I was there too
Look up for unusual perspectives on ordinary scenes. I was quite happy with this image of a lamppost in Parnell Place, Cork when I took it. The signs are clearly visible and the upside-down Guinness logo catches the eye!
You have to wonder, what’s more important, Guinness or parking?
| Aperture | ƒ/10 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
| Focal length | 10mm |
| ISO | 200 |
| Shutter speed | 1/200s |
Tourists in the town of Dingle walk along a street in late September.
I love the contrast between white and red and yet the two houses mirror each other in other ways. This was another entry in the Mallow Camera Club’s Patterns Around Us competition.
| Aperture | ƒ/9 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
| Focal length | 72mm |
| ISO | 200 |
| Shutter speed | 1/1600s |
Michelle looks out from her home at the dreary wet day ahead and the annoying photographer in the doorway. A few seconds later she scampered off under the bushes but was back when I disappeared.
Cats love their comfort and Michelle is no exception. She’s spoilt rotten like most house cats and never has a worry in the world!
This is one of my first shots with my shiny new Canon 50mm f1.8 lens. It was delivered while I was at the conference on Wednesday and I’m very impressed already. It’s horribly sharp and fast. The shallow depth of field offered by an aperture of f1.8 is beautiful and falls off from the sharp in-focus bits really nicely.
| Aperture | ƒ/1.8 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
| Focal length | 50mm |
| ISO | 400 |
| Shutter speed | 1/80s |
Salim Ismail speaking at the 2006 it@cork National Technology & Business Conference.
Thanks for the name check Salim 🙂
| Aperture | ƒ/5.6 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
| Focal length | 240mm |
| ISO | 200 |
| Shutter speed | 1/60s |
Eamonn Fallon of Irish property site Daft.ie speaking at the 2006 it@cork National Technology & Business Conference.
| Aperture | ƒ/5.6 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
| Focal length | 300mm |
| ISO | 200 |
| Shutter speed | 1/60s |
Tony Kenny speaking at the 2006 it@cork National Technology & Business Conference. He’s the IT manager at Beaumont Hospital. His experiences with introducing Open Source software such as Linux and Star Office into the hospital make for a very interesting talk.
| Aperture | ƒ/5.6 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
| Focal length | 300mm |
| ISO | 200 |
| Shutter speed | 1/60s |
Marc Canter speaking at the 2006 it@cork National Technology & Business Conference.
| Aperture | ƒ/5.6 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
| Focal length | 300mm |
| ISO | 200 |
| Shutter speed | 1/160s |
Matthias Kill speaking at the 2006 it@cork National Technology & Business Conference.
| Aperture | ƒ/5.6 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
| Focal length | 300mm |
| ISO | 400 |
| Shutter speed | 1/160s |
Jeff Nolan speaking at the 2006 it@cork National Technology & Business Conference.
| Aperture | ƒ/5.6 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
| Focal length | 300mm |
| ISO | 200 |
| Shutter speed | 1/60s |
Jacques-Etienne Grandjean speaking at the 2006 it@cork National Technology & Business Conference.
Tom Raftery blogged about his talk and while he’s right that no search competitors of Microsoft were mentioned, he did say that search isn’t very sticky. I’m sure he’s hoping that people will abandon Google and jump on board MS Live.
| Aperture | ƒ/5.6 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
| Focal length | 300mm |
| ISO | 200 |
| Shutter speed | 1/60s |
Eddie Hobbs, Conor Kenny and Hugh MacLeod speaking at the 2006 it@cork National Technology & Business Conference.
Tom Raftery covers Eddie Hobbs’ talk on property, energy and investment.
| Aperture | ƒ/4.5 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
| Focal length | 75mm |
| ISO | 200 |
| Shutter speed | 1/60s |
Yellow boxes on the junction of Bridge Street and Patrick’s Bridge in Cork. It’s illegal to enter a yellow box if you can’t exit as has happened with a few cars here.
This image was entered in the Patterns Around Us competition along with my Autumn Leaf but this was my favourite one because of the strong colours and unusual contrasting effect.
How I did this: take an ordinary photo and clean it up, fixing levels and all the usual things. Duplicate layer, then play around with the top layer and the curves tool, creating a curve with two waves. You’ll see unusual rainbow hues and the colours will be distorted in other ways too. Now, change the mode of the layer. Each mode will make the image look different, but I settled on “Grain Merge” for the final effect here.
PS. the Blogger’s Dinner last night was most excellent. Luigi’s staff did an outstanding job at creating a tasty meal!
| Aperture | ƒ/4 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
| Focal length | 10mm |
| ISO | 200 |
| Shutter speed | 1/400s |
