• In need of a haircut?

    A man with a huge head of flowing hair walks past a barber's shop. He is wearing a red/black check jacket, a Looney Tunes tshirt and jeans

    A man walks past a barber’s shop. At an age when most men’s hair is receding or is gone altogether, he has a head of bouncing, flowing hair.


    Apertureƒ/8
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length24mm
    ISO800
    Shutter speed1/500s

  • The John Hancock Center in 2003

    The Sears Tower in Chicago in 2003 rises above nearby buildings

    Right, as I have been reliably informed in the comments, this is the John Hancock Center in Chicago. Ah well. I haven’t been there in twenty years.

    The Sears Tower rises above all nearby buildings in Chicago in 2003.

    It was renamed the Willis Tower in 2009, but when I took this photo from a nearby building in 2003, it was still the Sears Tower.

    Although Sears’ naming rights expired in 2003, the building continued to be called the Sears Tower for several years, despite multiple changes in ownership. In March 2009, London-based insurance broker Willis Group Holdings agreed to lease a portion of the building and obtained the naming rights. On July 16, 2009, the building was officially renamed the Willis Tower.

    Wikipedia

    Apertureƒ/4
    CameraCYBERSHOT
    Focal length48.5mm
    ISO100
    Shutter speed1/125s

  • This couple got married in Malaga

    A couple walk along a raised platform outside Malaga Cathedral.
    A just married couple embrace. She looks up at him, smiling.

    They’re just married and getting their wedding photos taken. Outside the Cathedral in Malaga.


    Apertureƒ/2.4
    CameraGalaxy S23 Ultra
    Focal length7.9mm
    ISO100
    Shutter speed1/1000s

  • The Bells and the Hall

    The tower of St. Anne's Church, or "Shandon Bells", with the County Hall in the background.

    The tower of St. Anne’s Church, or “Shandon Bells” or “The Four Faced Liar” with the County Hall far behind it.

    As seen from Bell’s Field.


    Apertureƒ/8
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length600mm
    ISO400
    Shutter speed1/3s

  • Blue and Purple Wildflowers

    Blue and purple wildflowers grow at the edge of a canyon. Rocks, other flowers and green bushes are seen far below

    In the middle of El Caminito del Rey, north of Malaga in Spain, I found these beautiful flowers growing in the rocky soil.


    Apertureƒ/7.1
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length16mm
    ISO125
    Shutter speed1/500s

  • Sunset at Ballycotton

    Small boat on the water outside Ballycotton harbour as the sun sets behind.


    Apertureƒ/8
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length28mm
    ISO100
    Shutter speed1/200s

  • Sunset Boats in Crosshaven

    Sunset over the boats moored in Crosshaven, Co Cork.

    Sunset over the boats moored in Crosshaven, Co Cork.


    Apertureƒ/6.3
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length83mm
    ISO500
    Shutter speed1/200s

  • One Hot Hit!

    A woman checks her phone in front of the Covent Garden Underground station, with a huge poster for Frozen, the musical, behind her.

    A woman checks her phone in front of the Covent Garden Underground station, with a huge poster for Frozen, the musical, behind her.


    Apertureƒ/9
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length24mm
    ISO1000
    Shutter speed1/500s

  • Malaga Sunrise

    The glow of the sun before it rises above the horizon is silhouetted by houses and trees.

    The view from my hotel, looking out on the Mediterranean before the sun rose. There was a beautiful glow on the horizon.


    Apertureƒ/5.6
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length72mm
    ISO3200
    Shutter speed1/80s

  • A man and a blank mural

    An elderly man sits on a bench in Bishop Lucey Park. The wall behind him is normally a mural but in July 2019, the wall was mostly blank.

    In contrast to the photo yesterday of the same bench in 2015 when a mural appeared on the wall, this photo from July 2019 features a blank wall.

    An elderly man, with his walker sits on the same bench. I hope he made it through the COVID pandemic.


    Apertureƒ/4
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length16mm
    ISO100
    Shutter speed1/640s

  • Surrounded by the sights of Cork

    Flowers and icons of Cork are painted on a wall in Bishop Lucey Park behind a man checking his phone on a bench.

    I wonder if this man checking his phone noticed the mural behind him in Bishop Lucey Park. In this fragment of the mural you can see the old Roches Stores building, Mangan’s Clock and Shandon Bells.

    You won’t see that mural there now. This is a snapshot of it from 2015.


    Apertureƒ/6.3
    CameraCanon EOS 6D
    Focal length105mm
    ISO200
    Shutter speed1/320s

  • The Colours of Culture Night

    A long exposure photo of a street with a passing bus that says, "Culture Night" on the front captured in maddening, disorganising streaks of colour.

    A long exposure photo of a street with a passing bus that says, “Culture Night” on the front captured in maddening, disorganising streaks of colour.


    Apertureƒ/8
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length24mm
    ISO320
    Shutter speed4s