Cork – Page 55 – In Photos dot Org

Can I have a doggy bag?

Crossing the road at the junction of Washington Street and Grand Parade. See the construction site of The Capitol behind?

Picture taken in September 2016.

Aperture	ƒ/1.7
Camera	SM-G935F
Focal length	4.2mm
ISO	40
Shutter speed	1/1100s

Strands of beauty treatments

Passage West, Cork. January 2010.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	Canon EOS 40D
Focal length	200mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/250s

The Pet Shop Boys played to a capacity crowd in the Marquee, Cork, last night and it was a great night. We bought the tickets originally in 2019 for a 2020 show but then the COVID19 pandemic happened and everything was cancelled that year.

The Examiner has a great write up of the concert (archive.org copy) of the event.

The British electro-pop duo were anything but boring, attracting a packed crowd that ranged across all ages, with families, groups of friends, and couples all bopping and clapping side by side through the night.
If fans have learned anything over the Pet Shop Boys’ 40-year long career, it’s that Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe know how to put on a show, and from the moment they sauntered on stage wearing their mad-scientist inspired outfits they had the audience in the palms of their talented hands.
Martha Brennan, Examiner.

Aperture	ƒ/6.3
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	240mm
ISO	2500
Shutter speed	1/250s

Early Morning Wind Turbine

A wind turbine in the hills coming back from Gougane Barra.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	600mm
ISO	200
Shutter speed	1/500s

The crowd at the parade

Someone had a fancy video camera at the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Cork in 2004.

Aperture	ƒ/5
Camera	CYBERSHOT
Focal length	48.5mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/500s

An Impossible View

Many of the buildings in this photo are now gone, replaced with imposing glass frontage, or in the case of The Sextant there’s nothing there but a car park.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	Canon EOS 40D
Focal length	125mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/250s

Selling Oranges on Cornmarket Street

In front of Castle Jewellers, June 2005.

Aperture	ƒ/4
Camera	Canon EOS 20D
Focal length	30mm
ISO	200
Shutter speed	1/800s

What is Home?

A mural called “What is Home?” painted by Asbestos. A figure wearing a cardboard box on it’s head looks out on a derelict site next door, and across the road the site of the new convention centre, if it is ever built..

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	101mm
ISO	200
Shutter speed	1/500s

The Leisureplex a long time ago

The Leisureplex on McCurtain Street in 2004.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	CYBERSHOT
Focal length	15.7mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/160s

Holy Trinity in Reflection

Holy Trinity Roman Catholic church reflected in the River Lee.

Aperture	ƒ/4.5
Camera	CYBERSHOT
Focal length	36.6mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/500s

Street Musicians on Patrick Street

You’re more likely to see a street preacher or the guy with the “global harming” sign near this spot on St. Patrick’s Street, Cork. Back in 2004 we were treated to some guitar and banjo playing.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	CYBERSHOT
Focal length	41.9mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/80s

Cork 2005

Older visitors will recognise this poster if they were around Cork in 2005 when the city was “European Capital of Culture”.

This poster was draped over the city library, and I was very lucky to capture a tour bus as it drove past on a fine June day, exactly 17 years ago today.

Aperture	ƒ/7.1
Camera	Canon EOS 20D
Focal length	55mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/100s

Tag Archives: Cork