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A tourist stares

A woman stares at the tram I'm travelling on, unaware that I'm taking her photo. She is dressed warmly as it is November, and even in Lisbon it gets chilly.

The tram trundles past and people stare at it, unaware I have captured the moment. Lisbon, November 2023.

Aperture	ƒ/2.8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	24mm
ISO	1000
Shutter speed	1/500s

Pigeons find a home

Six pigeons sitting on the roof of a small office on Grand Parade in Cork. The text "HOME ENERGY" is seen on the building they're on.

Pigeons resting on the “Home energy upgrade office” in front of Bishop Lucey Park in Cork.

Aperture	ƒ/1.8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	75mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/3200s

A man sits at one of the tables outside Gino’s Gelato listening to the radio. It was a cold day, and he was dressed for the weather, as were the people nearby. That ice-cream shop was still selling delicious treats to customers!

Aperture	ƒ/1.7
Camera	Galaxy S23 Ultra
Focal length	6.3mm
ISO	640
Shutter speed	1/1500s

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.

Aperture	ƒ/9
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	24mm
ISO	800
Shutter speed	1/500s

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.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	32mm
ISO	10000
Shutter speed	1/500s

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.

Aperture	ƒ/3.5
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	24mm
ISO	320
Shutter speed	1/500s

Ian Bailey and The West Cork Way

Ian Bailey at a stall in a market with the title of his book, The West Cork Way, on the front of it. He is talking to a man and a woman. The man is holding a lead with a small terrier dog.

Ian Bailey, the man accused of murdering a French woman, Sophie Toscan du Plantier, died today. Here he is in 2019, when he was selling his book, “The West Cork Way”, at a market in Skibereen.

Aperture	ƒ/4
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	35mm
ISO	160
Shutter speed	1/500s

Don’t look back

A woman on her phone looks over her shoulder at some commotion, off camera, that has caught her attention. We’ll never know what.

Aperture	ƒ/2.8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	24mm
ISO	2000
Shutter speed	1/500s

An umbrella in the rain

It's raining and some people are carrying umbrellas to protect themselves from the downpour. Others walk around without, along a street.

Sometimes all you need is an umbrella. When it’s raining, it’s the best thing.

Aperture	ƒ/2.8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	24mm
ISO	12800
Shutter speed	1/250s

Waiting for a Taxi

“Look, the taxi is coming now. I see it!”
“It better be Afonso driving. He owes me €10 from the other night.”
“Oh, doesn’t look like it. Not his car. You lent him that money to buy a gift for his mom, didn’t you?”
“Yeah, He paid far too much for a little figurine, but his mom loves it.”
“Ah, that’s all that matters. It was worth the money then.”
“Hmm. I guess you’re right.”
“You know you’ll never see that money again?”

Aperture	ƒ/2.8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	24mm
ISO	125
Shutter speed	1/500s

The sunglasses guy

You want sunglasses? I got sunglasses. No way, it’s not too dark to wear them. You can still see everything with the street lights!

Aperture	ƒ/1.8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	75mm
ISO	12800
Shutter speed	1/500s

Dreaming of Handstands

Wandering around Lisbon I came across this bus stop in the middle of the city. The guy pictured in the back of the bus stop caught my attention, contrasting nicely with the people waiting at the stop.

When I got home, I looked up the text, “O SONHO NÃO PARA, ARRANCA”, it says, “THE DREAM DOESN’T STOP, IT STARTS”. I guess his dream was to do handstands?

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

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