McDonald’s on Daunt Square. The golden arches are recognised world wide.
| Aperture | ƒ/5 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 40D |
| Focal length | 59mm |
| ISO | 400 |
| Shutter speed | 1/5000s |
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The wires that ring Shandon Bells
Next time you’re in Cork and you have a spare hour to burn head up to Shandon and into St. Anne’s Church where you can ring the Shandon Bells. They’re heard for quite some distance and any tune can be played. Check out the music in the photo above: “Don’t Cry For Me Argentina”, “Final Countdown” and more!
Aperture ƒ/5 Camera Canon EOS 40D Focal length 10mm ISO 400 Shutter speed 1/50s -
Hot Tasty Sausages
While out photowalking a hot sausages in a bun with a dab of mustard is just the thing to keep the hunger at bay. I bought the sausage in the bun being prepared above and totally enjoyed it, even if it was €4.
Shot on Cornmarket Street at the Crepe Man stall during the pre-Irish Blog Awards photowalk in Cork.
BTW there’s Kevin in the background!
Aperture ƒ/7.1 Camera Canon EOS 40D Focal length 18mm ISO 400 Shutter speed 1/125s -
Daffodil, snow and water droplets
A lonely daffodil bent down by the cold and snow a week ago in Blarney. Taken very close to the Daffodils in the Snow shot I posted that morning.
Love the tiny water droplets on the stem of the flower. It was a toss up between this image and the one I posted previously for that morning but I really like this shot too so it was tough choosing.
Aperture ƒ/10 Camera Canon EOS 40D Focal length 10mm ISO 100 Shutter speed 1/200s -
Lustfully
LOOK NOT AT A WOMAN
LUSTFULLYOn the wall of the dry cleaners opposite The Old Oak on Oliver Plunkett St. Cork. Shot during the pre-IBA09 photowalk.
Aperture ƒ/10 Camera Canon EOS 40D Focal length 10mm ISO 100 Shutter speed 1/200s -
Reading Glasses
A wide selection of reading glasses on sale in a stall on Cornmarket Street during the pre IBA photowalk a while back.
Aperture ƒ/14 Camera Canon EOS 40D Focal length 18mm ISO 400 Shutter speed 1/400s -
Old Style Car
These old style cars were all the rage for about 5 minutes a few years ago weren’t they?
Pictured in Kinsale, Co Cork on a hot Summer’s day.
PS. my brother Donal got married today. Brilliant day had by all and wedding was really nice!
Aperture ƒ/13 Camera Canon EOS 20D Focal length 33mm ISO 100 Shutter speed 1/250s -
Whitegate Oil Refinery
Whitegate Oil Refinery in Cork Harbour, as seen from Crosshaven on the other side.
What you’re seeing here is Corkbeg Island in the foreground and this chimney stack in the background. Took me a while to figure that out! Zoom out of either map and draw a straight line through both going south west to pin point where I was standing when I took the photo 🙂
Aperture ƒ/5.6 Camera Canon EOS 40D Focal length 125mm ISO 400 Shutter speed 1/800s -
John Player
A cigarette ash tray outside Cronin’s Pub in Crosshaven. Shot a few weeks ago.
Aperture ƒ/10 Camera Canon EOS 40D Focal length 18mm ISO 400 Shutter speed 1/250s -
Daffodils in the Snow
Daffodils struggle against the cold and snow in Blarney this morning. Many parts of the country were covered in a white blanket. Snow is still falling. My son loves it of course. We spent 10 minutes in the back garden throwing snow around and I got some great photos!
If you’re in Dublin on St. Patrick’s Day this year make sure you upload your photos to the Pix.ie Festival Group. Pix.ie have got together with St. Patrick’s Festival to give bloggers a chance to get into good positions to shoot the Dublin Parade. I’ll be in Cork that day and I’ll be shooting the Parade here.
I wonder if the organisers down here can do something similar?More coverage on icedcoffee, Red Mum, Darren Greene Photography, McAWilliams Photoblog and I’m sure on more blogs but I haven’t caught up on my blog reading in ages!
Aperture ƒ/6.3 Camera Canon EOS 40D Focal length 10mm ISO 100 Shutter speed 1/80s -
Suffering in the heat
It’s hard to believe that Ireland can be warm and roasting given the cold winds that blow around this time of year but back in June last year we had a heat wave. I can’t stand the heat of the sun, and by the looks of things, this gentleman isn’t too fond of it either.
Aperture ƒ/9 Camera Canon EOS 20D Focal length 200mm ISO 100 Shutter speed 1/400s -
Lonely Boat in Fountainstown
A boat sits alone on the hard ground while it’s brethren bob up and down in the tide around Fountainstown in Co Cork.
This presented me with a bit of a dilemma. I originally cropped the sky out because it was washed out but after careful work with the RAW image I restored detail to that area of the photo. Now I’m torn between this and the cropped version but I think this one wins out. The clouds have a sense of motion that contrasts with the rest of the image in a way I find very pleasing.
I’m thinking about this too much.
Aperture ƒ/3.5 Camera Canon EOS 40D Focal length 10mm ISO 400 Shutter speed 1/1250s
He texted me! (2006)
The swans they are a coming (2007)
Push the Car! (2009)
The Penguin and the Man (2012)
Fr Mathew Stands Still (2015)
Streets of Cork (2016)
Fire and Music (2017)- Light Trails Below Femés (2018)
The Ferris Wheel in Cork (2020)
Christmas 2020 in Cork (2021)
Blarney Horse (2022)
Too warm for woolies (2023)
Let it snow in Arizona (2024)