I was there too
I took a few photos while wandering around Maghera Beach one beautiful August afternoon in 2017. There are so many beautiful beaches in Donegal!
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 6D |
| Focal length | 17mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/200s |
Visiting the Mural Room in the Courthouse of Santa Barbara was a treat I was not expecting. The murals depict the history of the region, sometimes inaccurately, as they include Peter Pan, Robin Hood and Errol Flynn!
| Aperture | ƒ/2.2 |
| Camera | Galaxy S23 Ultra |
| Focal length | 2.2mm |
| ISO | 500 |
| Shutter speed | 1/30s |
Two teenagers sit on a red container near Páirc Ui Caoimh back in 2022 when a circus was visiting.
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 146mm |
| ISO | 1000 |
| Shutter speed | 1/320s |
A ride at the funfair in Dingle swirls around at speed. A long exposure photo captures the movement of a long moment, not an instant of time.
| Aperture | ƒ/9 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 24mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1s |
I’m shopping in the rain, just shopping in the rain,
what a glorious feeling, I’m happy again!
Well, I hope she got something nice in H&M.
| Aperture | ƒ/3.2 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 24mm |
| ISO | 5000 |
| Shutter speed | 1/500s |
The train tracks of Birkenau concentration camp in Poland lead off to the front gate. The camp is only a 5 minute bus journey from Auschwitz, along a road bordered by a train track. It’s surreal passing by homes, businesses and people walking about living their lives next to these places.
Tourists gather around the building, listening to their tour guides.
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7RM5 |
| Focal length | 240mm |
| ISO | 160 |
| Shutter speed | 1/500s |
An angel checks her phone and takes a photo during the Cork Pride parade last weekend.
| Aperture | ƒ/6.3 |
| Camera | ILCE-7RM5 |
| Focal length | 240mm |
| ISO | 500 |
| Shutter speed | 1/1000s |
I loved to see all the support for transgender rights at the Cork Pride Parade last weekend.
Mammies for Transgender Rights can be found on Instagram here.
| Aperture | ƒ/5.6 |
| Camera | ILCE-7RM5 |
| Focal length | 73mm |
| ISO | 500 |
| Shutter speed | 1/1000s |
Hussey’s Folly at the mouth of Dingle Harbour as it was caught by the rays of the sun. This was almost exactly four years ago, at the height of the Covid pandemic.
Apparently, Covid levels are just as high now and the latest strain is quite nasty too. It will always be with us. 🙁
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 83mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/125s |
One of the (many) highlights of the Cork Pride parade is the massive rainbow flag that accompanies the marchers through the city. It was unfurled on Grand Parade where a jubilant crowd carried it and waved it in preparation for the trip around the city. I noticed a bump in the middle, and saw the reason underneath. 🙂
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7RM5 |
| Focal length | 24mm |
| ISO | 500 |
| Shutter speed | 1/6400s |
The Commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, lived in the large house at the end of this road. It sits right outside the concentration camp where so many people were put to death, but a family lived here, and they are the subject of a 2023 movie, The Zone of Interest.
When I visited the camp last week, the guide made an offhand remark while pointing in the direction of a locked gate, saying, “That’s where the camp commandant lived with his family.” My group were on our way to Gas Chamber 1, so nobody went to look, but I stuck my camera over the gate and recorded a photo of an ordinary street with parked cars outside a red brick building and the family home further down. Watch the trailer of the movie, and you’ll recognise the shape of the roof in the background. Gave me chills.
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7RM5 |
| Focal length | 24mm |
| ISO | 200 |
| Shutter speed | 1/500s |
