The apparently closed (according to Google Maps) Porto offices of Millennium bcp. November 2019.
| Aperture | ƒ/4 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 16mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/2500s |
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Ballysaggartmore Towers
One the two Ballysaggartmore Towers in Co Waterford. They are regarded as follies built no later than 1834. From the Wikipedia page:
“They were constructed for an Anglo Irish Landlord, Arthur Keily-Ussher no later than 1834. He held an estate of approximately 8000 acres, the majority of which was rented to tenant farmers but he retained approximately 1000 acres as a personal demesne. The lodges were constructed on the main avenue leading to the family’s residence; Ballysaggartmore House. The house itself was large but of a very plain design, which was in obvious contrast to the lodges. An account from 1834 indicates that a main house predated the lodges. This account also reports that they were built from designs by the head gardener; John Smyth and that the main entrance gates were forged locally for the sum of about £150.”
I took quick photos of the other Tower but we were drenched by a sudden cloud burst of rain so we were pretty miserable and just wanted to get back to the car.
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 16mm |
| ISO | 1000 |
| Shutter speed | 1/125s |
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Unwrap the Building
The new Windsor Hotel on McCurtain Street was still wrapped up last October when I took this photo of the building.
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 16mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/500s |
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Going for a cup of cha?
You might go to this cafe in Porto, Portugal for a cup of tea. I always thought “cup o’ cha” was a Cork or Irish slang expression but a quick Google shows it used in the UK too.
In Portugese the word “chá” means tea so when I saw this cafe that sign was the first thing I noticed!
Maybe I was just thinking of Cha and Miah..
| Aperture | ƒ/4 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 35mm |
| ISO | 500 |
| Shutter speed | 1/500s |
If you’ve driven along MacCurtain Street lately you’ll have noticed a few lanes are blocked and York Hill is completely closed. A 73-bed “micro-sleeper hotel” is going in there which I presume means rooms will be a little bigger than the capsule hotels in Japan..
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 16mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/160s |
Rome, November 2017.
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 6D |
| Focal length | 17mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1.6s |
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The Ceiling of St. Giles’ Cathedral
I spent about 2 hours in St. Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh a few days ago. It was a wonderful and relaxing place to explore.
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 24mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/2s |
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Shiny Páirc Uí Chaoimh
The rebuilt Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Blackrock, Cork.
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 6D |
| Focal length | 28mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/160s |
Vatican, Rome. November 2017.
| Aperture | ƒ/9 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 6D |
| Focal length | 19mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 10s |
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Antennas
Nowadays it’s mostly satellite dishes.
Cork, August 2013.
| Aperture | ƒ/10 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 6D |
| Focal length | 90mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/100s |
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Birmingham Library
Birmingham, UK. August 2016
| Aperture | ƒ/5 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 6D |
| Focal length | 89mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/100s |
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The Victoria & Albert Museum Cafe
The cafe of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London is a stunning room at the back of the building. I photographed it while visiting London with a group of street photographers from Cork yesterday. We were over for the day and packed a whole lot of photography into the hours we had there.
This photo is a panorama made from five photos in Affinity Photo. The room is quite dark so the photos were shot at ISO 12800 and even then the photos at the right side of the room were relatively long 1/25 second exposures!
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 6D |
| Focal length | 24mm |
| ISO | 12800 |
| Shutter speed | 1/30s |