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Painting a Malaga Mural

A mural of a woman in a blue dress. A man on a raised platform checks his phone and takes a break from painting.

A couple look at a mural of a woman in a blue dress on a street.

I spotted this mural being painted in Malaga a few weeks ago. A few people gathered around to watch. The mural is a striking painting of a woman in a blue dress, sitting in front of a landscape and a sunset.

The painting is called, “Brisa Estival” or “Summer Breeze” by the artist, Lalone, according to this report.

Brisa estival es el título de esta segunda obra creada por el artista Lalone, un especialista en murales urbanos, y que se integra dentro del proyecto Atardeceres Larios. El artista propone una interpretación contemporánea de la obra Días de verano realizada por el pintor Vicente Palmaroli en el año 1885 y que se expone en el Thyssen malagueño.

(Brisa summer is the title of this second work created by the artist Lalone, a specialist in urban murals, and which is integrated within the Larios Sunsets project. The artist proposes a contemporary interpretation of the work Days of Summer by the painter Vicente Palmaroli in 1885 and which is exhibited in the Malaga Thyssen.)

The translation above was done by Firefox, but Google Translate translated the name of the mural differently. You can find the painting, “Summer Days” by Vincente Palmaroli here.

It’s a fabulous mural. If you visit Malaga, it’s well worth seeing.

Aperture	ƒ/1.7
Camera	Galaxy S23 Ultra
Focal length	6.3mm
ISO	10
Shutter speed	1/250s

Construction at Sunset

Cranes loom over apartments and hotels near Malaga as the sun sets on a lovely October evening

From the top of the hotel I was staying at, I saw this lovely sunset happen and had to capture some images of it before the colour disappeared. Cranes dot the landscape, a sign of continued expansion in the Spanish tourist industry!

Aperture	ƒ/2.5
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	75mm
ISO	800
Shutter speed	1/160s

The sunset glow

A yellow sky just after sunset. The silhouettes of street lamps, a tree and the horizon.

The setting sun makes the sky glow a lovely yellow before the day ends in darkness.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	240mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/500s

Mushrooms on an old tree

Mushrooms cling to an old tree trunk in Killarney National Park.

Aperture	ƒ/6.3
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	600mm
ISO	25600
Shutter speed	1/500s

Light speeds on the road

Light streaks of passing traffic on a street.

A bus and other traffic speed along the road at night.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	24mm
ISO	320
Shutter speed	2.5s

Flooding in Fitzgerald Park

Fitzgerald Park in Cork City is a bit flooded after the recent rain. The children’s play area is totally flooded, as it’s lower than the surrounding ground, and the pond is overflowing onto the surrounding path.

They were waiting for the River Lee to overflow about an hour later!

Aperture	ƒ/4.9
Camera	Galaxy S23 Ultra
Focal length	27.2mm
ISO	64
Shutter speed	1/50s

The Red House

A red house with cream colour window frames and front door.

A red house in Kinsale. Observant readers will recall I posted another photo of this house a few months ago.

Aperture	ƒ/9
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	40mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/4s

Pink Roses

Pink roses stood out against the dark bushes and overgrowth over a wall in Kinsale last summer.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	78mm
ISO	4000
Shutter speed	1/320s

Fab in the Sun

A man reading the Sun newspaper on the street. He wears a baseball cap, and is probably doing the crossword as he has a pencil in his hand. The word "Fab" is seen on an inside page of the paper.

Not so much real sun, but Sun, the newspaper. A man reads it on St. Patrick’s Street, Cork. He’s probably doing the crossword.

Aperture	ƒ/2.8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	24mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/800s

A grey wagtail looking for food

A grey wagtail in the bushes, looking for food. The bird has a grey back, and striking yellow, black and white feathers.

A grey wagtail pictured in Ballincollig Regional Park during the summer. He was hopping around in the bushes next to the River Lee, when Rory spotted him, got a few photos and called me over to see. I’d never have seen him otherwise, as he’s tiny.

Aperture	ƒ/6.3
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	571.8mm
ISO	4000
Shutter speed	1/1000s

To be a stag in October

A stag with grass in his antlers look on at stags and other deer out of the picture

We went to Killarney National Park this morning to photograph the annual rutting. This is when stags come down from the mountain and look for romance and court any nearby female deer. And they’re quite vocal about it.

This particular guy was on one side of the tarmac path occupied by us human photographers, and it didn’t occur to us that he wanted to get to the other side, where a large group of younger stags and some does had gathered.

In frustration, he bellowed, pawed the ground, and ripped grass from the ground.

A stag walks across a tarmac path, previously occupied by this photographer. Other photographers are seen in the background.

When we finally realised what he wanted, we made a hasty exit to the side. We watched this huge, powerful creature walk over ground we recently vacated.

Unfortunately, the other deer, male and female, all ran from him. None stayed around to challenge him. If you look carefully, you’ll see his right eye is weeping and injured. He has lost the use of that eye, whether through infection or injury, but it hasn’t slowed him down.

Aperture	ƒ/6.3
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	473.2mm
ISO	1600
Shutter speed	1/1000s

The Pink Boss

A woman in a pink dress stands on the street, in front of a BOSS store.

How often do we stand still on the street, surrounded by the urban environment, looking at a phone?

Aperture	ƒ/9
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	24mm
ISO	4000
Shutter speed	1/500s