I was there too
Lebowskis on Marlboro Street in 2005. The Spyglass Tavern is now in this building I think if Google Maps is up to date. I wasn’t ever in Lebowskis and haven’t visited the Spyglass Tavern either.
Edit: The Atlas Bar is in that building now, not the Spyglass Tavern.
| Aperture | ƒ/7.1 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
| Focal length | 18mm |
| ISO | 400 |
| Shutter speed | 1/125s |
St Patrick’s Bridge in the background, pictured from Mary Elmes Bridge. A love lock on the fence but thankfully there aren’t many on it. Love locks are a serious problem for structures as they add unplanned weight.
Happy holidays! Hope you had a nice day today!
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 35mm |
| ISO | 125 |
| Shutter speed | 1/250s |
Fireworks illuminate the park beside Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Blackrock tonight. The fireworks were part of the “Magic Nights By The Lee – A Winter Solstice” series of events but unfortunately due to Covid 19 they didn’t tell anyone where the fireworks would be launched from as reported by The Echo earlier today,
For public health reasons, viewing sites will not be provided at launch locations. However, the wider public is invited to enjoy the display from a safe, socially distanced vantage point and can tune in to Red FM for the accompanying audio.
Local residents were informed and a small crowd gathered to watch. It was a superb show, with a huge variety of colours and explosions. Made for a hectic ten minutes while I pressed the shutter button again and again hoping for good shots!
| Aperture | ƒ/5.6 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 24mm |
| ISO | 160 |
| Shutter speed | 5s |
I went into town today and after finding parking around Gilabbey Street I wandered around Grand Parade until the sun set and got a few photos of the ferris wheel there.
No stalls this year which is disappointing but with Covid19 on the rampage it’s understandable. Masks were seen inside and out among young and old.
There was a great festive mood in the city. Lots of families around, lots of music playing and people sitting outside shops and cafes drinking coffees, eating hot food and cold. I was amazed to see kids eat ice cream but it was a nice evening, not too cold in the city.
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 24mm |
| ISO | 50 |
| Shutter speed | 5s |
The lights of cars in the car park of Blackpool Shopping Centre blur into ghostly lines.
This photo is built from 4 separate images taken at the exact same spot, merged into one in Photoshop.
I thought I had posted a similar photo to this one but I cannot find it. It’s lost to the mists of time. Annoying..
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 16mm |
| ISO | 50 |
| Shutter speed | 13s |
A robin on my garden wall in December 2020.
| Aperture | ƒ/6.3 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 240mm |
| ISO | 640 |
| Shutter speed | 1/400s |
A Starlink satellite terminal from SpaceX sits in front of the gigantic 32m wide dish at The National Space Centre at Elfordstown in Co. Cork.
The NSC was celebrating their tenth birthday this weekend with two open days featuring work by Nicklas Lundberg and local school children highlighting space waste. A very broken looking dish in a darkened room with pounding sound representing the radio pollution on Earth, an interactive display and a visual display of “waste” created by local school was all lit up with fantastic colours.
A tour followed explaining the history of the site and what they do there. It was fascinating to hear that the 32m dish received data at a rate of 4Mbps in 1984, while the tiny Starlink dish has a rate of 200Mbps. The small dish on the roof of the building in the background aids in satellite navigation, helping satellites remain in their stable orbits. They had hoped to use the large dish when the USA returns to the Moon in 2025 but they ran out of time to do that. Future plans are for it to become a radio telescope. More about the history can be read on this Wikipedia page.
Thanks for a nice experience NSC!
| Aperture | ƒ/2.2 |
| Camera | SM-G998B |
| Focal length | 2.2mm |
| ISO | 50 |
| Shutter speed | 1/680s |
