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 |
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Christmas 2020 in Cork
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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 -
You could get lost in here
In the grounds of Blarney Castle, November 2020.
Aperture ƒ/8 Camera ILCE-7M3 Focal length 35mm ISO 100 Shutter speed 1/13s -
Socially Distanced Fishing
Fishing off Ballycotton Pier, September 2020.
Aperture ƒ/8 Camera ILCE-7M3 Focal length 28mm ISO 100 Shutter speed 1/400s -
Dunquin Pier
Dunquin Pier, or Cé Dún Chaoin, in Co Kerry where boats to the Blasket Islands depart from. Beautiful location in the summer but right about now it’ll be a lot less hospitable. Moments before I took this photo, three girls were taking selfies and posing for photos sitting on the edge of the cliff here. Gave me vertigo watching them!
Aperture ƒ/8 Camera ILCE-7M3 Focal length 16mm ISO 100 Shutter speed 1/2s -
Who’d love some winter sun?
Lanzarote in the Canary Islands. December 2019. A lifetime ago.
Aperture ƒ/8 Camera ILCE-7M3 Focal length 300mm ISO 100 Shutter speed 1/125s -
2m at the train station
These social distancing indicators are a sign of the times in 2020 and 2021. Something that anyone from any country would now recognise.
Aperture ƒ/8 Camera ILCE-7M3 Focal length 16mm ISO 200 Shutter speed 1/30s -
The trees on the horizon
Behind Long Strand in Co Cork, in late December. Awful weather. Cold, blustery, but there’s a great fish & chips there called The Fish Basket.
Aperture ƒ/2.4 Camera SM-G965F Focal length 4.3mm ISO 50 Shutter speed 1/240s -
Galley Head Sky
The setting sun hid behind clouds near Galley Head last December.
Aperture ƒ/6.3 Camera ILCE-7M3 Focal length 27mm ISO 500 Shutter speed 1/60s -
A light snow in Blarney
It snowed for about half an hour this morning. Ironically, the country could do with a heavy snow to encourage less travel.
Aperture ƒ/8 Camera ILCE-7M3 Focal length 24mm ISO 100 Shutter speed 1/80s -
A Blarney Sunrise
The sun rises over the houses of Shamrock Terrace in Blarney, late November 2020.
Aperture ƒ/2.4 Camera SM-G965F Focal length 6mm ISO 100 Shutter speed 1/100s -
Look up at Trees
Blarney Castle Gardens, November 2020.
Aperture ƒ/8 Camera ILCE-7M3 Focal length 16mm ISO 640 Shutter speed 1/60s
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