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The Red House

A red house with cream colour window frames and front door.

A red house in Kinsale. Observant readers will recall I posted another photo of this house a few months ago.

Aperture	ƒ/9
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	40mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/4s

Pink Roses

Pink roses stood out against the dark bushes and overgrowth over a wall in Kinsale last summer.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	78mm
ISO	4000
Shutter speed	1/320s

Fab in the Sun

A man reading the Sun newspaper on the street. He wears a baseball cap, and is probably doing the crossword as he has a pencil in his hand. The word "Fab" is seen on an inside page of the paper.

Not so much real sun, but Sun, the newspaper. A man reads it on St. Patrick’s Street, Cork. He’s probably doing the crossword.

Aperture	ƒ/2.8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	24mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/800s

Photos at the Vatican

A woman takes the photo of another woman who leans against a small pillar near a fountain in St. Peter's Square, in the Vatican.

After the crowds have gone on a cold November day in 2017, I visited St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican for some photos, and came across two women taking advantage of the quiet for some photos.

The sun had already set, and it wasn’t 5pm yet, but it was nice to be in such a normally crowded area with hardly anyone about.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	Canon EOS 6D
Focal length	17mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/6s

A grey wagtail looking for food

A grey wagtail in the bushes, looking for food. The bird has a grey back, and striking yellow, black and white feathers.

A grey wagtail pictured in Ballincollig Regional Park during the summer. He was hopping around in the bushes next to the River Lee, when Rory spotted him, got a few photos and called me over to see. I’d never have seen him otherwise, as he’s tiny.

Aperture	ƒ/6.3
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	571.8mm
ISO	4000
Shutter speed	1/1000s

To be a stag in October

A stag with grass in his antlers look on at stags and other deer out of the picture

We went to Killarney National Park this morning to photograph the annual rutting. This is when stags come down from the mountain and look for romance and court any nearby female deer. And they’re quite vocal about it.

This particular guy was on one side of the tarmac path occupied by us human photographers, and it didn’t occur to us that he wanted to get to the other side, where a large group of younger stags and some does had gathered.

In frustration, he bellowed, pawed the ground, and ripped grass from the ground.

A stag walks across a tarmac path, previously occupied by this photographer. Other photographers are seen in the background.

When we finally realised what he wanted, we made a hasty exit to the side. We watched this huge, powerful creature walk over ground we recently vacated.

Unfortunately, the other deer, male and female, all ran from him. None stayed around to challenge him. If you look carefully, you’ll see his right eye is weeping and injured. He has lost the use of that eye, whether through infection or injury, but it hasn’t slowed him down.

Aperture	ƒ/6.3
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	473.2mm
ISO	1600
Shutter speed	1/1000s

The Pink Boss

A woman in a pink dress stands on the street, in front of a BOSS store.

How often do we stand still on the street, surrounded by the urban environment, looking at a phone?

Aperture	ƒ/9
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	24mm
ISO	4000
Shutter speed	1/500s

The little business man

A man in a suit walks between tall buildings in Birmingham

A man in a suit walks between buildings in Birmingham. The area is almost deserted, except for a single figure further back.

Aperture	ƒ/3.5
Camera	Canon EOS 6D
Focal length	28mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/320s

Eircom have notions

The double phone box on Proby’s Quay is looking the worse for wear these days. This is what it looked like on a bright July day in 2021. It hasn’t improved since.

Notions.

Aperture	ƒ/2.4
Camera	SM-G998B
Focal length	9mm
ISO	50
Shutter speed	1/1250s

In need of a haircut?

A man with a huge head of flowing hair walks past a barber's shop. He is wearing a red/black check jacket, a Looney Tunes tshirt and jeans

A man walks past a barber’s shop. At an age when most men’s hair is receding or is gone altogether, he has a head of bouncing, flowing hair.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	24mm
ISO	800
Shutter speed	1/500s

The John Hancock Center in 2003

The Sears Tower in Chicago in 2003 rises above nearby buildings

Right, as I have been reliably informed in the comments, this is the John Hancock Center in Chicago. Ah well. I haven’t been there in twenty years.

~~The Sears Tower rises above all nearby buildings in Chicago in 2003.~~

~~It was renamed the Willis Tower in 2009, but when I took this photo from a nearby building in 2003, it was still the Sears Tower.~~

Although Sears’ naming rights expired in 2003, the building continued to be called the Sears Tower for several years, despite multiple changes in ownership. In March 2009, London-based insurance broker Willis Group Holdings agreed to lease a portion of the building and obtained the naming rights. On July 16, 2009, the building was officially renamed the Willis Tower.
Wikipedia

Aperture	ƒ/4
Camera	CYBERSHOT
Focal length	48.5mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/125s

This couple got married in Malaga

A couple walk along a raised platform outside Malaga Cathedral.

A just married couple embrace. She looks up at him, smiling.

They’re just married and getting their wedding photos taken. Outside the Cathedral in Malaga.

Aperture	ƒ/2.4
Camera	Galaxy S23 Ultra
Focal length	7.9mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/1000s