• Friends hanging around

    A group of young people sitting on a window sill down a side street. A woman and two men. They each have phones and the man on the right is speaking to someone outside the frame.

    Friends sitting on a window sill, in front of a shop, in Valencia one afternoon in October 2023.


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

  • The Boats of Youghal

    Five boats tied to the quay in Youghal on a dull, misty afternoon.

    These boats were tied up in Youghal when we visited in November 2021.


    Apertureƒ/8
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length198mm
    ISO400
    Shutter speed1/200s

  • Fog descends on Roche’s Point Lighthouse

    Fog flows over the landscape and will soon cover the small town and the lighthouse. The water of Cork Harbour can be seen in the foreground.

    Fog flowed in from the sea on a warm day in March, 2011. It almost covered the lighthouse, and it will do so a few minutes later.


    Apertureƒ/5.6
    CameraCanon EOS 40D
    Focal length300mm
    ISO100
    Shutter speed1/1250s

  • The remains of the shop

    A woman walks past the front entrance of the old Roches Stores, or later Debenhams, but now a derelict building in the heart of the city. The building is surrounded by hoarding.

    All that remains of Debenhams is the faded imprint of the sign on the front of its previous location on St. Patrick’s Street, Cork.


    Apertureƒ/2.8
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length24mm
    ISO400
    Shutter speed1/500s

  • Sunrise by the Brickeen Bridge

    Reeds in the foreground, then water and far away hills are coloured yellow by the rising sun behind clouds in the sky.

    On a trip with Blarney Photography Club to the Lakes of Killarney a year ago, we photographed the water as the sun rose over the mountains in the distance.


    Apertureƒ/8
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length144mm
    ISO100
    Shutter speed1/160s

  • R&H Hall as it was

    R&H Hall stands on Kennedy Quay before any demolition work took place. The flat area of the quay is visible in front.

    At the start of February, this imposing building still stood on Kennedy Quay but now most of it is a pile of rubble.


    Apertureƒ/3.5
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length24mm
    ISO100
    Shutter speed1/250s

  • ICM of sunset water

    An ICM of the sun setting on the water at Crosshaven. Lovely orange and dark colours.

    An ICM of the sunset reflected in the waters near Crosshaven last May.


    Apertureƒ/16
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length240mm
    ISO50
    Shutter speed1/2s

  • A bit late at the beach

    Public toilets at a beach are lit up at night in the dark. Light streams out the windows.

    The public toilets at Warren Beach, Co Cork, might seem like an unusual photo, but they were the only source of light nearby. Apart from a few minutes later when I ran up and down the beach with the flashlight on my phone for some fun long exposure shots.


    Apertureƒ/7.1
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length24mm
    ISO100
    Shutter speed1/1.3s

  • Reflections of houses in the Lee

    The colourful buildings of Pope's Quay in Cork are reflected in the water of the River Lee.

    The colourful buildings of Pope’s Quay reflected in the waters of the River Lee.

    Thanks Henry for noticing!


    Apertureƒ/8
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length154mm
    ISO2500
    Shutter speed1/320s

  • Reflections in the pond

    Houses, trees, sky and street furniture are reflected in a pond in Lisbon.

    Near the Igreja Paroquial da Graça in Lisbon, I found a small pond that had a lovely reflection.


    Apertureƒ/8
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length24mm
    ISO100
    Shutter speed1/200s

  • The Chicago Board of Trade

    The famous Chicago Board of Trade building as soon from La Salle, framed by the leaves of a branch and some flowers

    In 2003, there wasn’t much vegetation to see on La Salle Street, but I found it at N 120 La Salle N Street according to Google Maps. The most recent photos on Google Maps show the red flowers are long gone.

    You’ve probably seen the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) building in movies, such as Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Batman Begins, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, and The Dark Knight.


    Apertureƒ/4
    CameraCYBERSHOT
    Focal length27.3mm
    ISO100
    Shutter speed1/400s

  • A fork in the forest

    A path forks left and right around the ruins of a building in a forest.

    The path forks around one of the ruins of the gunpowder mill in Ballincollig Regional Park, Cork. Everything is overgrown, but access is easy. Inside that building, it looks like this.


    Apertureƒ/8
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length16mm
    ISO100
    Shutter speed4s

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