• Water bouncing on the apples

    Water bounces off red apples in a sink. The stopper isn't visible, but it will stop any leaks.

    Water bouncing off apples in a sink, a little experiment I did twenty years ago in 2004. I need to do more of that.


    Apertureƒ/5
    CameraCYBERSHOT
    Focal length13.8mm
    ISO100
    Shutter speed1/1000s

  • A church in shadow

    A side door of the Igreja Paroquial da Graça in Lisbon catches the first rays of the sun. The door is red, and a long diagonal shadow stretches across the door.

    A side door of the Igreja Paroquial da Graça in Lisbon catches the first rays of the sun. A long diagonal shadow stretches across the door.


    Apertureƒ/8
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length24mm
    ISO100
    Shutter speed1/400s

  • Clouds of flame

    Sunrise with dark clouds at the top of the frame. Yellow and orange sunlight lighting up the bottom of the clouds and the clear sky underneath. Silhouettes of trees and branches occupy the bottom third of the image.

    Shortly after I sat down at my desk this morning, I looked out the window to see quite a beautiful sunrise lighting up the sky.

    The top of the sky was a cool blue, moving to dark cloud lower down, then melting to a lovely orange and yellow colour before the sun rose over the distant hill.


    Apertureƒ/5.6
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length90mm
    ISO100
    Shutter speed1/400s

  • Tools you need

    A man holds a paper bag with the text, "TOOLS YOU NEED" on it, while a woman holds his arm. She is carrying a handbag. Picture from behind both.

    Sometimes, all you need is love. Sometimes you need tools to do household repairs.


    Apertureƒ/3.5
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length24mm
    ISO1600
    Shutter speed1/500s

  • Feb 24th Pro Palestinian Rally

    The view down Robert Street where the rally doubled back through Oliver Plunkett Street. People walking and some carrying flags and banners.
    A huge likeness of US President Biden with blood spattered hands held aloft by members of the rally.
    A speaker in front of the crowd on Grant Parade.
    Faces of the crowd at the rally. Flags and banners too.
    A woman at the rally holds up a sign saying, "FREE PALESTINE IT IS A MATTER OF HUMAN RIGHTS"

    Today saw the biggest rally supporting Palestinians happen in Cork this afternoon. Groups from all over Munster descended on the city and the rally walked down St. Patrick’s Street, chanting and singing. They doubled back through Winthrop Street and back up Oliver Plunkett Street before assembling in the Grand Parade for a number of speakers and singers.

    The rally was organised by Cork Palestina Solidarity Campaign.


    Apertureƒ/8
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length24mm
    ISO400
    Shutter speed1/500s

  • A gift of colour

    I was walking up the street behind a man dressed in blue and this photo presented itself to me. Pink and blue and a man in a baseball cap. All gone within seconds.


    Apertureƒ/8
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length20mm
    ISO400
    Shutter speed1/500s

  • The interesting shop

    Five women look in a shop call MI FLAMENCA through two separate windows at the tourist knick knacks for sale. They're maybe unaware of each other as they are separated by a corner. A postbox sits at the corner, waiting for postcards home.

    Down a side street in Valencia I spotted five ladies looking in the windows of a tourist shop selling T-shirts, fridge magnets, kitchen towels, bags and all sorts of other knick-knacks.


    Apertureƒ/2.8
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length24mm
    ISO320
    Shutter speed1/500s

  • Bright clothes on a dull day

    3 people sitting at a table outside a pub wearing bright clothes. A man wearing yellow. A woman wearing a bright pink jacket. Another man wearing a bright green woolly hat. People around them wearing ordinary, by contrast, drab clothing. Another table sits empty in front of them.

    It was lovely seeing people dressed in bright clothes last Saturday when it was overcast and fairly dull outside. Yellow, pink and green made a nice change from the mostly muted colours other people wore.


    Apertureƒ/1.7
    CameraGalaxy S23 Ultra
    Focal length6.3mm
    ISO2000
    Shutter speed1/1500s

  • Smile for the camera

    A woman photographs a man in a hat, in front of the tram I'm on. She has her phone up to her face. 2 younger women are nearby, while a couple walk in from the right and a woman looks at her phone in the background near them.

    She took a photo of me while I was on a tram passing by on this street in Lisbon, Portugal. I took a photo of what, I think, is a much more interesting scene.


    Apertureƒ/2.8
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length24mm
    ISO1600
    Shutter speed1/500s

  • Pigeons find a home

    Six pigeons sitting on the roof of a small office on Grand Parade in Cork. The text "HOME ENERGY" is seen on the building they're on.

    Pigeons resting on the “Home energy upgrade office” in front of Bishop Lucey Park in Cork.


    Apertureƒ/1.8
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length75mm
    ISO100
    Shutter speed1/3200s

  • Chicago Apple Store

    The genius bar in this Apple store in Chicago.

    An Apple Store in Chicago, in 2003. I wandered in here while I was in the city, curious about what it would look like, as I didn’t use any Apple products at the time.

    Check out those CRTs at the back of the second photo!


    Apertureƒ/2.2
    CameraCYBERSHOT
    Focal length9.7mm
    ISO100
    Shutter speed1/125s

  • If I must die, let it bring hope

    People walking in a rally in support of Gaza. Some carry posters and flags.
    People walking in a rally in support of Gaza. Some carry posters and flags.
    People walking in a rally in support of Gaza. Some carry posters and flags.
    People walking in a rally in support of Gaza. Some carry posters and flags.
    People walking in a rally in support of Gaza. Some carry posters and flags.
    People walking in a rally in support of Gaza. Some carry posters and flags.

    Those are the words of a Palestinian poet killed by an airstrike in Gaza. I saw them printed on a small white kite on the Palestinian flag carried by a man at the pro-Palestinian rally in Cork today. The rally was organised by the Cork Palestine Solidarity Campaign.

    Last week another poet, Refaat Alareer, was killed by an airstrike. Alareer was a professor of English literature at the Islamic University of Gaza, where he taught Shakespeare, among other subjects. One of his latest works widely shared, again on X, concludes with the words: “If I must die, let it bring hope, let it be a tale.”

    The Guardian, 12th December 2023.

    The rally today was the biggest I’ve seen so far, and The Echo Live estimated about 1,000 people took part.


    Apertureƒ/7.1
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length75mm
    ISO1600
    Shutter speed1/500s