Sorting through purchases in TK Maxx, Cork.
| Aperture | ƒ/4 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 6D |
| Focal length | 60mm |
| ISO | 200 |
| Shutter speed | 1/320s |
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The Ladder
A man walking with a ladder on The Grand Parade, Cork. He was working on a the façade of The English Market.
Aperture ƒ/9 Camera Canon EOS 6D Focal length 105mm ISO 2500 Shutter speed 1/250s -
Santa is a Little Worse for Wear
Poor Santa, he’s a little worse for wear around this time of year. He’s so busy.
Aperture ƒ/2.2 Camera SM-G900F Focal length 4.8mm ISO 40 Shutter speed 1/560s -
Glowing Colour
The Ferris Wheel in Cork all lit up at night.
Aperture ƒ/11 Camera Canon EOS 6D Focal length 58mm ISO 100 Shutter speed 10s -
The Stars of Cork are Glowing
Here’s another shot of the ferris wheel and the lights of Cork City along the River Lee from earlier this month. It’s taken from a location near where I shot my previous Glow photo. I prefer this one however, the colours are more saturated, the starlike effect is enhanced and the angle is more interesting. What do you think?
Aperture ƒ/22 Camera Canon EOS 6D Focal length 17mm ISO 100 Shutter speed 25s -
Quickly Match Exposures in Lightroom
I had no idea this existed, but then I’ve rarely had to match the exposures of multiple files. When I used the GIMP to edit photos I would play around with multiple exposures more often but Lightroom can extract so much information from RAW files it covers 99% of my image development.
tl;dr – fix the exposure of one image, select other relevant images and click on Settings->Match Total Exposures.
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The Starlight of Glow Cork
Street lighting shines like stars as Glow continues next to the River Lee in Cork.
Aperture ƒ/8 Camera Canon EOS 6D Focal length 17mm ISO 100 Shutter speed 8s -
The bright lights of London
The famous red double decker busses of London passed by as I took this photo of a building and advertising display back in 2008.
Aperture ƒ/3.5 Camera Canon EOS 40D Focal length 18mm ISO 400 Shutter speed 1/60s -
The Grand Parade Ferris Wheel
This year the ferris wheel is back on The Grand Parade, Cork for Christmas again!
Aperture ƒ/22 Camera Canon EOS 6D Focal length 17mm ISO 100 Shutter speed 20s -
Clouds over Playa Blanca
Clouds gathered over the resort of Playa Blanca on the Island of Lanzarote.
Aperture ƒ/8 Camera Canon EOS 6D Focal length 17mm ISO 100 Shutter speed 1/640s -
An Garda
A member of An Garda Síochána directed traffic in Blarney last night when Santa visited and the lights were turned on in the village.
This is a long exposure zoomed shot, of about one second duration with the flash firing at the end of the exposure.
To replicate:
- Make sure you set your flash to “second curtain”. Use Google to find out how on your brand of flash. Normally the flash will fire at the start of an exposure.
- Have the lens at it’s widest zoom.
- Set the camera to one second exposure in shutter priority mode (Tv on Canon cameras, S on others) or use manual mode with an aperture as wide as possible.
- Line up your subject, hit the shutter button and slowly zoom in.
If you’ve timed it right the flash will fire when you’re zoomed in right. They’ll be lit by the flash and any background lights will appear as streaks going towards them. It’s hard to get right and not overexpose your subject so keep practising!
Aperture ƒ/13 Camera Canon EOS 6D Focal length 20mm ISO 100 Shutter speed 1s -
An Apple for Blarney
I discovered there’s an apple tree on the Waterloo Road near Blarney recently when I spotted apples on the road while out walking.
Originally I thought I’d post this as a bright colourful photo but then I wanted to show off the texture of the fruit against the rough, stony surface of the road. Black and white would be perfect for that. Apologies for the blown out highlights, this was taken with my phone which does a great job but you can only do so much with Jpeg files.
Aperture ƒ/2.2 Camera SM-G900F Focal length 4.8mm ISO 40 Shutter speed 1/190s
Dan Lowrey’s Tavern (2009)
Streets of Cork (2016)
Ferris Wheel and Lights (2017)
Sunset from a Plane (2018)
Blarney Castle in the Fog (2019)
Ballysaggartmore Towers (2021)
From One Life to Another (2022)
The Flower Seller (2023)
The Lilac Hat on Tour (2024)