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  • When the City Blurs By

    Motion blur panning shot of a blue Volkswagen New Beetle driving through a city at night, with a blurred Christmas tree light display and warm glowing shopfronts in the background.
    Long exposure panning photograph of a dark blue Tesla driving at night with colourful light trails streaking across the background in cyan, red, orange and yellow, creating a sense of speed and motion.
    Panning photograph of an Irish HSE ambulance speeding through the city at night, showing yellow and blue Battenberg markings and text reading OTHARCHARR Γ‰IGEANDÁLA and HSE, with streaked urban lights in the background.
    Night-time panning shot of a dark red SUV driving through a city street, with motion-blurred neon signs and colourful urban lights creating horizontal streaks in the background.
    Motion blur photograph of a white hatchback car driving at night, captured using panning technique with vibrant bokeh and light trails from city signs and shopfronts blurred in the background.
    Motion blur panning shot of a blue Volkswagen New Beetle driving through a city at night, with a blurred Christmas tree light display and warm glowing shopfronts in the background.

    Panning photos is a nice way to burn through some photos and sometimes a photo or two will look half decent. It’s very hit-and-miss. You have to start panning your camera with the car and then hit the shutter while panning, hoping that you’re staying on your subject. A fun little exercise. πŸ™‚

    These images were shot on Grand Parade in Cork on a cold December evening when I was out with Blarney Photography Club a few weeks ago.

    I created a new WordPress plugin. This one shows the archives on this blog as a (large) thumbnail gallery that will show each image in a lightbox. I had the idea of using the lightbox WordPress ships with to show gallery images, and it worked out!

    See it in action in the street photography archives. Grab your own copy from https://github.com/donnchawp/archive-lightbox-gallery by downloading the source and uploading it to your WordPress site in wp-content/plugins/archive-lightbox-gallery/.


    Apertureƒ/3.5
    CameraILCE-7RM5
    Focal length26mm
    ISO100
    Shutter speed1/2.5s

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  • Silk and Stone at Couminole

    Waves crash on the rocks at Couminole, Co Kerry but are made misty by a long exposure photo.


    Apertureƒ/6.3
    CameraILCE-7RM5
    Focal length175mm
    ISO100
    Shutter speed4s

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  • The Dead Man Sleeps

    Landscape photograph of An Fear Marbh (The Dead Man) rock formation viewed from the Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry, Ireland in December 2025. The distinctive island lies in the grey Atlantic waters, its silhouette resembling a human figure lying on their back. In the foreground, green and brown grass slopes down towards dark slate cliffs that drop to the sea. A rustic wooden post and wire fence runs along the hillside. To the left, a dark rocky headland frames the view, while smaller sea rocks break the surface of the calm water. The Blasket Islands are visible in the misty distance under an overcast grey sky. The scene is rendered in muted tones of grey, green and brown.

    An Fear Marbh as seen from the nearby Dingle Peninsula on a cold December afternoon.


    Apertureƒ/6.3
    CameraILCE-7RM5
    Focal length126mm
    ISO1000
    Shutter speed1/640s

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  • Cool Against the Neon

    While the Haidilao facade throws everything it has at the pavement, all pandas and beer mugs and flashing Chinese characters competing for attention, this man just leans there in quiet command: blazer, open collar, white trousers, flat cap, phone in hand, utterly unbothered. He doesn’t need to compete with the lights because he’s already won.


    Apertureƒ/4
    CameraILCE-7RM5
    Focal length24mm
    ISO640
    Shutter speed1/500s

  • The Steel Wool Spirals

    Spirals of sparks as steel wool burns in a long exposure of about 20 seconds.


    Apertureƒ/8
    CameraILCE-7RM5
    Focal length24mm
    ISO400
    Shutter speed20s

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  • Nollaig Shona Duit

    “Nollaig Shona Duit” through the years, from 2022, 2024 and 2025. From one end of St. Patrick Street to the other.


    Apertureƒ/8
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length24mm
    ISO100
    Shutter speed1/2s

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  • Santa on Bass

    A few more photos from the Cork Academy of Music night in Cyprus Avenue recently. They were so good!

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    Apertureƒ/1.8
    CameraILCE-7RM5
    Focal length75mm
    ISO1600
    Shutter speed1/250s

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  • Future Stars at Cyprus Avenue

    The students of Cork Academy of Music took over the stage in Cyprus Avenue last week for a fabulous Christmas concert. For most of them, it was their first time on stage and it was electrifying. The crowd went wild supporting their friends and family and everyone was dancing and having a great time!


