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Eleven Years Apart

The photos above were shot eleven years apart. The first was shot in 2004 while the second was shot only a few weeks ago in early February, 2015. You may recognise the man. He sells newspapers in the St. Augustine’s Church, on the corner of Washington Street and Grand Parade. I presented him with a print of both photos and I think he was quite taken with them. Unfortunately I didn’t get his name while I talked with him as a customer came along but I’ll ask him next time!

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	CYBERSHOT
Focal length	9.7mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/50s

Skateboards in Emmett Place

I posted a number of these photos before but not all, and I’ve given them a “lick of paint” in Lightroom so they’re developed differently now anyway. I’ll update this gallery if I work on any of the other photos from that day.

Emmett Place, Cork in 2005.

Aperture	ƒ/3.5
Camera	Canon EOS 20D
Focal length	18mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/6400s

Along the Ballycotton Cliff Walk

People enjoying the scenery along the Ballycotton Cliff Walk last weekend.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	Canon EOS 6D
Focal length	105mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/250s

Lean on the Wall

Just outside the English Market, Grand Parade, Cork.

Street photography is hard. It’s difficult to shoot candid photos of people on the street and get a picture in focus that is pin sharp.

To aid me in that task I used the auto ISO setting on my camera, with a minimum shutter speed of an excessively fast 1/250 sec and I kept the aperture at f/8 which gives a greater depth of field at the expense of light entering the lens.
That means more of the photo is in focus, even if my lens focuses on the wrong subject, but the higher ISO makes the photo noisier. It certainly paid off when I shot from the hip as I did in this photo. Oh, and you need balls too.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	Canon EOS 6D
Focal length	35mm
ISO	1250
Shutter speed	1/250s

Caught in the Rain

Rain, sleet and snow fell in the space of five minutes a week ago during the Cork Streetphotography photowalk. These lads were caught in the middle of it on St. Patrick’s Street.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	Canon EOS 6D
Focal length	105mm
ISO	500
Shutter speed	1/160s

Crossing the Road Safely

At the junction of The Grand Parade and Washington Street, Cork.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	Canon EOS 6D
Focal length	24mm
ISO	640
Shutter speed	1/250s

The Red Vespa

A red Vespa motorcycle in front of the GPO in Cork last Saturday.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	Canon EOS 6D
Focal length	24mm
ISO	1600
Shutter speed	1/160s

Fr Mathew Stands Still

The statue of Fr Mathew on St Patrick Street stands still as cars, people and a bus move all around.

Aperture	ƒ/22
Camera	Canon EOS 6D
Focal length	17mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1.3s

Los Jameos del Agua

This striking blue pool is part of Los Jameos del Agua built into the ground of Lanzarote using the same lava tunnel La Cueva de los Verdes that was formed by the eruption of La Corona Vulcano. Of course, César Manrique was responsible for this beautiful design.

This pool is called, “Jameo Grande”. There’s also an internal pool inside the tunnel that’s home “to over a dozen endemic species of great scientific interest” according to this site.

Aperture	ƒ/4
Camera	Canon EOS 6D
Focal length	17mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/320s

The TK Maxx Shopper

Sorting through purchases in TK Maxx, Cork.

Aperture	ƒ/4
Camera	Canon EOS 6D
Focal length	60mm
ISO	200
Shutter speed	1/320s

The Ladder

A man walking with a ladder on The Grand Parade, Cork. He was working on a the façade of The English Market.

Aperture	ƒ/9
Camera	Canon EOS 6D
Focal length	105mm
ISO	2500
Shutter speed	1/250s

An Garda

A member of An Garda Síochána directed traffic in Blarney last night when Santa visited and the lights were turned on in the village.

This is a long exposure zoomed shot, of about one second duration with the flash firing at the end of the exposure.

To replicate:

Make sure you set your flash to “second curtain”. Use Google to find out how on your brand of flash. Normally the flash will fire at the start of an exposure.
Have the lens at it’s widest zoom.
Set the camera to one second exposure in shutter priority mode (Tv on Canon cameras, S on others) or use manual mode with an aperture as wide as possible.
Line up your subject, hit the shutter button and slowly zoom in.

If you’ve timed it right the flash will fire when you’re zoomed in right. They’ll be lit by the flash and any background lights will appear as streaks going towards them. It’s hard to get right and not overexpose your subject so keep practising!

Aperture	ƒ/13
Camera	Canon EOS 6D
Focal length	20mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1s