A colour coordinated door and wheelie bin in Kinsale caught my eye.
| Aperture | ƒ/9 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 24mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/2s |
Tag Archives: Blarney Photography Club
The Homes of Kinsale
If you’ve been to Kinsale you’ll be familiar with the centre of town but behind those businesses are the homes of local residents, stretching up towards the top of the hill.
It’s a lovely town, full of history and of course great food, so well worth a visit. 🙂
| Aperture | ƒ/6.3 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 78mm |
| ISO | 1000 |
| Shutter speed | 1/320s |
Outstretched Wings
Flying over fields
Swallows fly fast!
Swallows fly really fast and they’re difficult to photograph in flight, so when I managed to catch this one in flight I had to share both.
As I was advised by Rory, I didn’t zoom in which made it easier to catch them crossing the scene. On my Sony camera I set it to wide focus and I must have tracking enabled somewhere in the settings because it did a remarkable job of tracking the bird, showing green focus spots moving quickly across the screen!
This is a heavily cropped image, and it has been cleaned up in Topaz Photo AI.
| Aperture | ƒ/5 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 160.3mm |
| ISO | 2000 |
| Shutter speed | 1/4000s |
The Crow and the Swallow
A crow stands on top of a pole as a swallow flies past him. Those swallows are really hard to photograph, so I zoomed in on the top of the pole and just watched the pole, without looking through the camera. When I saw a swallow fly close, I hit the shutter button hoping burst mode would take help me catch it in flight!
| Aperture | ƒ/6.3 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 436mm |
| ISO | 2000 |
| Shutter speed | 1/4000s |
Wind Blown Clouds
Looking up from the rocks in Ballycotton I spotted this house and magnificent clouds overhead. The wind was blowing hard up there high in the sky and the clouds moved visibly as I watched.
It didn’t take me long to realise I needed to photograph it!
| Aperture | ƒ/13 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 41mm |
| ISO | 50 |
| Shutter speed | 10s |
The Flag in the Window
The boats of Ballycotton
Bokeh Lights in Youghal
The out of focus lights of Youghal light up the sky. The red light of a passing vehicle lights up the corner of the scene.
I was originally going to photograph the light and get a long exposure shot of passing traffic but luckily, my lens was out of focus and reminded me I could shoot a photo like this!
| Aperture | ƒ/6.3 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 191mm |
| ISO | 50 |
| Shutter speed | 1/2s |
Cork Eir Building at Sunset
I was out with Blarney Photography Club on Thursday night in the city. The sun was setting when I decided we should head to Bell’s Field. I thought we had about 30 minutes, but with the hills opposite, the sun sank out of sight much earlier.
Driving up there, through St. Luke’s, we got there just to see the sun disappear behind a bank of cloud on the horizon. Luckily, the glow of our celestial star continued for some time, and this is one of the photos from that night.
Not a great shot by any means, but it was nice to be out with everyone else, and we had a nice chat and drink afterwards.
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 132mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/250s |