    Apertureƒ/2.8
    CameraILCE-7RM5
    Focal length24mm
    ISO6400
    Shutter speed1/500s

  • The Heart-Shaped Sunglasses Club

    A McDonald’s in London was the restaurant of choice for 3 ladies wearing identical heart-shaped sunglasses on this July day earlier this year. They were sitting in the window, above the McDonald’s arches. I couldn’t resist photographing them.

    McDonald’s restaurants in Europe, including the UK, use dark green exteriors rather than the bright red and yellow associated with the brand in the United States. This shift began around 2009 as part of a rebranding effort to appear more environmentally conscious and to blend better with European streetscapes, where planning regulations often require more muted commercial signage. The green is meant to evoke a commitment to sustainability though critics have called it “greenwashing.” Either way, it makes for a more photogenic backdrop than the garish American colour scheme, and those white arches pop beautifully against the forest green paint.

    TBH, I hadn’t noticed until this picture.


    Apertureƒ/8
    CameraILCE-7RM5
    Focal length24mm
    ISO1250
    Shutter speed1/500s

  • December Light at Youghal

    I love taking photos on the beach at Youghal, especially at sunset. This is from a few days ago when the sun was really low in the sky, and it was shining directly along the beach, rather than from behind the beach as it is during the summer!

    Youghal (pronounced “Yawl”) has one of the longest sandy beaches in Ireland, stretching for about 5 kilometres along the east Cork coast. The town itself has a remarkable history. It was once one of the most important ports in Ireland and served as Sir Walter Raleigh’s home in the late 16th century. Legend has it that Raleigh planted the first potatoes in Ireland in his Youghal garden, though historians debate whether this is true. What’s certain is that the town’s beach has been a beloved destination for Cork families for generations, and those old wooden groynes dotting the strand are remnants of various attempts over the centuries to manage the ever-shifting sands.


    Apertureƒ/36
    CameraILCE-7RM5
    Focal length83mm
    ISO100
    Shutter speed1/2.5s

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  • Spinning Light on Grand Parade

    Long exposure photograph looking upward through bare winter tree branches at the Cork Christmas Ferris wheel at night in December 2017. The spinning wheel has created circular light trails in concentric rings of white, yellow, orange and red radiating from the bright centre. A leafless tree trunk rises through the centre of the frame, its delicate branches silhouetted against the glowing disc of light. The dark night sky forms the background above the tree canopy.

    The Big Wheel or Ferris wheel, is back in the Grand Parade in Cork, but these photos are from December 2017! You’d hardly know, except for the posters on the buildings behind. This was before Ukraine was attacked by Russia and there is now a flag of Ukraine with the text, “We’re with you Ukraine” on one of the buildings to the left of this photo.


    Apertureƒ/13
    CameraCanon EOS 6D
    Focal length24mm
    ISO50
    Shutter speed5s

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  • Chasing Light Trails on South Mall

    Long exposure night photograph showing a group of photographers with tripods spread along Grand Parade, Cork in December 2025. A bilingual "Ceantar TosaΓ­ochta Coisithe / PEDESTRIAN PRIORITY ZONE" sign with bicycle and pedestrian symbol is visible on the left. Green and white light trails from a passing bus streak through the frame. The illuminated Cork Christmas ferris wheel and decorated Christmas trees are visible in the background near Bishop Lucey Park. One photographer stands alone on the left while a group of four cluster together on the right.
    Long exposure night photograph featuring a large black bicycle-shaped bike rack sculpture in the foreground on Grand Parade, Cork in December 2025. Behind it, photographers with tripods are visible as slightly blurred figures, with a woman in a red puffer coat prominent among them. White bus light trails streak across the scene. The Cork Christmas ferris wheel is illuminated in the background, and Christmas tree lights are visible. The wet pavement reflects the city lights.
    Long exposure night photograph of a black bicycle-shaped bike rack silhouetted against the lights of Grand Parade, Cork in December 2025. A Bus Γ‰ireann bus passes behind, creating horizontal red, cream and yellow light trails that reveal its livery through motion blur. The Cork Christmas ferris wheel is visible in the background. A blue pedestrian zone sign is partially visible on the left, and Christmas lights decorate buildings in the distance. Street lights create starburst effects in the dark sky.

    You’re not waiting for a bus and suddenly four busses come along! We had fun with some long exposure photography on. Thursday night.


    Apertureƒ/6.3
    CameraILCE-7RM5
    Focal length24mm
    ISO100
    Shutter speed4s

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