Category Archives: Photos

This year the ferris wheel is back on The Grand Parade, Cork for Christmas again!

Clouds gathered over the resort of Playa Blanca on the Island of Lanzarote.

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...

I discovered there's an apple tree on the Waterloo Road near Blarney recently when I spotted apples on the road while out walking. Originally I thought I'd post this as a bright colourful photo but then I wanted to show off the texture of the fruit against the rough, stony surface of the road. Black...

Red fruit from a tree in the grounds of Blarney Castle. I have no idea what tree they come from as the name plate on the trunk is far below the wall where I photographed them. I'll update the post when I find out! I found out that they're called "Cornus kousa" thanks to Adam...

A man busking in Emmett Place, Cork a few weeks ago. I forgot to ask his name and he apologised for his playing as he was learning a new song so he was likely going to be strumming the same chords over and over again. This was shot when I was out with Blarney Photography...

In front of Argos on The Grand Parade, Cork a few weeks ago.

Suspicious eyes watch us through a fence in the grounds of Blarney Castle about a month ago. PS. No watermark. Photo is CC anyway.

When you just have to eat that sandwich.

The lights of Coburg Street and passing cars in a long exposure shot of the street from the traffic lights at the junction with Bridge Street. This was a 15 second exposure at f/22. The lovely star shape of the street lights is because the opening in the lens was so small (at f/22) and...

Ghostly light from passing cars hangs in the air on the corner of MacCurtain Street and Bridge Street in Cork City, Ireland. This is the second of three light trails or light streaks photos I'll post here in an unintentional series of long exposure photos. The first was my Light Trails in Blarney photo published...

The red lights of a passing car streak across this photo taken in front of Christy's in Blarney over the weekend. The photo was a long exposure of 8 seconds, at f/4, ISO 100. I was shooting in manual mode and made sure the scene was under exposed by at least a stop. As f/4...