The sun setting on a cold evening in February 2016 near Killeagh, Co Cork.
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 6D |
| Focal length | 40mm |
| ISO | 50 |
| Shutter speed | 1/80s |
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Heavy Clouds Over Blarney Castle House
It’s snowing again but it’s only a light dusting. It’s cold enough that the snow will sit on the ground all day but unless you grab snow from parked cars there won’t be any snow fights!
Here’s a photo from 2015, when we had a lot more snow!
Aperture ƒ/11 Camera Canon EOS 6D Focal length 24mm ISO 100 Shutter speed 1/50s -
A Swan by Ross Castle
Many years ago I visited Ross Castle in County Kerry. It was a beautiful day and swans swam nearby.
Aperture ƒ/5.6 Camera Canon EOS 20D Focal length 50mm ISO 100 Shutter speed 1/400s -
Little Pink Flowers
Little pink flowers in the grounds of Blarney Castle, closer to home than the photos of previous days. November 2013.
Can’t post it to Facebook as my account has been disabled again, but I did get a backup of my data last month so there is that.
Aperture ƒ/4 Camera Canon EOS 6D Focal length 105mm ISO 320 Shutter speed 1/100s -
The Vines of the Douro Valley
The vines in a distant field as seen from Quinta da Roêda. Bit of a drive from Porto, but lovely to visit.
Portugal, November 2019.
Aperture ƒ/8 Camera ILCE-7M3 Focal length 35mm ISO 100 Shutter speed 1/640s -
Ballysaggartmore Towers
One the two Ballysaggartmore Towers in Co Waterford. They are regarded as follies built no later than 1834. From the Wikipedia page:
“They were constructed for an Anglo Irish Landlord, Arthur Keily-Ussher no later than 1834. He held an estate of approximately 8000 acres, the majority of which was rented to tenant farmers but he retained approximately 1000 acres as a personal demesne. The lodges were constructed on the main avenue leading to the family’s residence; Ballysaggartmore House. The house itself was large but of a very plain design, which was in obvious contrast to the lodges. An account from 1834 indicates that a main house predated the lodges. This account also reports that they were built from designs by the head gardener; John Smyth and that the main entrance gates were forged locally for the sum of about £150.”
I took quick photos of the other Tower but we were drenched by a sudden cloud burst of rain so we were pretty miserable and just wanted to get back to the car.
Aperture ƒ/8 Camera ILCE-7M3 Focal length 16mm ISO 1000 Shutter speed 1/125s -
Christmas 2020 in Cork
December 2020, the month we all partied and caused a surge in Covid19 infections in January 2021.
Aperture ƒ/16 Camera ILCE-7M3 Focal length 16mm ISO 100 Shutter speed 5s -
The view from Quinta da Foz
One of the benefits of working from home at Automattic is meeting up with your team a few times a year in various parts of the world. Obviously that did not happen last year, won’t happen this year either and we had been playing a meetup for April or May last year but that didn’t work out.
In November 2019 I met my team in Porto, Portugal. During the week we had a day to relax so we did a tour of vineyards. After a lengthy drive we toured a couple, took a boat ride on the local river and had a nice meal in a local restaurant. The Quinta da Foz was the second vineyard we visited and it was wonderful. Old architecture and setting mixed with new technology to make wine.Here’s the view from the road in front looking out on a tributary of the Douro River. It’s a beautiful part of Portugal.
Aperture ƒ/8 Camera ILCE-7M3 Focal length 16mm ISO 125 Shutter speed 1/400s
Seaside Wall and Rocks (2006)
Water Drops in Cobh (2007)
Carroll’s Quay Apartments (2008)
Father Mathew’s Yoyo (2009)
An entertaining statue (2012)
Streets of Cork (2016)
Light Streaks at Waterloo (2017)
A step too far (2018)
The Castle on the Beach (2019)
The evening rolls on (2021)
The Crumb Patrol (2022)
A Frosty Autumn Morning (2023)
Human imitates statue (2024)