Faces in the crowd This is not just a trick of the zoom lens. The crowds in town on Saturday were like those around Christmas. Christmas lights are already up, but not lit, and there was an urgent air about the place. This is the second shot of this scene and it turned out much…

Remembering Cork [1] [2] The corner of Patrick’s Quay and Patrick’s Bridge in the 1930s and 2005. I barely remember Merchants Quay as a street lined with old 3 storey houses before the large shopping complex was built there and opened in 1989. 1930s picture taken by Robert Day, copyright Amy and Chris Ramsden, taken…

Waving at you! He was holding a promotional sign in the middle of Patrick Street so I don’t feel too bad about looking over his shoulder and snapping this shot!

Man in the hat While in Wilton Shopping Center after having my eye looked at I spotted the man in the hat talking to an elderly woman. I only had my Panasonic FZ5 with me but it’s got a good zoom and a great image stabilizer! He broke out into a big grin moments after…

Patrick Street Lights Car lights become abstract lasers of light along the main street of Cork City. In unrelated news, this morning I had to go to the hospital because something got stuck underneath the eyelid of my left eye yesterday. I could feel it there, my eye was weeping, it was sore and annoying….

Man in the middle Waiting to cross Patricks Street, Cork.

Waves Crashing It’s very difficult to stop waves. You’ll need a fast shutter speed. If you don’t have a fast lens then stopping down a notch or third, or increasing the ISO will help too. This image was originally quite bland with washed out waves and dark rocks but a little dodging and burning with…

No Litter! People are dirty and they litter our streets with packaging, plastic wrappers and junk.

Anyone For Jazz? This weekend (today is a bank holiday) is the Cork Jazz Festival. People from all over the world come to Cork to participate – to play, to listen, or just get drunk and enjoy the festivities!

Cork Boi! This young lad came running straight at me on Patrick’s Street with a big grin on his face with his mother following breathlessly after him! I was with John and Ryan at the time. John came all the way down from Galway, the weather was bad but I’m glad we got out to…

Cork City People A city is made up of all sorts of people.

St Finbarre’s Cathedral Sunset St. Finbarre’s Cathedral, as seen from level 4 of the Grand Parade car park.