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Armed Soldiers patrol around Montmartre

Four soldiers walk up the steps of Montmarte. People are relaxing nearby and the Basilica can be seen at the top of the hill.

Four soldiers climb the steps of Montmartre up to the Basilique du Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre on a warm August afternoon. They slowly walked up the steps, without comment or conversation. Walked around the fountains above and up the steps to the Basilica.

It was unnerving, but months later, tourists were being stabbed and violently robbed in Dublin, and I remember people were calling for better security on the streets of the city. Some used Paris as an example and asked why armed soldiers couldn’t patrol the streets.

I think a better way of solving this issue is to make Dublin into a proper living city, with actual local people living in the city, not tourists in an Airbnb. Some chance.

David McWilliams called it, “People Before Bonnet” in the latest episode of his podcast. Worth a listen.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	16mm
ISO	250
Shutter speed	1/500s

Quickly on the flat hill

A woman in a yellow top, and dark shorts walks up a hill laid horizontal, with a yellow wall behind, and barred windows.

When is a hill flat? It’s much easier to walk along, that’s for sure.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	75mm
ISO	1600
Shutter speed	1/500s

The Ballincollig Regional Park Weir

Water flows over a weird in the River Lee with trees visible on the bank, a bridge crossing in the background and poles visible in the far background.

The weir in Ballincollig Regional Park collapsed in 2014, but this photo was taken many years before that, in 2003. Repairs to the weird have been delayed over and over again, unfortunately.

Aperture	ƒ/8.2
Camera	FinePix2800ZOOM
Focal length	36mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/270s

We thought the summer rain was bad..

A man with a walking stick prepares to lower his umbrella as another man comes out of a nearby shop.

Remember when people thought the rain in late July and August 2023 was bad? What about Storm Isha yesterday, eh? Another storm on the way too.

The start of June was blisteringly hot. It was so hot I preferred to stay inside out of it. Nobody seems to remember that.

Oh, the photo above is obviously not recent. It’s last August, during the wet spell.

Aperture	ƒ/3.5
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	24mm
ISO	320
Shutter speed	1/500s

Ian Bailey and The West Cork Way

Ian Bailey at a stall in a market with the title of his book, The West Cork Way, on the front of it. He is talking to a man and a woman. The man is holding a lead with a small terrier dog.

Ian Bailey, the man accused of murdering a French woman, Sophie Toscan du Plantier, died today. Here he is in 2019, when he was selling his book, “The West Cork Way”, at a market in Skibereen.

Aperture	ƒ/4
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	35mm
ISO	160
Shutter speed	1/500s

Hair’s the wig shop

I wonder what was going through this woman’s mind as she looked at the wigs on display in this shop in Valencia, Spain.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	24mm
ISO	12800
Shutter speed	1/160s

The Fiery Red Tree

A sculpture of a tree sits atop a high stone tower, with a starry sky behind.

Atop a high stone tower in Clogheenmilcon Sanctuary Walk, near Blarney, is a sculpture of a tree. It was created by sculptor, Don Cronin and is impossible to miss if you’re walking in the sanctuary.

This was taken last night when temperatures had dropped to -4.5ºC. I didn’t stay out very long, but braver souls from Blarney Photography Club did!

Aperture	ƒ/2.8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	24mm
ISO	400
Shutter speed	30s

The Lilac Hat on Tour

A tour group listens to their guide. Many of the people are wearing hats and one person who is one of the few people in focus in this photo is wearing a nice lilac hat that caught my attention.

A tour group in Malaga listens to a tour guide talk outside the cathedral. I liked the colour of the lilac hat in the foreground.

Aperture	ƒ/2.8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	24mm
ISO	250
Shutter speed	1/500s

Missing the Sights

A person with their head down looking at a phone. They're wrapped up warmly against the (IMO) mild October weather in Lisbon. Another man next to them looks off in another direction. They're standing on a pavement made of tiny square tiles in a decorative pattern.

Mobile phones are handy, but you miss the world if you’re looking at them. My wife will laugh when she sees me say this.

Aperture	ƒ/2.8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	24mm
ISO	640
Shutter speed	1/500s

Let it snow in Arizona

Many years ago, on a cold January day in Arizona we came across a small yard where metal works were being sold. One of those was an unusual metal robot with a red and white hat on it’s head, saying “LET IT SNOW”.

It didn’t snow, but it was cold at night!

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

Hussey’s Folly and the green fields

On a lovely evening in August 2020, we were visiting Dingle in Co. Kerry. A walk out to Hussey’s Folly is always on the cards, I think this evening was the last time we saw Fungie too. He was swimming in the bay, just off shore, surrounded by boats, as he always was.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	37mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/400s

The Dragon Awakens

The Dragon of Shandon ready to go on the parade, with a woman holding an umbrella looking at it. A single solitary street light provides illumination, apart from the soft light from nearby windows.

The Dragon of Shandon was all ready to travel through Cork City. It was waiting just down the street from Shandon Bells. Raaaarrrrr!

Aperture	ƒ/2.8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	24mm
ISO	4000
Shutter speed	1/125s