Posts in Category: Lights

So many light trails

On December 27, 2007 by Donncha With 6 Comments - Abstract, Candid, Canon 20D, Cork, Grand Parade, Ireland, Lights, Long Exposure, Night, People, Photos, Sigma 18-200, Street, Urban, Vehicles, Washington Street

So many light trails

Light trails from passing cars fill the frame with a golden glow on the corner of The Grand Parade and Washington Street, Cork.

Long exposure shot made possible by the traffic light switch on which I rested my camera!

Christmas Baubles

On December 25, 2007 by Donncha With 0 Comments - Candid, Canon 20D, Christmas, Cork, Ireland, Lights, Night, People, Photos, Reflections, Sigma 18-200, St Patrick's Street, Street, Urban

Christmas Baubles

Christmas Baubles hang in Porter’s newsagent, Cork. Christmas decoration is everywhere but reflective surfaces present an opportunity to take a self portrait. Yes, that’s me reflected! 🙂

Hope you had a great Christmas Day. We went travelling and I must say it was the best Christmas Day in a long time. I think I must invest in a WII next year…

Candid, Canon 20D, Christmas, Cork, Cork Photos, Ireland, Irish photos, irishblogs, Lights, Night, People, Photos, Reflections, Sigma 18-200, St Patrick's Street, Street, Urban

Sparkling Flowing Christmas Lights

On December 24, 2007 by Donncha With 2 Comments - Architecture, Canon 20D, Christmas, Cork, Ireland, Lights, Night, Oliver Plunkett Street, Photos, Reflections, Sigma 18-200, Urban, Vehicles

Sparkling Flowing Christmas Lights

Blue glowing and sparkling Christmas lights flow down from the roof of Benetton on Oliver Plunkett St. in Cork.

I loved the reflection in the car and had to take this shot. It was hand held and I’m quite sure I pumped up the ISO quite a bit to get a half-decent shutter speed. Resizing helps to hide and smooth out the noise!

Architecture, Benetton, Canon 20D, Christmas, Christmas-Decoration, Christmas-Lights, Cork, Cork Photos, Ireland, Irish photos, irishblogs, Lights, Night, Oliver Plunkett Street, Photos, Reflections, Sigma 18-200, Urban, Vehicles

Stolichnaya Russian Vodka

On December 21, 2007 by Donncha With 1 Comments - Advertising, Black and White, California, Canon 20D, Lights, Night, Photos, San Francisco, Sigma 18-200, Signs, Union Square, United States, Urban

Stolichnaya Russian Vodka

A huge advertisement for Stolichnaya Russian Vodka on the side of a building near Union Square in San Francisco. It proudly stats, “Choose Authenticity”.

This is the sight that greeted me on my first night in the city!

Starlight Christmas Lights

On December 19, 2007 by Donncha With 8 Comments - Candid, Canon 20D, Carey's Lane, Christmas, Cork, Events, Ireland, Lights, Long Exposure, People, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Street, Urban

Starlight Christmas Lights

The Christmas lights on Carey’s Lane shine brightly in this long exposure shot.

The exposure is so long that crowds of people walked past, some apologising, without evening showing up on the final image! The only person visible is a homeless guy sitting in a doorway. I love how the Christmas lights came out in this. f/22 does lovely things to points of light.

This was taken one evening while in town and I had a few moments to spare. Get out the camera, crouch down and put the wallet under the lens to point it up a bit. Perfectly still, without a tripod!

While I shot this I realised where this photo was taken! See the No Parking sign?

Candid, Canon 20D, Carey's Lane, Christmas, Cork, Cork Photos, Events, Ireland, Irish photos, Lights, Long Exposure, People, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Street, Urban

Evening sky over Cork City

On December 17, 2007 by Donncha With 3 Comments - Architecture, Canon 20D, Cork, Grand Parade, Ireland, Landscape, Lights, Long Exposure, Night, Photos, Sigma 18-200, Sky, Sun, Urban

Evening sky over Cork City

Darkness descends on the City of Cork and the lights of the Grand Parade spill from the windows. In the background is St. Finbarr’s Cathedral and the rest of the urban environment heading out west.

This image is quite similar to another Grand Parade shot from about a month ago. This one isn’t quite as wide, and was created from one RAW image, shot after the sun had gone down.

Like yesterday’s shot of the landmarks this was also taken at the top of the Grand Parade car park!

Architecture, Canon 20D, Cork, Cork Photos, Grand Parade, Ireland, Irish photos, irishblogs, Landscape, Lights, Long Exposure, Night, Photos, Sigma 18-200, Sky, Sun, Urban

The lights at Finn’s Corner

On December 13, 2007 by Donncha With 5 Comments - Canon 20D, Cork, Grand Parade, Ireland, Lights, Long Exposure, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Sky, Urban, Vehicles

The lights at Finn’s Corner

A long exposure at f/22 creates the beautiful star like pinpoints of light and enough time to capture the light trail from passing cars.

No tripod, so I used street furniture to balance the camera!

Canon 20D, Cork, Cork Photos, Grand Parade, Ireland, Irish photos, irishblogs, light-trails, Lights, Long Exposure, Photos, Sigma 10-20, Sky, starlight, Urban, Vehicles

Whirling around and around

On November 26, 2007 by Donncha With 7 Comments - Candid, Canon 20D, Cork, Funfair, Ireland, Lights, Long Exposure, Night, Peace Park, People, Photos, Sigma 18-200, Street, Urban

Whirling around and around

A merry-go-round or whatever you call it kept the kids entertained in the Peace Park last night as Santa visited courtesy of 96FM.
Even the Lord Mayor of Cork turned up. He had no problems finding parking. I saw his car parked up on the broad new pavement outside the park. The “07 C 1” number plate is very distinctive.