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The cars of Inch Beach

Just some of the vehicles parked on Inch Beach the other day. Adventurous folk!

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	24mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/500s

Narrator: vehicles weren’t removed

An electronic sign at a beach says, "HIGH TIDE 5:15pm Tues1Aug"

An electronic sign at a beach saying,
"Remove
Vehicles
in GOOD TIME"

It’s good to see a warning for motorists who park on Inch Beach in Co. Kerry. High tide was at 5:15pm yesterday, and motorists were urged to remove their vehicles “in GOOD TIME”.

We parked in the car park and left at 5:42pm, but there were still a few hardy souls on the beach with their cars. Including one German registered Land Rover Defender that was parked right next to the “No cars beyond this point”. I guess they wanted to use their spotless, clean vehicle in “extreme terrain” like a “sandy beach” just once before going back to the urban jungle.

Luckily, high tide isn’t high enough to submerge vehicles.

Aperture	ƒ/4.9
Camera	Galaxy S23 Ultra
Focal length	27.2mm
ISO	50
Shutter speed	1/100s

Looking for a room

A mural on the side of a building shows a person with an Amazon box over their head. An eye looks sideways out of the box, looking at the window on the left of the photo.

A mural on the side of a building on North Main Street is called “What is home” and features a person wearing an Amazon box, as that’s the only accommodation they can find.

In this photo the figure is looking sideways to the visible window on the front of the building, as if asking, “why can’t I find somewhere to live?”

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	75mm
ISO	2000
Shutter speed	1/500s

Shandon Bells from Cornmarket Street

Trees, buildings and street lighting while in the background is the steeple of St. Anne's Church or Shandon Bells.

Look up from Cornmarket Street and you’ll see the steeple of St. Anne’s Church, or Shandon Bells!

Aperture	ƒ/1.8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	75mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/500s

Looking for fish

A man looks up at a large mural on a wall. Only part of it is visible but it's a person fishing on a river, with woods and buildings on the far bank.

I’ve posted photos of the Kyle Street mural before, but here’s another one. A man looked up at what I was photographing as he walked past, and I couldn’t resist taking a photo!

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	16mm
ISO	6400
Shutter speed	1/500s

Mauve, green, and red

3 doors, all different colours. I love it! Modern housing is so boring.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	21mm
ISO	12800
Shutter speed	1/320s

Never a phone when you want one…

A long exposure photo at night. Light trails from passing vehicles in the background while in front are 3 phone boxes and traffic lights showing red and amber lights.

I guess if you’re in London you probably won’t have much trouble finding a public phone. A group of them stood here, wherever it is. Empty and alone.
Meanwhile, traffic passes in the background, casting eerie light trails through the photo.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	24mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	13s

A Unicycle on Patrick’s Street

A man gets on a very tall unicycle with the help of a ladder and a passer by, watched by a crowd all around him.

April 18th, 2006 when the St. Patrick’s Festival was still a new thing and street entertainers entertained the population.

He was good on that unicycle. Didn’t fall at all.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	Canon EOS 20D
Focal length	33mm
ISO	400
Shutter speed	1/250s

The McCurtain Street Building Site

Men working on the building site that is McCurtain Street Cork with the Metropole Hotel in the background

Today was Robert’s funeral, so here’s a street photo he would like. It’s got layers, it’s got people, it’s got a changing city, from the old to the new.

Robert, you will be missed.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	24mm
ISO	1000
Shutter speed	1/500s

Robert, the Street Photographer

Two men taking a selfie. I'm on the left, Robert is on the right.

Me and Robert on Oliver Plunkett Street in front of the Old Oak

I never did give Robert the expired rolls of film I promised him. I even took them with me the last time we did street photography in Cork, but I left them in the car. “Next time”, I said to him.

The odd thing about photography is, I have loads of photos of perfect strangers, but not many of people I know. Lightroom says I only have 38 photos of Robert, going back to 2015.

He was such a larger than life figure, enthusiastic about all things photography, especially Leica and street photography. A lovely guy to meet for a walk around town and a chat afterwards.

Can’t believe you’re gone, Robert. They better have cameras there.

Aperture	ƒ/2.2
Camera	SM-G998B
Focal length	3.8mm
ISO	50
Shutter speed	1/200s

Lines on the wall

A pipe snakes up a wall, while the branches of a bush cling to the wall.

A drain pipe comes down the wall, taking corners in strict lines, while the thin branches of a bush cling to the smooth surface. The branches look like they want to smother or envelop the wall, but the branches are bare. The wall is smooth. All dead.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	108mm
ISO	5000
Shutter speed	1/500s

So much red

A man dragging a small suitcase hurries off to the left at a pedestrian crossing. He's wearing a red tshirt. A family with suitcases and bags are about to cross. One of their suitcases is red, and two of their bags are. A teenage girl in the group is wearing a red spotted dress.

While waiting to cross the road on Grand Parade, I saw a man hurry across the road, dragging a black suitcase. He was in a rush, in contrast with the family in front of me who were checking for traffic before crossing.

I love all the red in this photo. Her dress, his t-shirt, their bags, I love that both parties have suitcases.

The photo was made a year ago today, and I am posting a street photo because I heard today that a fellow street photographer, and friend, Robert, has suffered another heart attack and is in hospital. I hope he has a speedy recovery, and we’ll be snapping the streets again when he’s able!

Aperture	ƒ/1.9
Camera	M2101K6G
Focal length	5.89mm
ISO	98
Shutter speed	1/500s