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  • Boats on the Water

    3 boats tied up on the river between Drakes Point and Crosshaven. Buoys are visible in the water and the opposite bank is covered in trees.

    Three boats tied up on the water between Drakes Pool and Crosshaven in Co Cork.


    Apertureƒ/8
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length105mm
    ISO100
    Shutter speed1/10s

  • Epcot Theme Park Fireworks

    Fireworks light up the sky. A railing in the foreground connects to an ornate lamp post and light and a globe is visible in the background.
    Fireworks burst in a dark sky.

    Fireworks at the Epcot Theme Park in Orlando in 2018 when Automattic hired out the place for a few amazing hours.


    Apertureƒ/4
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length24mm
    ISO2000
    Shutter speed1/60s

  • Jewel of the Sea and the Lighthouse

    The bow of The Jewel of the Sea pictured passing Roches Point Lighthouse

    The bow of The Jewel of the Sea pictured passing Roches Point Lighthouse as it leaves Cork Harbour.


    Apertureƒ/9
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length240mm
    ISO100
    Shutter speed1/400s

  • The Colours of Sunset

    An ICM of the setting sun with red, orange, yellow, black and hints of purple.

    The last week has been fairly wet, with cloudy skies, so I thought an ICM of a sunset sky would brighten up the day. Another one that was taken just outside my home. The black parts are the roofs of nearby homes.


    Apertureƒ/18
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length240mm
    ISO100
    Shutter speed1/2.5s

  • Curious Cows

    Cows in a field gathered by the gate when I approached.

    Blarney is surrounded by fields, and up a country road from where I live you’ll find farm animals in the fields. It’s mostly cows, and when I approached a gate of one such field, the curious cows came over to watch this strange human on a bicycle.


    Apertureƒ/1.7
    CameraGalaxy S23 Ultra
    Focal length6.3mm
    ISO10
    Shutter speed1/230s

  • Curves and Colours

    A woman walks past a blue and green art piece.

    A few months ago the Counting House on South Main Street, Cork, was opened to the public for a day. Upstairs was an art exhibit, including this one.


    Apertureƒ/1.7
    CameraGalaxy S23 Ultra
    Focal length6.3mm
    ISO160
    Shutter speed1/500s

  • Lodge 234

    A door with a sign on the it saying "Lodge 234" and the Square and compass logo associated with them.

    I was surprised to see the Masonic Square and Compass logo on a weathered door in Kinsale a few weeks ago. Luckily there’s no public park next door where they can buy a plot of land to extend the building for €1 like they did in Cork City.

    CORK city councillors have voted to dispose of a section of land in Bishop Lucey Park to the Freemasons to allow for an extension of the Freemasons’ Hall on Tuckey St.

    The area of ground, approximately 53.6m², will be disposed to Craft Properties Limited – the legal entity for The Provincial Grand Lodge of Munster Freemasons – for the sum of €1, plus costs of €1,500 plus VAT.


    Apertureƒ/8
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length24mm
    ISO1600
    Shutter speed1/125s

  • Love Walking

    A bollard with a sign showing a man walking and an arrow pointing left. Two love hearts surround the man.

    One of the signs surrounding the building site on McCurtain Street and Patrick’s Hill. Gotta love walking!


    Apertureƒ/2.8
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length24mm
    ISO100
    Shutter speed1/3200s

  • La Scala Movements

    The "La Scala" logo on the outside of that building in Crosshaven, seen as a blur

    A simple ICM photo of the La Scala logo in Crosshaven. A little experiment made a few months ago when Blarney Photography Club visited the town.


