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 |
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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 -
Red Red Fruit
Red fruit from a tree in the grounds of Blarney Castle. I have no idea what tree they come from as the name plate on the trunk is far below the wall where I photographed them.
I’ll update the post when I find out!I found out that they’re called “Cornus kousa” thanks to Adam Whitburn who works in the gardens.
It’s Cornus kousa. Some people call it the Szechuan strawberry although it certainly doesn’t taste like one!
Aperture ƒ/2.2 Camera SM-G900F Focal length 4.8mm ISO 40 Shutter speed 1/35s -
Happy Playing Music
A man busking in Emmett Place, Cork a few weeks ago. I forgot to ask his name and he apologised for his playing as he was learning a new song so he was likely going to be strumming the same chords over and over again.
This was shot when I was out with Blarney Photography Club and it was shown at the next meeting. Another photo of him was shown too from a lower angle and closer which I think is better than this one, but this is the one I have so it’s all I’ll post!
Anyway, is it street photography if your subject is aware of you and looking straight at the camera? Before you answer, watch Bruce Gilden in action:
Aperture ƒ/4 Camera Canon EOS 6D Focal length 24mm ISO 1000 Shutter speed 1/250s -
Just so …
In front of Argos on The Grand Parade, Cork a few weeks ago.
Aperture ƒ/9 Camera Canon EOS 6D Focal length 24mm ISO 3200 Shutter speed 1/320s
Beached Whale (2006)
The gull and the flag (2007)
Soft golden sunset (2008)
Wild Woodbine (2009)
Wolfe Tone (2015)
Streets of Cork (2016)
Sea Defences (2017)
St Peter’s Square Panorama (2018)
The Sheep of Achill Island (2021)
Smiles behind the masks (2022)
Feeling Slightly Disjointed (2024)
Luminescence in Azure (2025)