• The fence and nature

    Glencolmcille, Donegal. August 2017.

    Aperture ƒ/8
    Camera Canon EOS 6D
    Focal length 28mm
    ISO 200
    Shutter speed 1/30s
  • Look Look

    Grand Parade, Cork. March 2019.

    Aperture ƒ/4
    Camera ILCE-7M3
    Focal length 17mm
    ISO 100
    Shutter speed 1/800s
  • Late Night Swim

    Rooftop swimming pool, Malaga, Spain. April 2019.

    Aperture ƒ/8
    Camera ILCE-7M3
    Focal length 16mm
    ISO 100
    Shutter speed 1.3s
  • Hussey’s Folly and Yellow

    Hussey’s Folly outside Dingle, Co Kerry. April 2019.

    Aperture ƒ/8
    Camera ILCE-7M3
    Focal length 22mm
    ISO 125
    Shutter speed 1/320s
  • Room at the Phoenix

    We stopped by the Phoenix Restaurant a week ago. April 2019.

    Aperture ƒ/2.4
    Camera SM-G965F
    Focal length 4.3mm
    ISO 50
    Shutter speed 1/1500s
  • Cyclist in Malaga

    Malaga, Spain. April 2019.

    Aperture ƒ/4
    Camera ILCE-7M3
    Focal length 35mm
    ISO 250
    Shutter speed 1/500s
  • Castle Bridge under lights

    Bristol, United Kingdom. July 2017.

    Aperture ƒ/8
    Camera Canon EOS 6D
    Focal length 17mm
    ISO 100
    Shutter speed 20s
  • Blarney Castle in the sun

    Blarney Castle, Blarney, Co Cork. May 2015.

    Aperture ƒ/8
    Camera Canon EOS 6D
    Focal length 45mm
    ISO 100
    Shutter speed 1/500s
  • Cork Street Photography

    Cork, May 2018.

    Aperture ƒ/8
    Camera ILCE-7M3
    Focal length 28mm
    ISO 1000
    Shutter speed 1/500s
  • The Seas of the Giant’s Causeway

    The Giant’s Causeway, Northern Ireland. July 2018.

    Aperture ƒ/8
    Camera ILCE-7M3
    Focal length 70mm
    ISO 200
    Shutter speed 30s
  • Cloud Inversion in The Conor Pass

    Conor Pass, Kerry. April 2019.

    Aperture ƒ/8
    Camera ILCE-7M3
    Focal length 16mm
    ISO 100
    Shutter speed 1/250s
  • Sony a7iii: compressed raw or not?

    When I first used my Sony a7iii I wondered what the difference was between compressed and uncompressed raw. Some forum threads and blog posts suggested there was a difference, especially in dynamic range IIRC, and some people shot everything in uncompressed raw. Those files are gigantic* 47MB files however. Compressed files are always 24MB, a much more manageable size, especially when reading from an external drive.

    Nowadays I shoot everything in compressed raw and even go so far as to convert many of my street photos into lossy DNG because there isn’t a huge dynamic range to be dealt with.

    However, following Mike Smith’s advice in this video I’ll try uncompressed raw for astrophotography just so I can push the files that bit more in Lightroom.

    I have noticed some other differences between any Sony .arw file and .dng conversions. The upright corrections work slightly differently. Clicking auto will create different looking images.

    * if you’re reading this in 2030 when 200MB raw files are common please remember that large and fast drives are fairly cheap now but weren’t as cheap in 2019 as they are in your time!

    Aperture ƒ/8
    Camera ILCE-7M3
    Focal length 31mm
    ISO 1250
    Shutter speed 1/500s