycotton Harbour. Everything else is moving, relative to it.