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Blue and Purple Wildflowers

In the middle of El Caminito del Rey, north of Malaga in Spain, I found these beautiful flowers growing in the rocky soil.

Aperture	ƒ/7.1
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	16mm
ISO	125
Shutter speed	1/500s

Sunset at Ballycotton

Small boat on the water outside Ballycotton harbour as the sun sets behind.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	28mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/200s

Sunset Boats in Crosshaven

Sunset over the boats moored in Crosshaven, Co Cork.

Aperture	ƒ/6.3
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	83mm
ISO	500
Shutter speed	1/200s

One Hot Hit!

A woman checks her phone in front of the Covent Garden Underground station, with a huge poster for Frozen, the musical, behind her.

Aperture	ƒ/9
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	24mm
ISO	1000
Shutter speed	1/500s

Malaga Sunrise

The glow of the sun before it rises above the horizon is silhouetted by houses and trees.

The view from my hotel, looking out on the Mediterranean before the sun rose. There was a beautiful glow on the horizon.

Aperture	ƒ/5.6
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	72mm
ISO	3200
Shutter speed	1/80s

A man and a blank mural

An elderly man sits on a bench in Bishop Lucey Park. The wall behind him is normally a mural but in July 2019, the wall was mostly blank.

In contrast to the photo yesterday of the same bench in 2015 when a mural appeared on the wall, this photo from July 2019 features a blank wall.

An elderly man, with his walker sits on the same bench. I hope he made it through the COVID pandemic.

Aperture	ƒ/4
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	16mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/640s

Surrounded by the sights of Cork

Flowers and icons of Cork are painted on a wall in Bishop Lucey Park behind a man checking his phone on a bench.

I wonder if this man checking his phone noticed the mural behind him in Bishop Lucey Park. In this fragment of the mural you can see the old Roches Stores building, Mangan’s Clock and Shandon Bells.

You won’t see that mural there now. This is a snapshot of it from 2015.

Aperture	ƒ/6.3
Camera	Canon EOS 6D
Focal length	105mm
ISO	200
Shutter speed	1/320s

The Colours of Culture Night

A long exposure photo of a street with a passing bus that says, “Culture Night” on the front captured in maddening, disorganising streaks of colour.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	24mm
ISO	320
Shutter speed	4s

Reflection on the Eiffel Tower

The lights of the Eiffel Tower reflected in the waters of the pond at the Jardins du Trocadéro

The Eiffel Tower reflected in the pond at the Jardins du Trocadéro in Paris.

I remember reading that police would stop you taking photos of the Eiffel Tower at night with a camera on a tripod but I never experienced that. Do they do that any more?

Aperture	ƒ/4
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	17mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/2s

I was waiting for someone to come out of a shop, so I did some street photography while I was in London. I found a chauffeur standing in front of his Rolls Royce car, waiting, too. I wonder who owns the car?

Aperture	ƒ/9
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	112mm
ISO	3200
Shutter speed	1/500s

Red Clouds at Sunset

High clouds are lit by the sun after it has set. They're a vivid red thanks to the sun shining through the atmosphere. Street lights and the tops of houses are visible too.

Clouds in the sky are lit up by the sun after it has set. They’re a vivid red thanks to the light travelling through the thick atmosphere just beyond the horizon.

Aperture	ƒ/5.6
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	94mm
ISO	400
Shutter speed	1/100s

A Masked Break

At the height of the Covid19 Pandemic in July 2020, someone takes a break out in the open of a narrow street wearing a mask while he looks at his phone.

At the height (one of them, anyway) of the COVID19 pandemic in July 2020, someone takes a break on the street. He still wears his mask, despite being outside and nowhere near anyone.

Numbers of COVID19 infections are rising again, unfortunately. Schools are back after the summer. It’s so depressing.

Aperture	ƒ/2.4
Camera	SM-G965F
Focal length	4.3mm
ISO	50
Shutter speed	1/100s

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