The Ferris Wheel on the Grand Parade last December. A glorious, sunny, and mild December afternoon just before the new year.
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 35mm |
| ISO | 320 |
| Shutter speed | 1/500s |
The Train Station and Horgan’s Quay
Just a few photos from around Horgan’s Quay and the train station in Cork. October 2020.
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 16mm |
| ISO | 800 |
| Shutter speed | 1/30s |
Flowers and Aquaduct in Ballydehob
On a beautiful October afternoon in Ballydehob and the last thing I needed to worry about was swans, unlike an unfortunate day in 2004 when they didn’t like me taking their photos.
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 16mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/200s |
A mushroom in the leaves
A mushroom in the Autumn leaves in the Galtee Mountains.
| Aperture | ƒ/13 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 50mm |
| ISO | 400 |
| Shutter speed | 1/1.3s |
Clouds Float over the Conor Pass
A vertical panorama of the Conor Pass, July 2022.
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 24mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/60s |
The Valletta Skyline
An Fear Marbh at Sunset
After the sun set
After the Jump
Fireworks At Cobh People’s Regatta 2022
I barely made it to Cobh on Sunday night to photograph the fireworks display that started promptly at 10pm. On the way there, the cloudy sky was lit up by peals of thunder and flashes of lightning. Rain fell in light spatters on the car, and I’m told there was a downpour just before I arrived.
Luckily the rain held off for the duration of the fireworks that night. I met Vivian and Michelle in front of the Cathedral where they had saved a space for me. I set up my tripod quickly and grappled with an umbrella while I secured my camera to the tripod and connected a remote release.
Before I could manually focus the camera, the bells of the Cathedral rang out and the first firework flew into the sky and burst with a bang.
If you’re interested. I shot at around f/5.0, ISO 400 and timed the exposure manually with the shutter release when I saw fireworks fly into the air and explode. It worked most of the time, and to help focus I tapped the screen on the water in front of the fireworks, which adds a focus square there on my camera.
| Aperture | ƒ/5 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 38mm |
| ISO | 400 |
| Shutter speed | 2s |
Kian McNally wins
Kian McNally wins at the Dingle Races on August 6th, 2022. Well done on your success, Kian!
They published a few videos of Kian after the race. In this one you can just about see me behind my camera two to three seconds into the video. Here’s an interview with him.
| Aperture | ƒ/3.5 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 24mm |
| ISO | 160 |
| Shutter speed | 1/2000s |
The Tide is Out
Low tide on the River Lee recently, but with the talk of drought in Europe this summer, it’s hard not to jump to the conclusion that the water level is extra low.
I drove by the river yesterday evening during high tide. The water was only 30cm or less below the level of the street, an extremely high tide, and quite a contrast to the low!
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 24mm |
| ISO | 250 |
| Shutter speed | 1/500s |