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  • Global Warning

    A man on the street with a large sign warning "Global Warning". A woman carrying a shopping bag is listening patiently.

    I’m not quite sure what to say about this man and his “Global War n ing” sign. I’ve talked to him a few times as he’s stood at the same spot most Saturdays for the last few years. All I know, is he’s a crack pot conspiracy theorist.


    Apertureƒ/2.2
    CameraSM-G998B
    Focal length2.2mm
    ISO50
    Shutter speed1/1500s

  • Construction of the Camden Quay Hotel

    Construction work on a building site in Cork City. A tall yellow crane is visible under a sky half full of clouds. Tiny figures of men can be seen on the building site working on laying down steel supports.

    The old site of the hotel on Camden Quay is being redeveloped. It’s gone through many phases over the years, and it’s soon to be a 3 star hotel.


    Apertureƒ/2.2
    CameraGalaxy S23 Ultra
    Focal length2.2mm
    ISO50
    Shutter speed1/5800s

  • The Shein Lines

    A popup "Shein" store opened in Opera Lane recently. There are long lines of people waiting to go in.

    A Shein popup shop opened in Opera Lane recently. It’s only open for a short time and huge lines of people have gathered waiting to get in there.


    CameraGalaxy S23 Ultra
    Focal length2.2mm

  • Plants grow everywhere

    A few straggling plants grow out of the down pipe of the gutters on a building. The old tiles on the roof are visible as are two windows built into the roof.

    Near the top of Patrick’s Hill in Cork I spotted these plants growing from the gutter of a building. Good thing plants don’t have a fear of heights because there was a large drop from there. 🙂


    Apertureƒ/6.3
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length600mm
    ISO6400
    Shutter speed1/2000s

  • Sailing past Roches Point

    A sailing boat sails past Roches Point Lighthouse at the mouth of Cork Harbour. The boat has a blue hull and the sails are, I think, half raised.

    A sailing boat sails past Roche’s Point Lighthouse at the mouth of Cork Harbour. It was a lovely August evening last year. The days were long and the sun was shining!


    Apertureƒ/9
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length240mm
    ISO100
    Shutter speed1/250s

  • Morley’s Hire

    A detail from the building of Morley's Suit Hire on Daunt Square in Cork. It's shot from inside the McDonalds across the Square so the frame of the window is visible

    If you need to hire a suit in Cork, then Morley’s might be one place you’ll go to. I saw their building across Daunt Square in McDonald’s and I liked how the window and furniture framed it.


    Apertureƒ/4.9
    CameraSM-G998B
    Focal length30.6mm
    ISO50
    Shutter speed1/240s

  • Rushing to buy fuel

    A long exposure shot of the Texaco petrol station in Dingle. I zoomed in (or out, I don't recall) while taking the photo so the lights of the signs appear to jump out. Visible are the prices, €2.05 for a litre of petrol or diesel.

    August 2022 when fuel prices in Ireland were sky high, and they’re likely to go in that direction again. In that month, a litre of petrol or diesel was €2.059.

    The price per litre has since dropped to €1.618, or at least it was at the end of April when I purchased petrol last.

    Anyway, this is the Texaco petrol station in Dingle, Co Kerry, late one evening, early in the month. I’d just been for a walk around the town to take photos and this was one of the last of the night I took. I’m quite happy with how it worked out too. 🙂


    Apertureƒ/5.6
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length72mm
    ISO100
    Shutter speed1/2s

  • Browsing in the record store

    A man looking at records in a music store with a big poster of Rory Gallagher on the wall behind

    Vinyl records are in vogue again and upstairs in Golden Discs in Patrick Street, Cork is devoted to these black disks.

    I have to admit I’ve rummaged through their selection of Queen records from time to time.

    And look, is that Rory Gallagher on the wall? I went looking online for that photo, but can’t find it anywhere. If you recognise it, comment with a link!


    Apertureƒ/2.8
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length24mm
    ISO3200
    Shutter speed1/500s

  • The view from St. Peters in Munich

    The view from St. Peter's Church in Munich. You can see the roofs of buildings, and the gothic church, Frauenkirche.

    St. Peter’s Church, or Alter Peter, in Munich is the tallest building in the vicinity. Local regulations prohibited building taller buildings except for a few years a while back when ugly glass office blocks were built a few kilometres away. That’s the Frauenkirche, a large gothic church in the middle distance.

    So, you get a great view of the city, and it was nice to go up there to wait for the sunset. Unfortunately, the sky was mostly clear so the eventual sunset wasn’t that amazing but I loved seeing the city from this vantage point.

    Beware, it takes 4 minutes to walk down. I didn’t record how long to get up. My legs were like jelly afterwards!


    Apertureƒ/8
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length24mm
    ISO100
    Shutter speed1/250s

  • All you need is love, JFK

    A shop front: a table with a sign that says "All you need is love", a statue of an ange, a cherub statue and the book, "The Kennedys Portrait of a family" by Richard Avedon.

    Late last year I visited Youghal on a Sunday. Most of the shops were closed, including this one but the display in front caught my eye.

    JFK is still highly regarded by many people who don’t know how unfaithful he was to his wife, and maybe they do know and ignore that part of him. I thought the juxtaposition of a sign saying “All you need is love” right next to a photo of a famous philanderer and his wife was delicious.


    Apertureƒ/8
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length24mm
    ISO4000
    Shutter speed1/500s

  • The Valentia River Viaduct

    A viaduct crossing the River Valentia in Co. Kerry. Flowers are seen blurred in the foreground

    The now unused viaduct over the Valentia River in Co Kerry caught my eye away back in 2019.


    Apertureƒ/8
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length24mm
    ISO125
    Shutter speed1/250s

  • A kite at the Basant Festival

    A kite flying in the sky. It's a colourful two string one with red ribbons flying out the back

    I visited Carrigaline yesterday for the Basant Kite Festival. It was a lovely day, and the forecast rain stayed away for most of the afternoon. Here’s one of those kites flying high over the bandstand in the town. There weren’t many kites flying but it was lovely to see them!

    I asked Bing to generate an image for me of people flying kites at this festival and it came up with some odd looking ones. DALL-E really is nowhere near as good as Midjourney, but this was the best one.


    Apertureƒ/9
    CameraILCE-7M3
    Focal length240mm
    ISO100
    Shutter speed1/1600s

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