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Boolaboom at the GPO

A large crowd watching Boolaboom perform in front of the GPO in Cork on Friday night

Boolaboom, a “super-sized brass and percussion big-band” played on Oliver Plunkett Street, in front of the GPO and they were great!

Aperture	ƒ/3.5
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	24mm
ISO	6400
Shutter speed	1/60s

The Service at An Brog

Members of the band, The Service, play on stage at An Brog. A singer, bass guitarist, Saxophone player and drummer are visible.

We saw The Service play in An Bróg last night and they were as good as they’ve always been.

Best moment was, ‘For anyone under, uh, 50, THIS IS SKA!’

I’ll admit I didn’t know Madness were a ska band. My wife introduced me to the wider world of that genre of music!

Aperture	ƒ/3.5
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	24mm
ISO	12800
Shutter speed	1/320s

The centre of Cork City will become a traffic free zone this Saturday for a few hours. The area visible in the photo above will still have cars in it, but it’ll be interesting to see what effect this will have on the day.

Visible in the background, of course, is “What is home?” by Dublin-based artist Asbestos.

This photo makes me feel uneasy.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	75mm
ISO	1600
Shutter speed	1/500s

Justice

The word JUSTICE painted on the side of the hoarding surrounding the derelict site on Sullivan’s Quay in Cork seems appropriate.

So many homeless in the city, and this huge area is still a heap of rubble in the middle of the city. Not that whatever gets built there will help the homeless. It was supposed to be the site of a glass covered hotel AFAIR.

Aperture	ƒ/1.8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	75mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/1600s

Fire Assembly Point A

The old, abandoned buildings behind the Customs House in Cork City. Cars are parked on the quay, a walkway is underfoot and boats are in the background.

The old mixed with the new. Behind the old Customs House in Cork City.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	50mm
ISO	200
Shutter speed	10s

A Street Performance for the kids

A street performer at the recent North Main Street festival in late August has the attention of young and old. He's standing in front of "Scotts For Tools", a DIY shop.

At the end of August, North Main Street closed to traffic as a carnival was held there. A huge crowd of adults and children descended on the street and the place was buzzing. 🙂

I wonder if this could be the same man I photographed on a unicycle in 2006?

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	24mm
ISO	1600
Shutter speed	1/500s

A Path Through The Dunes

A path leading between dunes with tall grass on either side and threatening rain clouds up above

Grass is blown, and clouds are whisked through the air by winds that blow on to the beach at Long Strand, Co Cork.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	24mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1s

A Panoramic Sunrise

A sunrise panorama. A silhouette of branches and trees climb from a dark foreground to a sky glowing orange and red with the sunrise

The good weather is well and truly gone now, so here’s a sunrise from a few days ago to remind you what the sky above the grey clouds and rain looks like. 🙂

Aperture	ƒ/10
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	62mm
ISO	640
Shutter speed	1/80s

The bridge to a sunset

The footbridge over the railway line into Cobh captured in silhouette against a yellow sky cast by a setting sun.

The footbridge over the railway line into Cobh. The sun had just set and cast a yellow glow over the sky. The bridge, lamps and trees became black silhouettes against the sky.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	141mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/640s

Sunrise on a Cloudy Day

The sun rises behind a hill, lighting up the clouds above and making a silhouette of the trees in the foreground.

The heatwave has broken today, but it’s still quite warm at 18C, but the rain is back. It’s like it never left!

The threatened thunderstorms never materialised in Blarney but the sky is cloudy and produced a lovely sunrise this morning around 7am. The sun rising behind the hills east of Blarney lit up the clouds with lovely warm light.

Aperture	ƒ/6.3
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	240mm
ISO	200
Shutter speed	1/250s

Revolving chess board

A chessboard warped by the intentional sideways movement of the camera.

The squares of a chessboard become a blur as the camera is flung sideways as the shutter opens.

It’s the chessboard in Crosshaven, not that you’d recognise it from the photo!

Aperture	ƒ/9
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	24mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1.3s

Laurel & Hardy Visit Cobh

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy performing on stage in Cobh, Co Cork.

Laurel & Hardy visited Cobh in Co. Cork today, exactly 70 years after they last visited in 1953! The two gentlemen are looking exceedingly well for their age, I’m sure you’ll agree. They put on a fine show, doing several sketches and singing a few favourites and doing a dance.

Lucky Dog Theatre Productions were in town this weekend for this special anniversary, and were helped by Haulbowline Theatre Group. They were so good. There were lots of laughs. 🙂

Aperture	ƒ/4
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	75mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/4000s

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