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  • Shih Tzu in the sun

    We attended a beautiful christening in Fermoy today and afterwards it was off to Mitchelstown where we joined the other guests in a light lunch of finger food and sandwiches. Loved that apple tart afterwards. Yum!

    This is our shih tzu, Oscar, who we took along for the drive. After the main course was over half the crowd piled out onto the adjoining terrace and so I got Oscar from the car. He had a great time, and was a big hit with all the kids but we did warn them he was a little odd and liable to snap so they were careful. Later I checked the temperature in the car dashboard and it said 25C which I hope is as hot as it’s going to get in Ireland this year. I had to seek the shade, it was so hot!

    Aperture ƒ/7.1
    Camera Canon EOS 20D
    Focal length 18mm
    ISO 100
    Shutter speed 1/250s

  • Fancy ass public transport

    OK, so it’s not quite a bus, but it’s a stretch limo. I saw it again today cruising up and down Patrick’s Street with the rear window open a crack. I’d hate to see that try to navigate a tight bend!

    Aperture ƒ/5
    Camera Canon EOS 20D
    Focal length 12mm
    ISO 400
    Shutter speed 1/250s

  • The birds of Schull

    Two seagulls wander into the water on the slip that serves the Bere Ferry in Schull Harbour.

    Jacinta was the first to notice that actually, the Bere Ferry does not go from Schull. It lands at Castletownbere! Oops!

    Aperture ƒ/9
    Camera Canon EOS 20D
    Focal length 22mm
    ISO 100
    Shutter speed 1/125s

  • Allihies Beach

    I look outside now and see the hazy cloud and rain that has descended on Cork and wonder if I was really at Allihies beach and saw the fluffy cumulus cloud stretching off into the distance. It seems like a another lifetime.

    Today my wife, Jacinta, and I celebrated our second wedding anniversary. It’s a joyful day because we are a happy family with our mad little son but it’s also the first anniversary of Jacinta’s sister’s untimely passing from this world. We went for dinner this afternoon with her family and it was a cheerful gathering, but of course in quiet moments, one’s thoughts stray to Gerry who wasn’t there.

    Aperture ƒ/7.1
    Camera Canon EOS 20D
    Focal length 10mm
    ISO 100
    Shutter speed 1/125s

  • T.J. Newman, Schull

    We had lunch in T.J. Newman’s in the town of Schull last month. Lovely thick bread in the sandwiches I got. Kept us going for ages and tasty too! Adam loved looking at all the paintings upstairs!

    Aperture ƒ/7.1
    Camera Canon EOS 20D
    Focal length 10mm
    ISO 100
    Shutter speed 1/125s

  • Daisies in the grass

    This is really looking back into the archives. I shot this in 2004, probably with the Sony 717 and at a guess probably in the park near the Gun Powder Mills in Ballincollig. Long time ago. Lovely day!

    Aperture ƒ/3.5
    Camera CYBERSHOT
    Focal length 9.7mm
    ISO 100
    Shutter speed 1/1000s

  • Black and White Tractor

    A farmer ploughing his field caught my attention while out driving with Adam (trying to get him to sleep, it worked!)
    The farmer saw me and asked the usual “why are you photographing me?” question but was friendly enough. Plenty of work to be done anyway as he was only halfway through the field!

    When I saw the scene I pictured the contrasting bright and dark halves of the ground, but the day was so bright it was difficult to shoot the shadow close by me. I had to clone out a really annoying power line going right across the top half of the image too!

    Shot just outside Ballincollig in Co. Cork.

    Aperture ƒ/6.3
    Camera Canon EOS 20D
    Focal length 22mm
    ISO 100
    Shutter speed 1/60s

  • Blarney on May 5th, 2008

    It’s a beautiful Bank Holiday Monday here and the village of Blarney is buzzing with locals and tourists. Meanwhile, I’m at home working. If you’re off today, enjoy the glorious weather!

    PS. watermarks courtesy of this script.

    Aperture ƒ/5.6
    Camera Canon EOS 20D
    Focal length 72mm
    ISO 1600
    Shutter speed 1/25s

  • Bench and Wheel

    A decorative bench and wheel on the ranch in Arizona. I took so many shots of the place I’m still struggling to catch up and mark the ones I want to work on but I will eventually get to them. I suspect some may not see the light of day until next year though!

    Aperture ƒ/7.1
    Camera Canon EOS 20D
    Focal length 22mm
    ISO 100
    Shutter speed 1/80s

  • Glengarriff River

    This is a picturesque stream that runs through Glengarriff Nature Reserve in Co. Cork. We went for a short walk close by but by the time we got here it was getting late in the afternoon and Adam was getting hungry!

    Aperture ƒ/4.5
    Camera Canon EOS 20D
    Focal length 10mm
    ISO 100
    Shutter speed 1/50s

  • Hungry Cat

    A hungry, scrawny cat came up to us while walking around Schull in Co. Cork last weekend. The poor thing was crying for food and affection. This was the first time Adam saw a real cat and he was delighted but we had to leave the poor thing to fend for itself.

    I discovered that the Irish name of the town called Schull is “Scoil Mhuire”, a much nicer name IMO. In English that would be “Mary’s School”, or more likely, “St. Mary’s School”. West Cork is so beautiful but the basterdisation of Irish names is shocking. I even saw a sign for a town called “Snámh” which had been translated as “Snave”. “Snámh” is the verb, “to swim” in English. Perhaps the town was created by an English landlord and named “Snave” first and then named “Snámh” by the Irish?

    PS. Congrats to fellow Mallow Camera Club member, David Lavery, who left his comfortable 9-5 day job to become a wedding photographer in Mallow, Co. Cork a year ago today! Not many would take the jump, so I hope he’ll get that blog rolling and write about his experiences. I know I’d like to hear about them!

    Aperture ƒ/5.6
    Camera Canon EOS 20D
    Focal length 10mm
    ISO 100
    Shutter speed 1/80s

  • Digging into the photo archive

    I ran a photoblog on ocaoimh.org before I started inphotos.org, and I posted some photos to my blog at Holy Shmoly! too. Unfortunately the first site is no longer around, and the img tags were somehow stripped from many of my posts on ocaoimh.ie while I was running a development version of WordPress a few years ago. Now that WordPress has a native gallery function I think it’s time some of these old images saw the light of day again.

    Most images were shot in 2004 and 2005. Some of the scenes photographed back then either look very different now, or have ceased to exist in the case of the petrol pump in Blackpool! Most of them would have been shot with my trusty Sony 717 I expect. Great camera.

    (Oh great, the gallery is broken! Must fix later…)

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