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A gift of colour
I was walking up the street behind a man dressed in blue and this photo presented itself to me. Pink and blue and a man in a baseball cap. All gone within seconds. Aperture ƒ/8 Camera ILCE-7M3 Focal length 20mm ISO 400 Shutter speed 1/500s
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The interesting shop
Down a side street in Valencia I spotted five ladies looking in the windows of a tourist shop selling T-shirts, fridge magnets, kitchen towels, bags and all sorts of other knick-knacks. Aperture ƒ/2.8 Camera ILCE-7M3 Focal length 24mm ISO 320 Shutter speed 1/500s
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Bright clothes on a dull day
It was lovely seeing people dressed in bright clothes last Saturday when it was overcast and fairly dull outside. Yellow, pink and green made a nice change from the mostly muted colours other people wore. Aperture ƒ/1.7 Camera Galaxy S23 Ultra Focal length 6.3mm ISO 2000 Shutter speed 1/1500s
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Smile for the camera
She took a photo of me while I was on a tram passing by on this street in Lisbon, Portugal. I took a photo of what, I think, is a much more interesting scene. Aperture ƒ/2.8 Camera ILCE-7M3 Focal length 24mm ISO 1600 Shutter speed 1/500s
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Pigeons find a home
Pigeons resting on the “Home energy upgrade office” in front of Bishop Lucey Park in Cork. Aperture ƒ/1.8 Camera ILCE-7M3 Focal length 75mm ISO 100 Shutter speed 1/3200s
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Chicago Apple Store
An Apple Store in Chicago, in 2003. I wandered in here while I was in the city, curious about what it would look like, as I didn’t use any Apple products at the time. Check out those CRTs at the back of the second photo! Aperture ƒ/2.2 Camera CYBERSHOT Focal length 9.7mm ISO 100 Shutter…
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If I must die, let it bring hope
Those are the words of a Palestinian poet killed by an airstrike in Gaza. I saw them printed on a small white kite on the Palestinian flag carried by a man at the pro-Palestinian rally in Cork today. The rally was organised by the Cork Palestine Solidarity Campaign. Last week another poet, Refaat Alareer, was…
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So many steps
The city of Lisbon is infamous for its hills, and the Escadinhas Damasceno Monteiro is a fine example. It is down the street from where we were staying. It’s got lots of steps. So many steps. Aperture ƒ/2.8 Camera ILCE-7M3 Focal length 24mm ISO 160 Shutter speed 1/500s
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Still Water and Blue Sky
One afternoon while we were in Valencia we visited the Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe on hire bikes. There were huge crowds there, taking selfies and hanging around, but with a long 20-second exposure they all (mostly) disappear into a blur. In the photo above you’ll also see the Pont l’Assut de l’Or bridge…
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Let’s have a ceasefire now
What good has it done to kill over 28,000 people in Gaza? Hamas must free those hostages, it’s not like their presence is stopping the Israeli army from reducing the country to rubble. Let’s have a ceasefire now. This struggle has only caused misery, suffering and hate on both sides. In 2006, Israel stopped an…
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It’s for me’o!
It’s still cold, but following up on my recent photo outside a gelato shop, here’s another one, on the corner of Patrick’s Street and Winthrop Street in Cork. I love ice cream too, but maybe not enough to eat it on a cold wintery day, outside! Aperture ƒ/2.8 Camera ILCE-7M3 Focal length 24mm ISO 500…
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A crack of sunlight
There was almost complete cloud cover the other night over Cork as we attempted to photograph the setting sun behind St. Anne’s Church, or Shandon Bells, as it’s known locally. A few minutes before the official sunset, the horizon caught on fire and briefly lit up. It didn’t last long, and the transition between daylight…