We went down to Fota House a few weeks ago to see Eighteen Turns created by Daniel Libeskind. We weren’t as lucky as Ryan as there were parents with kids running and screaming around the piece all afternoon.
What better way to remember the day than the photo above eh?
Tag Archives: Abstract
Working
When you travel to Cork by train you’ll pass underneath the north side of the city through a railway tunnel. We had to switch trains on the way back from Dublin the other day and finished our journey in one of Iarnrod Eireann’s old stock. They didn’t even turn the lights on as we went through the tunnel but that gave me the opportunity to snap this gentleman working.
HOWTO: Photo was a 20 second exposure and his face was completely blown out but by decreasing the contrast I brought out his reflection in the window. B/W conversion was done using the channel mixer with RGB settings of 29.6/161.7/-200 to give a psuedo infra-red effect.
Many Faces
The many faces of advertising and humanity
Sign of the Times
Spotted in the side door of a clothes shop. Looks like the owner doesn’t like mornings!
| Aperture | ƒ/4 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
| Focal length | 18mm |
| ISO | 200 |
| Shutter speed | 1/50s |
Can, the drain
Mackey’s in Blarney
Mackey’s is a restaurant in Blarney which I have yet to visit. To be honest, I haven’t been to most of the establishments around here and don’t expect to call to this one any time soon. Their prices are just a little expensive.
In the reflection you can see The Muskerry Arms, Supervalu and a tourist shop.
Chocolate through the glass
Shot this one by holding a magnifying glass up above a bar of Fry’s Chocolate. I will be enjoying said bar of chocolate at lunch. Yum.
| Aperture | ƒ/5.6 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
| Focal length | 106mm |
| ISO | 1600 |
| Shutter speed | 1/50s |
Self Portrait
Pictured in the elevator of the new Ballincollig shopping center.
Blue Moon
Detail from a decorative earring, laid out on a newspaper.
| Aperture | ƒ/2.8 |
| Camera | DMC-FZ5 |
| Focal length | 6mm |
| ISO | 200 |
| Shutter speed | 1/8s |
Maze
some bottle
Inspiration comes from odd sources. This is a used bottle of olive oil from the kitchen I snapped a few days ago.
Us on the tower
Painted with the light of a torch on a round tower in a local church yard late at night. If you look carefully you can even see stars in the sky! This page has some information about that tower:
The round tower in Waterloo (approx. 1 mile from Blarney) … … was built in the 1800’s by Fr. Matt Horgan, the then parish priest of Blarney.