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The London Underground, March 2012.

Aperture	ƒ/5
Camera	Canon EOS 40D
Focal length	48mm
ISO	800
Shutter speed	1/20s

Everyman Palace Seating

Some of the seats in the Everyman Palace, Cork. It’s been ages since I saw anything there but it’s a great venue.
PS. I hardly had to process this photo, not worth putting a before pic this time!

Aperture	ƒ/3.5
Camera	Canon EOS 40D
Focal length	18mm
ISO	800
Shutter speed	1/8s

Detail from the wheel of a VW Beetle parked in an iron smith’s yard in Oracle, Arizona. This was taken in 2008 when Automattic visited there and I have quite a few other photos from that visit to show you, if I ever get around to working on them that is!

This was taken with my ancient Canon 20D. I’m half thinking of replacing my now-ageing Canon 40D (the shutter button misfires, it’s not as responsive as it once was, the body is creaking a bit) so I took a quick look at Ebay to see how much a Canon 7D body would cost. Ouch.
Other than the camera body my Sigma 18-200 lens has seen better days too. I had this lens back when I took this photo and it’s the main lens I keep on my camera. It shows too. The zoom extends if the lens is held upside down, bits of shiny plastic have rubbed off, there’s dirt stuck between the rings. Some would say it has character! I say I want a new lens!

Best start saving.

Aperture	ƒ/7.1
Camera	Canon EOS 20D
Focal length	10mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/125s

The Old Green Car

Not an old car but ye olde styled as was the fashion a couple of years ago. Stands out against more modern vehicles of course.

Aperture	ƒ/16
Camera	Canon EOS 40D
Focal length	48mm
ISO	400
Shutter speed	1/400s

Lough Swans

Two swans swam curiously over to us at the Lough, Cork a few months ago.

Aperture	ƒ/5
Camera	Canon EOS 40D
Focal length	48mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/40s

No Hotel

Moore’s Hotel on Morrison’s Quay, a former hotel that is now up for rent. I’d never been in there when it was a hotel but did meet an interesting man who worked there. The woo was strong in that one!

Edit: mouse over the image. Trying to do a before and after thing. Do you like it?

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	Canon EOS 40D
Focal length	16mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/80s

Just a beautiful evening in San Diego

I arrived in San Diego a few hours ago and the first thing I noticed when I got into my hotel room was the amazing view of the Pacific Ocean. This doesn’t do it justice as the foreground is a little too dark but I wanted to get it uploaded with minimum fuss so here ya go!

Aperture	ƒ/4.5
Camera	Canon EOS 40D
Focal length	24mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/30s

The lady and her dog

A mural in an alleyway in Reykjavik, Iceland.

Aperture	ƒ/5.6
Camera	Canon EOS 40D
Focal length	18mm
ISO	400
Shutter speed	1/25s

Waterloo Geocache

There’s a geocache close to where I live near the village of Waterloo. It’s hidden away next to a bridge but I have not been able to find it despite my best efforts.

Still, got a photo out of the walk there yesterday.

Servicemen Instructions

Cork City Gaol, August 2010.

Aperture	ƒ/11
Camera	Canon EOS 40D
Focal length	200mm
ISO	400
Shutter speed	1/500s

Behind the scenes of the Thieving Duck

Long time readers will remember the thieving duck photo that I made in 2005. Scratch that, many people who use email, Facebook, Twitter or other social media website will be familiar with this photo. A recent post on Reddit showed me just how tired some people are of it as a meme! I would dearly love to know who it was that copied the photo into a joke email because I would thank them.

At first I was upset that my photo had been taken and used without my permission. It took me a long time to figure out that it doesn’t matter. I had fun taking the photo and it’s a reminder of a great holiday. I smiled looking at the photos this morning while I picked out these shots for this post. I wonder if the model, or the people pictured here have seen the meme?

I had no idea who financed this shoot although the Snopes article on it suggests Western Union did, nor did I talk to anyone there but I saw a chance to get an interesting photo and I took it.

Here’s a gallery of behind the scenes shots. Enjoy!