    Apertureƒ/9
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length24mm
    ISO100
    Shutter speed1/1.3s

  • 2023 Fireworks on Spike Island

    Fireworks light up the sky above Fort Mitchel on Spike Island.
    Fireworks light up the sky above Fort Mitchel on Spike Island. a crowd watches, surrounded by the buildings of the fort
    Fireworks light up the sky above Fort Mitchel on Spike Island. a crowd watches, surrounded by the buildings of the fort
    Fireworks light up the sky above Fort Mitchel on Spike Island. a crowd watches, surrounded by the buildings of the fort
    Fireworks light up the sky above Fort Mitchel on Spike Island. a crowd watches, surrounded by the buildings of the fort
    Fireworks light up the sky above Fort Mitchel on Spike Island. a crowd watches, surrounded by the buildings of the fort
    Fireworks light up the sky above Fort Mitchel on Spike Island. a crowd watches, surrounded by the buildings of the fort
    Fireworks light up the sky above Fort Mitchel on Spike Island. a crowd watches, surrounded by the buildings of the fort
    Fireworks light up the sky above Fort Mitchel on Spike Island. a crowd watches, surrounded by the buildings of the fort
    Fireworks light up the sky above Fort Mitchel on Spike Island. a crowd watches, surrounded by the buildings of the fort
    Fireworks light up the sky above Fort Mitchel on Spike Island. a crowd watches, surrounded by the buildings of the fort
    Fireworks light up the sky above Fort Mitchel on Spike Island. a crowd watches, surrounded by the buildings of the fort
    Fireworks light up the sky above Fort Mitchel on Spike Island. a crowd watches, surrounded by the buildings of the fort
    Fireworks light up the sky above Fort Mitchel on Spike Island. a crowd watches, surrounded by the buildings of the fort

    Last night I attended the 85th Birthday Celebrations & Commemorations on Spike Island in Cork Harbour.

    Eagle-eyed readers will already have seen the fireworks photo I posted to this page yesterday. Readers with even better eye sight will have noticed that I replaced the image I uploaded yesterday with a slightly different version today. Call it me being peculiar, but I wanted to edit the photo on my computer today and make the best of the image. The one that I uploaded yesterday came from minimal editing in Lightroom on my phone while we waited for the ferry.

    From the Spike Island website,

    At Spike Island, we’re celebrating our 85th birthday this year with our annual Family Fun Evening and Fireworks Display, marking the date when Spike Island was officially handed from Britain to Ireland in 1938. In honour of this momentous occasion, we’ll be celebrating our Independence Day with a spectacular fireworks display, musical performances and family fare on Saturday 8th July.
    Visitors will board the ferry across the world’s second largest natural harbour, enjoy a guided tour on arrival, explore the fort’s amazing museums and exhibitions and walk the amazing island nature trails. On this special night, there will also be family entertainment, children’s activities,  pop-up musical performances, face painters and more.

    To close the night, a fireworks display will launch 1300 fireworks into the sky over Cork Harbour, one for every inmate who died on the island in its three incarnations as a prison.

    This year, to mark the 85th anniversary of the 1938 handover of the ‘Treaty Ports’ from Britain to Ireland, Spike Island is also hosting a new Handover Exhibition at Mitchel Hall featuring a newly added collection of original artefacts. Visitors will have the opportunity to view this exhibition telling the story of our independence on the evening of the celebrations event.

    I booked my ticket late, so we arrived just before 8pm, did a tour of the fort, bought some food in the restaurant and settled down to wait until the fireworks started, accompanied by Strictly Cash, a Johnny Cash tribute band.

    The fireworks went on for some time and were spectacular. We had a great time photographing them, and the images you see here are only a small selection of the images I shot.

    The ferry back was supposed to be at midnight, but things got delayed. I think it might have been almost 1am by the time we reached Cobh. The rain held off all evening, until just after midnight, but luckily, I had an umbrella with me. Bizarrely, there was no sign of rain in Cobh at all!


    Apertureƒ/6.3
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length24mm
    ISO400
    Shutter speed1s

  • Fireworks on Spike Island

    Fireworks light up the sky above the buildings of Spike Island

    Fireworks lit up the sky above Spike Island this evening!

    Posting this from the island.


    Apertureƒ/6.3
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length28mm
    ISO400
    Shutter speed3s

  • Red 6

    The lovely deep red of a house with the number 6 on it's door. Two windows can partially be seen above and to the right of the door.

    No 6 in Kinsale recently. I loved the red colour and the contrasting white/cream door and windows.


    Apertureƒ/9
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length57mm
    ISO100
    Shutter speed1/6s

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