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Up up and away

Yesterday the Elysian’s tower reached the 18th floor, 72m above sea level and one of the tallest buildings in the country. Apparently St Finbarre’s Cathedral is 75m to it’s central spire but there won’t be a 2400sq ft penthouse at the top of that!

While we Irish congratulate ourselves on building an 18 storey lift shaft, here’s one I made earlier in San Francisco. I tried counting the floors but lost count around 14!

Aperture	ƒ/10
Camera	Canon EOS 20D
Focal length	10mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/100s

The anxious look

The anxious look

A young woman looks around anxiously in the crowd filled St. Patrick’s Street before she crosses at the traffic lights.

I was standing on one of the new marble blocks shooting a scene across the road when I saw the gathering crowd below me at the traffic lights. I saw the glance and quick as a flash I got the shot. It was originally slightly blurry but a little bit of b/w conversion and a duplicate layer with a touch of blur set to screen mode created a nice effect.

I like this: Looking up.
David J. Nightingale of Chromasia fame announced that another baby is on the way for him and his wife. Congratulations on that, and on going into the photography full time!
I never knew there was so much trouble over Photo.net.
10 Dollar camera?
Legoize any image. That’s definitely something I’ll try out! (via)

Aperture	ƒ/6.3
Camera	Canon EOS 20D
Focal length	200mm
ISO	400
Shutter speed	1/160s

Bike Lane

Bike Lane

Riding a bike anywhere on today’s streets is almost a suicidal pursuit but bike lanes help. Here a bus drove past as I took this shot in an urban tunnel in downtown San Francisco.

Aperture	ƒ/22
Camera	Canon EOS 20D
Focal length	10mm
ISO	400
Shutter speed	1/1.3s

Parking for the Guinness

Parking for the Guinness

Look up for unusual perspectives on ordinary scenes. I was quite happy with this image of a lamppost in Parnell Place, Cork when I took it. The signs are clearly visible and the upside-down Guinness logo catches the eye!

You have to wonder, what’s more important, Guinness or parking?

Aperture	ƒ/10
Camera	Canon EOS 20D
Focal length	10mm
ISO	200
Shutter speed	1/200s

Salim Ismail

Salim Ismail

Salim Ismail speaking at the 2006 it@cork National Technology & Business Conference.

Thanks for the name check Salim 🙂

Aperture	ƒ/5.6
Camera	Canon EOS 20D
Focal length	240mm
ISO	200
Shutter speed	1/60s

Eamonn Fallon

Eamonn Fallon

Eamonn Fallon of Irish property site Daft.ie speaking at the 2006 it@cork National Technology & Business Conference.

Aperture	ƒ/5.6
Camera	Canon EOS 20D
Focal length	300mm
ISO	200
Shutter speed	1/60s

Tony Kenny

Tony Kenny

Tony Kenny speaking at the 2006 it@cork National Technology & Business Conference. He’s the IT manager at Beaumont Hospital. His experiences with introducing Open Source software such as Linux and Star Office into the hospital make for a very interesting talk.

Aperture	ƒ/5.6
Camera	Canon EOS 20D
Focal length	300mm
ISO	200
Shutter speed	1/60s

Marc Canter

Marc Canter

Marc Canter speaking at the 2006 it@cork National Technology & Business Conference.

Aperture	ƒ/5.6
Camera	Canon EOS 20D
Focal length	300mm
ISO	200
Shutter speed	1/160s

Matthias Kill

Matthias Kill

Matthias Kill speaking at the 2006 it@cork National Technology & Business Conference.

Aperture	ƒ/5.6
Camera	Canon EOS 20D
Focal length	300mm
ISO	400
Shutter speed	1/160s

Jeff Nolan

Jeff Nolan

Jeff Nolan speaking at the 2006 it@cork National Technology & Business Conference.

Aperture	ƒ/5.6
Camera	Canon EOS 20D
Focal length	300mm
ISO	200
Shutter speed	1/60s

Jacques-Etienne Grandjean

Jacques-Etienne Grandjean

Jacques-Etienne Grandjean speaking at the 2006 it@cork National Technology & Business Conference.

Tom Raftery blogged about his talk and while he’s right that no search competitors of Microsoft were mentioned, he did say that search isn’t very sticky. I’m sure he’s hoping that people will abandon Google and jump on board MS Live.

Aperture	ƒ/5.6
Camera	Canon EOS 20D
Focal length	300mm
ISO	200
Shutter speed	1/60s

Eddie Hobbs, Conor Kenny and Hugh MacLeod

Eddie Hobbs, Conor Kenny and Hugh MacLeod speaking at the 2006 it@cork National Technology & Business Conference.

Tom Raftery covers Eddie Hobbs’ talk on property, energy and investment.

Aperture	ƒ/4.5
Camera	Canon EOS 20D
Focal length	75mm
ISO	200
Shutter speed	1/60s