A cat looked down on the street as we wandered around Valetta in Malta in 2019. I bet they’d have loved a good ear scratching!
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 16mm |
| ISO | 10000 |
| Shutter speed | 1/500s |
Tag Archives: 2019
The Tritons’ Fountain in Valetta
The fabulous Tritons’ Fountain in Valetta, Malta. The fountain was built between 1952 and 1959. I’m glad I saw it after it was restored in 2018. It seems to have had an interesting life if the Wikipedia page is to be believed.
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 26mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 3.2s |
Business on the street
The vines stretch on
La Farola de Málaga
This imposing lighthouse sits at the mouth of Malaga harbour. It was built in 1817, damaged by earthquakes and the Spanish civil war and is operating automatically since 1993.
| Aperture | ƒ/4 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 16mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/2000s |
Overlooking the Grand Harbour
The Lovely Keem Beach
Keem Beach on Achill Island, Co Mayo. July 2019. So long ago. Also see it on Instagram where you can swipe to see the whole lot.
I used the convert command in Imagemagick to split the file into 3 equally sized parts:
convert input.jpg -crop 3x1@ out-%02d.jpg
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 16mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/100s |
The Rainbow Flag flies from the Quay CO-OP
Upstairs in the Quay CO-OP, July 2019 about a month before the Cork Pride Parade.
| Aperture | ƒ/2.4 |
| Camera | SM-G965F |
| Focal length | 4.3mm |
| ISO | 40 |
| Shutter speed | 1/220s |
Light Trails on Anglesea Street
The Sheep of Achill Island
The Vines of the Douro Valley
The vines in a distant field as seen from Quinta da Roêda. Bit of a drive from Porto, but lovely to visit.
Portugal, November 2019.
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 35mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/640s |
The view from Quinta da Foz
One of the benefits of working from home at Automattic is meeting up with your team a few times a year in various parts of the world. Obviously that did not happen last year, won’t happen this year either and we had been playing a meetup for April or May last year but that didn’t work out.
In November 2019 I met my team in Porto, Portugal. During the week we had a day to relax so we did a tour of vineyards. After a lengthy drive we toured a couple, took a boat ride on the local river and had a nice meal in a local restaurant. The Quinta da Foz was the second vineyard we visited and it was wonderful. Old architecture and setting mixed with new technology to make wine.
Here’s the view from the road in front looking out on a tributary of the Douro River. It’s a beautiful part of Portugal.
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 16mm |
| ISO | 125 |
| Shutter speed | 1/400s |