Aperture | ƒ/6.3 |
Camera | Canon EOS 40D |
Focal length | 179mm |
ISO | 400 |
Shutter speed | 1/200s |
Tag: Blackrock
Tivoli Docks, Cork
Yellow and Bars
Yellow flowers poke through the bars on the Blackrock side of the Line. 2010.
Aperture | ƒ/7.1 |
Camera | Canon EOS 40D |
Focal length | 18mm |
ISO | 100 |
Shutter speed | 1/125s |
The Lee from the Line
The River Lee, as seen from the Line going from Blackrock to Rochestown in Cork. 2010.
Aperture | ƒ/10 |
Camera | Canon EOS 40D |
Focal length | 18mm |
ISO | 100 |
Shutter speed | 1/250s |
One evening while walking near Pairc Ui Chaoimh we noticed the gate at the Blackrock end open so wandered in for a quick look around. I hadn’t been in there in years but it was nice to look around and take a few shots. Must have been a GAA meeting or something that evening …
Like the new theme? It’s Oenology!
Aperture | ƒ/4 |
Camera | Canon EOS 40D |
Focal length | 18mm |
ISO | 400 |
Shutter speed | 1/125s |
Reach For The Sky

Bare trees reach for the sky by the Atlantic Pond and Marina in Blackrock, Cork.
Shot in April 2008.
woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof….
Aperture | ƒ/10 |
Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
Focal length | 10mm |
ISO | 100 |
Shutter speed | 1/250s |

The Blackrock end of Pairc Ui Chaoimh in Cork. Michael Jackson, U2 and err, not sure who else have played in this stadium as well as the obvious GAA matches!
Aperture | ƒ/5.6 |
Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
Focal length | 10mm |
ISO | 100 |
Shutter speed | 1/80s |

Bare naked trees are all you’ll see along the Marina in Blackrock at this time of year but in April the leaves are budding and life is returning.
Aperture | ƒ/10 |
Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
Focal length | 14mm |
ISO | 100 |
Shutter speed | 1/200s |
Páirc Uí Chaoimh

Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Blackrock, Cork. It’s named after Pádraig Ó Caoimh (no relation), “a native of Roscommon, this War of Independence veteran became secretary of the Cork County Board at 21, and he began a 35-year stint as General-Secretary of the GAA barely a decade later”(ref)
Michael Jackson and U2 have both played here in the distant past.
Shot from the roof of the Montenotte Hotel during our last photowalk. You can also see the Marina, the River Lee and Lough Mahon in the distance.
Aperture | ƒ/5.6 |
Camera | Canon EOS 40D |
Focal length | 106mm |
ISO | 100 |
Shutter speed | 1/200s |

The big wheel, as seen from The Atlantic Pond outside Pairc Ui Chaoimh in Cork.
Sort of fitting that I post a photo of a fairground ride on the day that Michael Jackson is laid to rest.
BTW – there are still places on the Cork photowalk on the 18th. It’s less than 2 weeks now! Anyone have any suggestions about where to go afterwards? Old Oak perhaps? Would they be serving any sort of food around 4pm? It’ll be hard to find a restaurant that could fit up to 50 of us and we’d be stuck sitting down at a table, not mingling and chatting.
I know, we pop into Burger King first eh? 🙂
Aperture | ƒ/8 |
Camera | Canon EOS 40D |
Focal length | 200mm |
ISO | 100 |
Shutter speed | 1/320s |
Little Fluffy Clouds

Clouds drift over the River Lee across from Blackrock Village about a week ago.
I’m trying out the preview of Bibble 5 Pro at the moment. Great DAM features, although it is starting to slow down after importing about 90,000 images and it’s reading from an external USB 2.0 drive.
Aperture | ƒ/11 |
Camera | Canon EOS 40D |
Focal length | 18mm |
ISO | 100 |
Shutter speed | 1/250s |
Samskip Pioneer

Samskip Pioneer, a container ship, docked in Cork last weekend. We were down by the Marina in Blackrock on a blistering hot Saturday. While us Irish sat in the shade, Spanish students sat out in the 3pm sun, some wearing long sleeve tshirts! I know, I know, they’re used to the heat but the mind still boggles. I’m useless if the temperature goes above 25C.
Anyway, I went searching and found aprs.fi where you can track the radio transmissions from shipping and found this map showing the location of Samskip Pioneer last Saturday. Login as “V2BT5”, the callsign of the ship. Yes, it’s in Cork Harbour!
The lines might be wrong but then they’re as the crow flies and a big ship doesn’t fly.
What do you think of the border? I adjusted the image in Bibblepro using it’s lens guide which created the border. Normally I’d resize it out but this time I liked the effect.
Aperture | ƒ/11 |
Camera | Canon EOS 40D |
Focal length | 33mm |
ISO | 100 |
Shutter speed | 1/200s |