A passer-by checks the front page of the Chicago Tribune in a neighbourhood kiosk, July 2003.
I can’t imagine those kiosks are still there, considering the financial troubles newspapers have gone through in the last 19 years since this photo was taken.
| Aperture | ƒ/3.5 |
| Camera | CYBERSHOT |
| Focal length | 9.7mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/125s |
An Amanita muscaria, commonly known as the fly agaric or fly amanita [*] in the grounds of Blarney Castle yesterday. It’s a poisonous mushroom found throughout temperate and boreal regions of the Northern Hemisphere, according to Wikipedia.
It’s also poisonous, but these days death from ingestion is rare. It has psychoactive uses too, and it’s eaten in various places.
Thanks Catherine for letting me know where these mushrooms were. She posted a nice photo of a mushroom from there recently! The nice thing about these mushrooms is that they are quite large, so you don’t really need a macro lens to get a photo like this of them.
| Aperture | ƒ/6.3 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 194mm |
| ISO | 500 |
| Shutter speed | 1/200s |
Some of the old boats that used to sit on the quayside on George’s Quay a few years ago.
| Aperture | ƒ/4 |
| Camera | DMC-FZ5 |
| Focal length | 66.1mm |
| ISO | 80 |
| Shutter speed | 1/320s |
Dunquin Pier at the end of the Dingle Peninsula sits below a steep grassy cliff. Last year I saw three teenage girls sitting on the edge of the cliff you can see in this photo. I got dizzy just looking at them but they weren’t in (much) danger. There’s a step below where many feet have worn away the grass.
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 24mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/30s |
