Christmas is upon us again and the lights and decorations are going up around the city. This is on Patrick’s Street, Cork a few days ago when we wandered around.
| Aperture | ƒ/20 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 40D |
| Focal length | 21mm |
| ISO | 125 |
| Shutter speed | 4s |
Category Archives: Urban
Foggy Sunlight
Fog covers the village of Blarney at the merest hint of a calm chilly morning and today was no exception. These are the trees across the road from my son’s school.
| Aperture | ƒ/11 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 40D |
| Focal length | 40mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/250s |
Coliseum Bowling
I haven’t bowled in the Coliseum, Cork in a long long time. I’m pretty sure the last time I bowled was in Wii bowling, perhaps at an Automattic meetup even! Nice way to spend an hour though.
What’s your highest score? I think mine’s somewhere around 240.
| Aperture | ƒ/3.5 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 40D |
| Focal length | 18mm |
| ISO | 640 |
| Shutter speed | 1/25s |
Vic
The London Underground, March 2012.
| Aperture | ƒ/5 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 40D |
| Focal length | 48mm |
| ISO | 800 |
| Shutter speed | 1/20s |
Everyman Palace Seating
Some of the seats in the Everyman Palace, Cork. It’s been ages since I saw anything there but it’s a great venue.
PS. I hardly had to process this photo, not worth putting a before pic this time!
| Aperture | ƒ/3.5 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 40D |
| Focal length | 18mm |
| ISO | 800 |
| Shutter speed | 1/8s |
Roadster Wheel
Detail from the wheel of a VW Beetle parked in an iron smith’s yard in Oracle, Arizona. This was taken in 2008 when Automattic visited there and I have quite a few other photos from that visit to show you, if I ever get around to working on them that is!
This was taken with my ancient Canon 20D. I’m half thinking of replacing my now-ageing Canon 40D (the shutter button misfires, it’s not as responsive as it once was, the body is creaking a bit) so I took a quick look at Ebay to see how much a Canon 7D body would cost. Ouch.
Other than the camera body my Sigma 18-200 lens has seen better days too. I had this lens back when I took this photo and it’s the main lens I keep on my camera. It shows too. The zoom extends if the lens is held upside down, bits of shiny plastic have rubbed off, there’s dirt stuck between the rings. Some would say it has character! I say I want a new lens!
Best start saving.
| Aperture | ƒ/7.1 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
| Focal length | 10mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/125s |
The Old Green Car
Not an old car but ye olde styled as was the fashion a couple of years ago. Stands out against more modern vehicles of course.
| Aperture | ƒ/16 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 40D |
| Focal length | 48mm |
| ISO | 400 |
| Shutter speed | 1/400s |
Lough Swans
Two swans swam curiously over to us at the Lough, Cork a few months ago.
| Aperture | ƒ/5 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 40D |
| Focal length | 48mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/40s |
No Hotel
Moore’s Hotel on Morrison’s Quay, a former hotel that is now up for rent. I’d never been in there when it was a hotel but did meet an interesting man who worked there. The woo was strong in that one!
Edit: mouse over the image. Trying to do a before and after thing. Do you like it?
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 40D |
| Focal length | 16mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/80s |
Just a beautiful evening in San Diego
I arrived in San Diego a few hours ago and the first thing I noticed when I got into my hotel room was the amazing view of the Pacific Ocean. This doesn’t do it justice as the foreground is a little too dark but I wanted to get it uploaded with minimum fuss so here ya go!
| Aperture | ƒ/4.5 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 40D |
| Focal length | 24mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/30s |
The lady and her dog
A mural in an alleyway in Reykjavik, Iceland.
| Aperture | ƒ/5.6 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 40D |
| Focal length | 18mm |
| ISO | 400 |
| Shutter speed | 1/25s |
Servicemen Instructions
Cork City Gaol, August 2010.
| Aperture | ƒ/11 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 40D |
| Focal length | 200mm |
| ISO | 400 |
| Shutter speed | 1/500s |