Pure white light reflects off the waters of San Francisco Bay in this shot taken on Friday night. Thanks again Niall for that mini tour!
Aperture | ƒ/5.6 |
Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
Focal length | 10mm |
ISO | 200 |
Shutter speed | 1.3s |
I was there too
Pure white light reflects off the waters of San Francisco Bay in this shot taken on Friday night. Thanks again Niall for that mini tour!
Aperture | ƒ/5.6 |
Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
Focal length | 10mm |
ISO | 200 |
Shutter speed | 1.3s |
The Ferry Building, San Francisco on Friday night.
Aperture | ƒ/4 |
Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
Focal length | 10mm |
ISO | 200 |
Shutter speed | 1/2s |
A mother swan and her young offspring. There was a lovely sunset causing a deep red reflection in the water. The mother swan was very protective and aggressive and reared up and spat at me a moment after I took this shot!
Edit: This photo is hosted on Zoomr! Thomas Hawk is appealing to the greed and curiousity of bloggers and giving out pro accounts to those who host a photo on their site and blog it. Hey! What can I say? I bit!
It was Bonfire Night in Cork yesterday. It’s celebrated on St. John’s Eve and there have been bonfires lit in Cork for as long as I remember. Not all parts of the country celebrate the night, and I heard on the radio 2 days ago that there may be a by-law passed in Cork banning the lighting of bonfires that night because of the danger to people, property and the fire services.
Unfortunately each year the fire services are attacked with rocks and other weapons when they go to certain areas of the city.
Aperture | ƒ/9 |
Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
Focal length | 179mm |
ISO | 200 |
Shutter speed | 1/400s |
We took Oscar and ourselves for a walk in Drake’s Pool last Sunday. We arranged to meet Donal and Celine there.
While the girls enjoyed a leisurely walk, us guys trailed after them making photos of everything!
Drake’s Pool is just outside Crosshaven, and is named for Sir Francis Drake.
Aperture | ƒ/22 |
Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
Focal length | 20mm |
ISO | 200 |
Shutter speed | 1/500s |
A long trail of smoke was visible over Cork City and surrounding countryside this evening as a fire raged in the scrap metal yard in Dublin Hill.
Jacinta and I had been down in Monkstown at her sister’s house where we enjoyed a great bbq cooked by her husband. We left shortly after 10pm and I noticed a long band of black smoke as we drove through Passage. We turned into the car park for the Line in Rochestown and switched on 96FMto find out what was happening. I never listen to it, honest, but it’s useful for local news!
I sprinted up the path until I got a clear view of the river where I shot the first photo, then on to the metal bridge which crosses the River Lee. The second photo captures the black toxic smoke as it traverses the river. It’s an ugly thing, which was visible from as far away as Carrigaline. Luckily Blarney is in the opposite direction and it’s not visible from there at all, the radio warned that traffic on the north side of the city was bad so we took a detour home through Sunday’s Well.
Damien Mulley photographed the smoke plume from his home in Blackrock. Does anyone else have shots of the fire?
Here’s the RTE coverage of the incident. Thanks Damien for the link!
Was it arson or an accident?
Later.. Thank you Martina on Red FM for giving me a mention! Must have a read of your blog now!
Aperture | ƒ/5.6 |
Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
Focal length | 18mm |
ISO | 200 |
Shutter speed | 1/30s |
Workers pictured in the Apple Store Magnificent Mile, Chicago.
The top of the image is the front and side of the store. This is the store in which I was asked not take photos in 2003!
Bicycle locked up and bus arriving on the Grand Parade a few nights ago.
It’s been quite a while since I used either forms of transport.
What caught your eye first about this image? The poster, the foreground or the bus?
Aperture | ƒ/3.5 |
Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
Focal length | 18mm |
ISO | 1600 |
Shutter speed | 1/40s |
After yesterday’s shot I decided to take a photo of the Virgin Megastore which now occupies the site of the old Queen’s Old Castle Shopping Center. Off to the left is the entrance to Argos. No misleading titles today!
Shot was taken with the camera lying on the ground and I can tell you I got some funny stares from people.
Aperture | ƒ/18 |
Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
Focal length | 18mm |
ISO | 200 |
Shutter speed | 2s |
What do you do if you have 5 minutes to kill on a dark Wednesday evening? Get out the camera and shoot long exposure traffic shots!
Aperture | ƒ/22 |
Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
Focal length | 18mm |
ISO | 200 |
Shutter speed | 13s |
Sunset over Garretstown last year.
Aperture | ƒ/11 |
Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
Focal length | 200mm |
ISO | 200 |
Shutter speed | 1/640s |
Rush-hour traffic in Cork is as bad as in any other city. I went the other way and took the back road to Blarney.
Aperture | ƒ/22 |
Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
Focal length | 59mm |
ISO | 200 |
Shutter speed | 6s |