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Parisian Tourists

On a road leading to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Tourists line in the middle of the road, in relative safety from passing cars, but other tourists stop and take photos with their phones.

Tourists flock on to the road near the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.

Admittedly, I was one of them, but I was just walking across the road at the pedestrian lights.

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ISO	800
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Feeling Slightly Disjointed

A couple look at themselves in the angled mirror facade of a building in Paris. Their legs are separated from their torsos by the reflection.

The mirrors of 123 Champs-Élysées reflect a broken view of the world, making passers-by smile and laugh.

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Human imitates statue

A woman sitting next to a statue unintentionally imitates the statue by resting her arm on the block the statue sits on.

The Jeunesse d’Aristote is a statue made by Charles Degeorge and is currently in the Musée d’Orsay, Paris.

Sometimes, we humans, unintentionally imitate others, even inanimate objects. Or maybe it’s just a comfortable way to sit. Degeorge captured that amazingly well in his work here.

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Armed Soldiers patrol around Montmartre

Four soldiers walk up the steps of Montmarte. People are relaxing nearby and the Basilica can be seen at the top of the hill.

Four soldiers climb the steps of Montmartre up to the Basilique du Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre on a warm August afternoon. They slowly walked up the steps, without comment or conversation. Walked around the fountains above and up the steps to the Basilica.

It was unnerving, but months later, tourists were being stabbed and violently robbed in Dublin, and I remember people were calling for better security on the streets of the city. Some used Paris as an example and asked why armed soldiers couldn’t patrol the streets.

I think a better way of solving this issue is to make Dublin into a proper living city, with actual local people living in the city, not tourists in an Airbnb. Some chance.

David McWilliams called it, “People Before Bonnet” in the latest episode of his podcast. Worth a listen.

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Focal length	16mm
ISO	250
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Quickly on the flat hill

A woman in a yellow top, and dark shorts walks up a hill laid horizontal, with a yellow wall behind, and barred windows.

When is a hill flat? It’s much easier to walk along, that’s for sure.

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Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	75mm
ISO	1600
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We thought the summer rain was bad..

A man with a walking stick prepares to lower his umbrella as another man comes out of a nearby shop.

Remember when people thought the rain in late July and August 2023 was bad? What about Storm Isha yesterday, eh? Another storm on the way too.

The start of June was blisteringly hot. It was so hot I preferred to stay inside out of it. Nobody seems to remember that.

Oh, the photo above is obviously not recent. It’s last August, during the wet spell.

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ISO	320
Shutter speed	1/500s

Hair’s the wig shop

I wonder what was going through this woman’s mind as she looked at the wigs on display in this shop in Valencia, Spain.

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The Lilac Hat on Tour

A tour group listens to their guide. Many of the people are wearing hats and one person who is one of the few people in focus in this photo is wearing a nice lilac hat that caught my attention.

A tour group in Malaga listens to a tour guide talk outside the cathedral. I liked the colour of the lilac hat in the foreground.

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ISO	250
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Missing the Sights

A person with their head down looking at a phone. They're wrapped up warmly against the (IMO) mild October weather in Lisbon. Another man next to them looks off in another direction. They're standing on a pavement made of tiny square tiles in a decorative pattern.

Mobile phones are handy, but you miss the world if you’re looking at them. My wife will laugh when she sees me say this.

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ISO	640
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The Dragon Awakens

The Dragon of Shandon ready to go on the parade, with a woman holding an umbrella looking at it. A single solitary street light provides illumination, apart from the soft light from nearby windows.

The Dragon of Shandon was all ready to travel through Cork City. It was waiting just down the street from Shandon Bells. Raaaarrrrr!

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Focal length	24mm
ISO	4000
Shutter speed	1/125s

Where in Cork?

Blurry lights at night, not quite as blurry as the previous photo

Where in Cork are these Christmas lights?

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Focal length	144mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/2s

The afterglow of sunset

The sun has set and left behind a glowing sky and dark horizon

The sky is glowing red and orange after the sun has set, and the land and buildings in the foreground have been cast into darkness.

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Focal length	72mm
ISO	3200
Shutter speed	1/80s