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  • Umm, I won!

    Just a few moments ago, I received texts from Darragh, Tom and Ryan to tell me that this blog had won Best Photoblog at the Irish Blog Awards!
    It’s a good thing I’m not up there because I don’t know what to say except “thank you” to everyone who voted for me. I honestly didn’t expect to win, not when you see the competition I was up against. Crikey!

    Looks like Geared Up is blogging the Awards live, and Irish Blogs is the place to go for more!
    Congrats Tom! You won the Best Technology Blogger Award!
    I see from Irish Eyes that Roger Galligan won “Best contribution to the Irish Blogosphere” which doesn’t surprise me at all. His Irish Blogs and Cork Blogs sites make all our weblogs much more accessible to new visitors and a central point from which to glean what bloggers in Ireland are talking about!
    I voted for ya Roger, congratulations to you and the team! 🙂
    More .. pictures on Flickr, and a video of the proceedings too!

  • Arrival of the L


    Arrival of the L

    I love capturing motion and stillness in one frame and shooting underground in a subway station is perfect because: low light, fast moving train with bright internal lights, waiting passengers.
    I think I took this in one of the stations under State Street, Chicago.

    Have a great time at the blog awards in Dublin tonight!

    Aperture ƒ/3.5
    Camera Canon EOS 20D
    Focal length 18mm
    ISO 100
    Shutter speed 1/8s

  • And the winner of the best photo blog category is..

    Sorry, I don’t know! It might be this blog, or it might be any of a number of other excellent blogs shortlisted a few weeks ago.
    The blog awards are on tomorrow night in Dublin but unfortunately I won’t be there.
    There isn’t much that would keep me away but right now I’d prefer to be in Cork and at home. It’s a happy reason, so don’t worry! I’ll reveal all in time!

  • Fixing up the Apple Store


    Fixing up the Apple Store

    Workers pictured in the Apple Store Magnificent Mile, Chicago.
    The top of the image is the front and side of the store. This is the store in which I was asked not take photos in 2003!

  • Small Figures


    Small Figures

    Small figures run for cover to get out of the downpour.
    You’ll be glad to hear that this is the last of my shots from this square for the time being!

    Aperture ƒ/4
    Camera Canon EOS 20D
    Focal length 18mm
    ISO 200
    Shutter speed 1/40s

  • Not happy in the rain


    Not happy in the rain

    Moments after my previous shot another group ran for cover from the downpour!
    Definitely not “singing in the rain” this morning!

    Aperture ƒ/4
    Camera Canon EOS 20D
    Focal length 18mm
    ISO 200
    Shutter speed 1/40s

  • Grab your bag and run!


    Grab your bag and run!

    I’m not sure where this is. We sheltered from a very heavy rain storm and watched while people ran for cover from all over.
    Thankfully the storm didn’t last too long and I wandered to Millennium Park!

    Aperture ƒ/5.6
    Camera Canon EOS 20D
    Focal length 55mm
    ISO 200
    Shutter speed 1/6s

  • three vs three


    three vs three

    Waiting to cross the street.

    Aperture ƒ/5.6
    Camera Canon EOS 20D
    Focal length 18mm
    ISO 400
    Shutter speed 1/100s

  • Old Navy’s Fred


    Old Navy’s Fred

    If you wander into the Old Navy Store on State Street in Chicago you may bump into Fred. He has worked there for years, he’s very patient, nice and accommodating and did his level best to help us get the best bargains while shopping!
    This isn’t a great photo, it was a candid photo taken in bad light and the focus settled on the background but I had to include him as a nice memory of our trip.

    Aperture ƒ/3.5
    Camera Canon EOS 20D
    Focal length 18mm
    ISO 100
    Shutter speed 1/15s

  • Please don’t feed the pigeons


    Please don’t feed the pigeons

    The sign obviously hasn’t worked!
    This was on South Wabash, Chicago around the same time this photo was taken.

    Aperture ƒ/5
    Camera Canon EOS 20D
    Focal length 18mm
    ISO 400
    Shutter speed 1/60s

  • Feeding The Duck


    Feeding The Duck

    Urban ducks and wild fowl are luckier than their country brethren. People think they are cute and feed them!
    This is the same duck I posted before at the Crown Fountains, Chicago.

    Aperture ƒ/5.6
    Camera Canon EOS 20D
    Focal length 18mm
    ISO 100
    Shutter speed 1/80s

  • Faking Depth of Field

    First it was lomo, then cross-processing, and now the latest craze among online photographers seems to be making their photos look like miniture models.
    A common side-effect of macro photography is a shallow depth of field (DOF) which means that only a small portion of the scene is in focus. Luckily this effect is very easy to emulate and here’s a tutorial to show you how. Pay attention to Christopher’s advise about what sort of shots work well! You could also buy a Len Baby which does a similar job and more!
    Daily Dose of Imagery has a very good example of the “fake model” photo. He blurred the foreground and background, but some middle distance objects are in focus and intersect the blurred area. Nicely done.

    Even after an effect becomes stale and overused online, there’s always the print world. People seem to like that sort of stuff all the time!

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