The Woodford on Patrick’s Street Cork closed some time ago. Shame really as it was a nice pub.
| Aperture | ƒ/7.1 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 40D |
| Focal length | 21mm |
| ISO | 400 |
| Shutter speed | 1/100s |
Slea Head Statues
Fencing out the Atlantic
A fence on the road on Slea Head in County Kerry. The waters of the Atlantic lie just beyond.
| Aperture | ƒ/10 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 40D |
| Focal length | 10mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/200s |
The Historic C.O.D Ranch
The Historic C.O.D Ranch outside Oracle in Arizona where Automattic held a meetup in January 2008. Winter in the desert is mostly pleasant, during the day. At night it was freezing!
| Aperture | ƒ/9 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
| Focal length | 22mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/125s |
Straighten and Crop with the GIMP
One of the more awkward tasks to do in the GIMP is straightening horizons. You have to manually rotate the image using that tool which always seems to be fairly hit and miss.
I had hoped that GIMP 2.6 would have the “draw a line and rotate” function that Bibblepro and I think Photoshop have but unfortunately it’s not there. Not to worry because the Straighten and Crop plugin by Bert Hinz does the job too! (There’s another Straighten and Crop plugin too. I haven’t tried it. What’s it like?)
Install the plugin by copying the .py file into .gimp-2.6/plug-ins/. You might need to chmod it to make it executable. Fire up the gimp and using the Path tool (press B) mark two points on the horizon with left clicks of the mouse. Run the plugin (from Image->Transform->Straighten and Crop) and it will rotate the image.
Nice and simple and has worked on the couple of images I tried it on. (via)
Old Wood and Yellow
The gorgeous Autumn colours contrast with the dark and rough texture of the old wood of a fence.
Shot in Quebec of course.
| Aperture | ƒ/5 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 40D |
| Focal length | 10mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/50s |
Fire Hydrant #3
A lone hydrant sits on the edge of an empty field in Quebec, Canada.
Last of the hydrant photos. Are you glad?
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 40D |
| Focal length | 18mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/160s |
Fire Hydrant #2
I shot this while showing Lloyd the A-DEP feature of his camera. Just down the road from our main meeting house.
| Aperture | ƒ/6.3 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 40D |
| Focal length | 200mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/160s |
Fire Hydrant #1
So I went to Canada and took photos of fire hydrants, or fire plugs as they’re apparently known as in the US.
First of three photos taken in Quebec. I love the white fencing behind. Houses near where we stayed in Mont-Sainte-Anne were all pretty and different. Beautiful part of the country.
| Aperture | ƒ/7.1 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 40D |
| Focal length | 59mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/100s |
Looking through the clouds
Irish countryside through the clouds.
| Aperture | ƒ/7.1 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 40D |
| Focal length | 88mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/125s |
Moderne Lighting
Light trails along Patrick’s Street in Cork.
| Aperture | ƒ/22 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 40D |
| Focal length | 18mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 8s |
Flying back to Cork
On the way home from Quebec I flew to Heathrow first, before hopping back home via Aer Lingus to Cork. I’m pretty sure this was over the UK somewhere, but really, it could just as easily have been the south coast of Ireland too.
| Aperture | ƒ/10 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 40D |
| Focal length | 18mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/250s |