The main entrance and sides of the Cork College of Commerce on Morrison’s Island, Cork.
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
| Focal length | 10mm |
| ISO | 200 |
| Shutter speed | 1/320s |
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Cork College of Commerce
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Hop On, Hop off the Spire
The infamous Dublin Spire with a tour bus in the foreground.
“The Dublin Spire is one hundred and twenty metres tall, making it by far the tallest structure in Dublin city centre. It is three metres wide at the base and tapers to a 15 centimetre wide beacon at the top. The top section is perforated and lit by small LEDs.”
I like these: What Goes Up and Rosie and Nora.
Aperture ƒ/16 Camera Canon EOS 20D Focal length 10mm ISO 200 Shutter speed 1/250s -
Aon Am – At Any Time
A no-parking and disabled parking sign on Fr. Mathew Quay.
I like this: 010design.it
Aperture ƒ/8 Camera Canon EOS 20D Focal length 10mm ISO 200 Shutter speed 1/1000s -
Holy Trinity Church
Holy Trinity Church on Fr. Mathew Quay, pictured from just outside a side gate on a beautiful Saturday afternoon.
The church and attached friary are run by the Capuchins who have been in the city since at least 1637. The church above dates from early eighteenth century.
Aperture ƒ/8 Camera Canon EOS 20D Focal length 10mm ISO 200 Shutter speed 1/500s -
Middle East War Protest
On Saturday afternoon, Cork Alliance Against War held a protest against the war in Lebanon.
After reading this story about the Kudsi family I have a lot more sympathy for them. Their house was bombed early one morning and most of the household was wiped out.
“In the early hours of the next morning, as Rayan, 30, slept near her daughters Alice, 6, and Celine, 3, an Israeli warplane dropped two one-ton bombs on their house in Hoshe, a village south of Tyre.Rayan, her girls and her 78-year-old grandmother Um Zuheir were killed, probably when the first bomb struck the villa’s concrete roof just after 4.30am. The family’s tenants, a United Nations official from Ghana and his wife, also died.”
Branedy says it better than I could. Israel really has lost the war.
Aperture ƒ/10 Camera Canon EOS 20D Focal length 20mm ISO 200 Shutter speed 1/100s -
Three Daisies
Daisy Daisy,
Give me your answer do!
I’m half crazy,
All for the love of you!
It won’t be a stylish marriage,
I can’t afford a carriage,
But you’ll look sweet on the seat
Of a bicycle built for two!Aperture ƒ/5.6 Camera DMC-FZ5 Focal length 6mm ISO 80 Shutter speed 1/400s -
Ladybird’s spots
Oh so high! When you’re tiny a few inches off the ground can appear like a huge drop to you.
The ladybird scurried away after this shot to get some peace and quiet from the camera toting freak in the garden! 🙂
Aperture ƒ/4.5 Camera DMC-FZ5 Focal length 6mm ISO 80 Shutter speed 1/400s -
Lady in the grass
A ladybird in the grass of my back garden.
Taken with my Panasonic FZ5. Almost run out of pre-prepared images. I’ll need to fire up the GIMP this weekend.
Aperture ƒ/4 Camera DMC-FZ5 Focal length 6mm ISO 80 Shutter speed 1/400s -
High Rise Crane
A view of the crane helping in the construction of a new office block behind Cork City Hall. This is from the lobby of the carpark next door.
Other views of the same site: Building a City Sunset, Craning to See the Sky.
Aperture ƒ/6.3 Camera Canon EOS 20D Focal length 10mm ISO 200 Shutter speed 1/320s -
Purple Sky
After shooting the Tenacious I looked behind me and smiled as I saw a great reflection of the beautiful sky on this car.
Wisps of cloud filtered the sun momentarily as I captured this image and a bit of post-processing helped to make the reflection stand out!Aperture ƒ/9 Camera Canon EOS 20D Focal length 10mm ISO 200 Shutter speed 1/160s -
Tenacious in Cork
The sailing vessel, Tenacious, docked in Cork a few weeks back. I spotted the top masts over the buildings of the quayside while we went home so I had to stop!
She’s a beautiful ship and apparently the largest wooden tall ship built in England in the last 100 years! She also has facilities to allow disabled people access to her, even ascending high up among the sails! She was featured on a tv programme last night with footage taken in Cork.
Tenacious was built in Southampton and is owned by Jubilee Sailing Trust a, “charity that aims to promote the integration of people of all physical abilities through the challenge and adventure of tall ship sailing.”
Donal has a great picture of the Tenacious lit by the setting sun.
Aperture ƒ/6.3 Camera Canon EOS 20D Focal length 16mm ISO 200 Shutter speed 1/800s -
Non-photography day
Today was Non Photography Day! The aim of the day is to enjoy the moment instead of trying to record it for posterity. Luckily I wasn’t doing anything wildly interesting visually today!
Paul Butzi writes that he is half-sympathetic to the cause being championed by Becca Bland. I have to admit she has a point too, but it’s a hobby, and a safe, enjoyable one at that. If I had something interesting to photograph I would have!
Maybe we should call “enjoying the moment” by another name? Call it “taking a non-photograph” instead. Enjoy the sun, and the peace and quiet or watch the world go by as you sit down with your lunch.
Did you take a non-photograph today?
The Signs in Blarney (2006)- Chris Garrett speculates that the Canon 6D will beWho else wants a Canon 6D? (2007)
The odd one out (2007)
Cables to the Heavens (2008)
Chains on the Quay (2009)
Boats in Drake’s Pool (2011)
Rijnvelds Early Sensation (2015)
Streets of Cork (2016)
Frosty Kangaroo (2017)
Bar (2018)
Dunquin Pier (2021)
Under the National Monument (2022)
Feeding the cat (2023)
The afterglow of sunset (2024)