Buildings nestled on the banks of a canal in Oxford, England.
Aperture | ƒ/9 |
Camera | Canon EOS 40D |
Focal length | 10mm |
ISO | 400 |
Shutter speed | 1/160s |
The architecture of buildings and landscapes fascinates me because of the lines and height and life that surrounds buildings and the countryside. Rolling hills of fields and hedgerows are so pleasing to the eye and a wonder of nature.
Buildings nestled on the banks of a canal in Oxford, England.
Aperture | ƒ/9 |
Camera | Canon EOS 40D |
Focal length | 10mm |
ISO | 400 |
Shutter speed | 1/160s |
One of the many buildings in Reykjavik, Iceland that are battered by the harsh weather there. You wouldn’t know it by looking at the sky here but it was quite cold when I took the photo. I think it was at the end of a short photowalk around the city centre when our fingers were numb with cold.
Aperture | ƒ/13 |
Camera | Canon EOS 40D |
Focal length | 18mm |
ISO | 400 |
Shutter speed | 1/400s |
The Telecom Club on McCurtain Street, Cork.
Telecom Éireann was the state telecoms monopoly until other companies came into the country some years ago but in it’s current state, Éircom, they still own most (all?) the copper phone lines that go into homes here.
I’m not sure of the history of the Telecom Club in Cork, but I have been in there. A few years ago I took Spanish classes there for about 3 months until my interest waned. Don’t take that for a sign of how you’ll do with your new year’s resolutions. 🙂
Aperture | ƒ/4 |
Camera | Canon EOS 40D |
Focal length | 18mm |
ISO | 400 |
Shutter speed | 1/40s |
Birds go in and out of their nest in a house in Reykjavik, Iceland.
Aperture | ƒ/10 |
Camera | Canon EOS 40D |
Focal length | 200mm |
ISO | 400 |
Shutter speed | 1/500s |
The Houses of Parliament in London, UK dominate the skyline near the river.
Aperture | ƒ/5 |
Camera | Canon EOS 40D |
Focal length | 59mm |
ISO | 100 |
Shutter speed | 1/1250s |
While on my way to Iceland a few months ago I had about 10 hours to kill while in London. Thankfully John Godley collected me at the airport and gave me a quick tour of the city centre!
I got loads of photos of the London Eye, here’s one of them.
Aperture | ƒ/11 |
Camera | Canon EOS 40D |
Focal length | 144mm |
ISO | 100 |
Shutter speed | 1/500s |
Cadiz is a city and port in the Iberian Peninsula in Spain. The centre of the city is filled with old alleys and narrow streets. Here’s I shot straight upwards at the junction of 4 such alleys, I think it was here near the local cathedral.
Many years ago I took a similar photo of buildings in San Francisco.
Aperture | ƒ/11 |
Camera | Canon EOS 40D |
Focal length | 10mm |
ISO | 400 |
Shutter speed | 1/250s |
A small corner house in Reykjavik, Iceland. Love the colours.
There was a music lesson going full swing when I passed there. I think they were beating drums.
Aperture | ƒ/5.6 |
Camera | Canon EOS 40D |
Focal length | 48mm |
ISO | 100 |
Shutter speed | 1/160s |
Drekinn, a shop in Reykjavik, Iceland. Drekinn means dragon in English.
Aperture | ƒ/5.6 |
Camera | Canon EOS 40D |
Focal length | 24mm |
ISO | 100 |
Shutter speed | 1/100s |
This is a metal statue in Reykjavík of what looks like a Viking longboat but according to the Wikipedia page is in fact a “dreamboat”.
It is a common misunderstanding that Sun Voyager is a Viking ship. It is quite understandable that many tourists think like this when travelling in Iceland, the land of the sagas. Nonetheless, it should be stressed that this was not the original intention.
Jón Gunnar was himself very ill with leukaemia at the time that the full-scale Sun Voyager came to be constructed, and he died in April 1989, a year before it was placed in its present location. Some people have thus suggested that Jón Gunnar conceived the work during this period, at a time when he might have been preoccupied with death, and argued that Sun Voyager should be seen as a vessel that transports souls to the realm of death. While this is a nice idea and might be imagined to have some validity, it actually has little truth (at least from the point of view of the artist). As noted above, Sun Voyager was essentially envisaged as being a dreamboat, an ode to the sun symbolizing light and hope.
Aperture | ƒ/5.6 |
Camera | Canon EOS 40D |
Focal length | 18mm |
ISO | 400 |
Shutter speed | 1/2500s |
What I’ve seen of Reykjavik so far has been really nice. Buildings are colourful, the streets are for the most part well maintained and the city centre has cobbled streets so it’s pleasant to walk around.
While on our photowalk today we passed these buildings on the sea front. I thought they were just another apartment building until I noticed that the balconies were fenced in by planks of wood held together loosely!
Aperture | ƒ/10 |
Camera | Canon EOS 40D |
Focal length | 18mm |
ISO | 400 |
Shutter speed | 1/250s |
Seaside, Florida USA.
Aperture | ƒ/5.6 |
Camera | Canon EOS 40D |
Focal length | 18mm |
ISO | 100 |
Shutter speed | 1/80s |