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  • R&H Hall in Cork City

    The large R&H Hall building on Kennedy Quay in Cork. The back of the Welcome to Cork" sign is visible in the foreground. Other buildings and vehicles can be seen too, tiny in comparison.

    The R&H Hall building looms over Kennedy Quay as seen from Michael Collins Bridge today. It’s going to be demolished this year, so if you want to record “what once was” on the site, get down there soonest!

    This Irish Examiner article talks about the demolition, and includes this picture of what will replace it.

    A view of the proposed development on Kennedy Quay showing the Rehabilitation Hospital at the junction with Victoria Road, the residential block, the three office buildings, including the new Silo building and the re-purposed Odlums building.
    A view of the proposed development on Kennedy Quay showing the Rehabilitation Hospital at the junction with Victoria Road, the residential block, the three office buildings, including the new Silo building and the re-purposed Odlums building.

    Apertureƒ/4.9
    CameraGalaxy S23 Ultra
    Focal length27.2mm
    ISO50
    Shutter speed1/160s

  • A Momentary Smile

    Three men pictured on a street. Two of them smiling while the third is walking past. In the background is a large torn poster with eyes visible.

    All smiles in Lisbon.


    Apertureƒ/2.8
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length24mm
    ISO2000
    Shutter speed1/500s

  • Sky Blue on a cold day

    The front of the casino on Winthrop Street is coloured an unusually calming sky-blue or cyan colour. Not the type of colour I’d expect somewhere that wants customers to get excited about losing money to use.

    Luckily, Deliveroo uses the same colour and a delivery guy just walked past while I was fishing for a photo!


    Apertureƒ/3.2
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length24mm
    ISO800
    Shutter speed1/500s

  • They’re watching you!

    A man leans on a shop window, carrying a massive birthday card. Inside the shop, seven mannequins with faces heads watch out the window.

    The mannequins are watching you, you know? Look away and they move! Don’t blink!


    Apertureƒ/2.8
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length24mm
    ISO640
    Shutter speed1/500s

  • Parisian Tourists

    On a road leading to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Tourists line in the middle of the road, in relative safety from passing cars, but other tourists stop and take photos with their phones.

    Tourists flock on to the road near the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.

    Admittedly, I was one of them, but I was just walking across the road at the pedestrian lights.


    Apertureƒ/9
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length24mm
    ISO800
    Shutter speed1/500s

  • Dogs of the Protest Rally

    A white golden retriever wearing a jacket made of the flag of Palestine. He is resting his head on a block on the street. People are standing in the background.
    A golden retriever looking directly at the camera. He is wearing the flag of Palestine. People are standing in the background.
    A golden retriever sitting next to his human family watching the Gaza rally in Cork yesterday. The dog is wearing the Palestinian flag. A woman is visible in the background, as is a small van and buildings.

    Two of the dogs at the regular rally supporting Gaza that happened in Cork yesterday. Another large crowd gathered, but these dogs weren’t bothered by the noise and people around.


    Apertureƒ/2.8
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length24mm
    ISO640
    Shutter speed1/500s

  • Feeling Slightly Disjointed

    A couple look at themselves in the angled mirror facade of a building in Paris. Their legs are separated from their torsos by the reflection.

    The mirrors of 123 Champs-Élysées reflect a broken view of the world, making passers-by smile and laugh.


    Apertureƒ/9
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length24mm
    ISO5000
    Shutter speed1/500s

  • Human imitates statue

    A woman sitting next to a statue unintentionally imitates the statue by resting her arm on the block the statue sits on.

    The Jeunesse d’Aristote is a statue made by Charles Degeorge and is currently in the Musée d’Orsay, Paris.

    Sometimes, we humans, unintentionally imitate others, even inanimate objects. Or maybe it’s just a comfortable way to sit. Degeorge captured that amazingly well in his work here.


    Apertureƒ/8
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length32mm
    ISO10000
    Shutter speed1/500s

  • 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.


    Apertureƒ/8
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length16mm
    ISO250
    Shutter speed1/500s

  • 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.


    Apertureƒ/8
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length75mm
    ISO1600
    Shutter speed1/500s

  • 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.


    Apertureƒ/8.2
    CameraFinePix2800ZOOM
    Focal length36mm
    ISO100
    Shutter speed1/270s

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  • 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.


    Apertureƒ/3.5
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length24mm
    ISO320
    Shutter speed1/500s

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