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 |
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Fencing out the Atlantic
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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)
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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 -
Moonlit Arizona
The moon shines down on the Arizona desert, January 2008.
Aperture ƒ/5 Camera Canon EOS 20D Focal length 140mm ISO 100 Shutter speed 1/125s -
Watch out! Duck! I said, “duck!”
Geese at The Lough feeding on the ground near the water’s edge. Most have their heads down pecking at scraps but one stubbornly kept a look out ..
Aperture ƒ/5.6 Camera Canon EOS 40D Focal length 144mm ISO 640 Shutter speed 1/125s
Little Bunny (2006)
Kilbrittain 6 miles (2007)
The biggest drip in Cobh (2008)
Flowers on North Mall (2009)
Folsom Street Fair Four (2015)
Dublin Street Photography (2016)
Mahon Falls 2 (2017)
Fly Away on a Rocket! (2018)
Surfing at Stinson Beach (2021)
The Colours of Autumn (2022)
The Truman House (2023)
Waiting in Colour (2025)