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  • 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.


    Apertureƒ/4.9
    CameraGalaxy S23 Ultra
    Focal length27.2mm
    ISO50
    Shutter speed1/100s

  • 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?”


    Apertureƒ/8
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length75mm
    ISO2000
    Shutter speed1/500s

  • 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!


    Apertureƒ/1.8
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length75mm
    ISO100
    Shutter speed1/500s

  • 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!


    Apertureƒ/8
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length16mm
    ISO6400
    Shutter speed1/500s

  • Mauve, green, and red

    3 doors, mauve, green and red on a street.

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


    Apertureƒ/8
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length21mm
    ISO12800
    Shutter speed1/320s

  • 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.


    Apertureƒ/8
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length24mm
    ISO100
    Shutter speed13s

  • 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.


    Apertureƒ/8
    CameraCanon EOS 20D
    Focal length33mm
    ISO400
    Shutter speed1/250s

  • 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.


    Apertureƒ/8
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length24mm
    ISO1000
    Shutter speed1/500s

  • 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.


    Apertureƒ/2.2
    CameraSM-G998B
    Focal length3.8mm
    ISO50
    Shutter speed1/200s

  • 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.


    Apertureƒ/8
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length108mm
    ISO5000
    Shutter speed1/500s

  • 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!


    Apertureƒ/1.9
    CameraM2101K6G
    Focal length5.89mm
    ISO98
    Shutter speed1/500s

  • A rainbow on the horizon

    A horizontal rainbow or circumhorizontal arc seen on the horizon over the sea.

    Here is something you may not have seen before. Horizontal rainbows or “fire rainbows” are a rare phenomenon that happen more often closer to the equator than Ireland is.

    Here’s one I photographed off Ardmore, in Co Waterford. Nobody noticed it until they saw me with my camera pointed towards it!


    Apertureƒ/6.3
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length240mm
    ISO400
    Shutter speed1/3200s

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