Hank and Ray in Charlies Bar

Hank Wedel and Ray Barron in Charlies Bar last night. There wasn’t a huge crowd but the music was oh so good. So good to hear Hank and Ray play again as we haven’t been in Charlies since before the pandemic started.


Apertureƒ/3.5
CameraILCE-7M3
Focal length24mm
ISO12800
Shutter speed1/30s

The fish points south

The top of Shandon Bells, the tower of St. Anne’s Church in Cork City as seen from Bell’s Field. I’d like to visit that tower again and photograph Bell’s Field from there. 🙂

From a recent outing with Blarney Photography Club.


Apertureƒ/8
CameraILCE-7M3
Focal length571.8mm
ISO1000
Shutter speed1/1000s

Heron in the River Lee

A heron walks along the weir by the Lee Fields, waiting for fish.
Heron in the River Lee
A heron waiting for fish to swim past on the weir in the River Lee.

While on an outing with Blarney Photography Club to the Lee Fields, we were lucky enough to see a very patient heron attempt to catch his dinner.

The light was falling, and it cast a lovely warm glow on everything.

The heron did catch a fish eventually. I was 100m away down river and on hearing a shout looked up and caught a very blurry photo of the bird with the fish in it’s mouth.


Apertureƒ/6.3
CameraILCE-7M3
Focal length600mm
ISO800
Shutter speed1/500s