• St Mary’s Cathedral, Killarney

    St Mary’s Cathedral, Killarney in the background. We walked around the town a few weeks back but I didn’t have time to get down to the Cathedral this time. Still impressive, even from this distance.

    I wonder if “Tim O’Brien & Sons Furniture Carpets” is online anywhere?

    Aperture ƒ/11
    Camera Canon EOS 40D
    Focal length 144mm
    ISO 400
    Shutter speed 1/400s
  • Just Google It!

    Einstein says you should use a search engine!

    Shot in Killarney, County Kerry.

    Aperture ƒ/3.5
    Camera Canon EOS 40D
    Focal length 18mm
    ISO 800
    Shutter speed 1/5s
  • Abandoned Dingle Trawler

    Right on the pier in Dingle are two trawlers that are slowly falling to pieces. The one pictured above is severely burned, windows burned out and broken. Moss grows on the deck amid the rubbish.

    I can’t believe it’s still there. It was there last year when we visited, and may even have been there the time before that!

    Aperture ƒ/3.5
    Camera Canon EOS 40D
    Focal length 18mm
    ISO 100
    Shutter speed 1/1000s
  • Bike Park

    The bike park on Patrick’s Street, Cork.

    Aperture ƒ/5.6
    Camera Canon EOS 40D
    Focal length 18mm
    ISO 100
    Shutter speed 1/60s
  • Director’s Cut

    First of all Virgin Megastore was sold off to Zavvi and shortly afterwards they had a liquidation sale and went under. Now Director’s Cut are in there and it’s a depressing store. There’s no piped music to liven the dead atmosphere, oh dear!

    Aperture ƒ/9
    Camera Canon EOS 40D
    Focal length 33mm
    ISO 400
    Shutter speed 1/100s
  • Pub of the year for sale

    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

    There’s a statue of Christ and associated figures on the cross at the top of Slea Head in County Kerry. I’m not sure who erected them but they’re a prominent part of the headland there.

    More photos: 1, 2, 3.

    Aperture ƒ/10
    Camera Canon EOS 40D
    Focal length 10mm
    ISO 100
    Shutter speed 1/200s
  • 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