• Of sticks and Stones

    Just fooling around on the beach at Fennell’s Bay this evening with some long exposure shots of the tide. It’s not something I’d ever done much of and not something I find particularly interesting but I’m always willing to try something new and curious to find out more about it. It’s probably the most relaxing photography you can do, apart from clambering over rocks in an attempt to get at the bigger waves..

    I’m glad I remembered the Canon 6D has an optional ISO50 setting. That got me a 1/3 of a second extra exposure before the sun set! 🙂

    Aperture ƒ/22
    Camera Canon EOS 6D
    Focal length 82mm
    ISO 50
    Shutter speed 1.3s
  • The view from Alcatraz

    Aperture ƒ/4
    Camera Canon EOS 20D
    Focal length 10mm
    ISO 200
    Shutter speed 1/800s
  • An Alcatraz Kitchen

    Aperture ƒ/4
    Camera Canon EOS 20D
    Focal length 10mm
    ISO 200
    Shutter speed 1/5s
  • Curvy Lady

    Curvy Lady on Washington Street, Cork.

    Aperture ƒ/8
    Camera Canon EOS 6D
    Focal length 17mm
    ISO 160
    Shutter speed 1/160s
  • Alcatraz Prison Cell

    Aperture ƒ/4.5
    Camera Canon EOS 20D
    Focal length 10mm
    ISO 200
    Shutter speed 1/60s
  • Cat Asleep

    Aperture ƒ/7.1
    Camera Canon EOS 40D
    Focal length 88mm
    ISO 100
    Shutter speed 1/125s
  • Man and his cap

    Listening to music in Bishop Lucey Park, Cork.

    Aperture ƒ/5.6
    Camera Canon EOS 40D
    Focal length 179mm
    ISO 100
    Shutter speed 1/100s
  • Skateboard Tricks

    Grand Parade, Cork. Several years ago.

    Aperture ƒ/5
    Camera Canon EOS 40D
    Focal length 59mm
    ISO 400
    Shutter speed 1/500s
  • Music in Blackrock Village

    Fintan Lucy and Niall O’Carroll entertained the crowds with great music and an occasional joke at the market in Blackrock village yesterday morning.

    Aperture ƒ/8
    Camera Canon EOS 6D
    Focal length 17mm
    ISO 100
    Shutter speed 1/200s
  • Reflection of Autumn

    Aperture ƒ/7.1
    Camera Canon EOS 40D
    Focal length 24mm
    ISO 100
    Shutter speed 1/80s
  • Cork Street Photography June Photowalk

    Some photos I took in Cork City yesterday as part of the June Photowalk with Cork Street Photography “in the Style of Garry Winogrand”.

    I only used a wide angle lens all day, and in processing I mostly avoided cropping the photos, although I did use the lens correction tool in Lightroom that straightens photos and crops a small portion of the image. Only two images have been cropped extensively, the one above in the bus, and the one of the woman sitting on a block smoking a cigarette.

    I hardly ever composed a shot by eye, preferring to shoot from the hip, or in landscape mode from about shoulder height. I messed up framing when at 28mm, but at 17mm got more shots than I missed. Back button focus worked fairly well. I’d focus on the ground in front of me. A couple of shots were blurry but I was too far from the subject anyway, so no loss.

    I used to shoot lots of wide angle street photos, and this got me back into it and reminded me of how hard it is!


    Aperture ƒ/8
    Camera Canon EOS 6D
    Focal length 17mm
    ISO 5000
    Shutter speed 1/160s
  • Ice cream

    One of the photos I shot this afternoon on the photowalk. Developed in Snapseed, while sitting in a pub! 🙂