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When the sun rises tomorrow…

Post author By Donncha
Post date January 21, 2022
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It seems unreal but most of the Covid19 restrictions will be lifted in Ireland tomorrow morning at 6am.

Pubs and restaurant hours to return to normal.
Nightclubs reopen.
FULL attendance at indoor and outdoor events.
Covid pass requirement gone for hospitality.

You’ll still need the Covid digital cert (or I presume a negative PCR?) to travel on a plane though.

Today we had just over 11,000 new cases of Covid19, but it’s omicron, “the mild variant”. Our hospitals aren’t overflowing. The Taoiseach spoke this evening and acknowledged that case numbers will go up. Hopefully not too many of those extra people die or suffer long term disability.

Despite the frost on the ground in the photo above this has been a remarkably mild winter. If I go anywhere I’ll be eating and drinking outside for a good while yet.

Aperture	ƒ/1.8
Camera	SM-G998B
Focal length	6.7mm
ISO	50
Shutter speed	1/1050s

Tags Blarney, Cork, Ireland, Photos, Sky, sunrise, Trees

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Blarney Castle Sunset

A few days ago we had a lovely sunset and luckily I was out walking with my wife around the village. Here’s a shot from the road outside. This is a silhouette anyone in Blarney will recognise, isn’t it?

Aperture	ƒ/4.9
Camera	SM-G998B
Focal length	30.6mm
ISO	50
Shutter speed	1/490s

Tags Blarney, Blarney Castle, Cork, Ireland, Photos, silhouette, Sky, sunset, Trees

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Blarney Horse

One of the horses in the grounds of Blarney Castle. February 2015.

Aperture	ƒ/4
Camera	Canon EOS 6D
Focal length	105mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/160s

Tags Animals, Blarney, Blarney Castle, Canon 6D, Cork, horses, Ireland, Photos

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Which Way is Up?

A perfect reflection by the River Martin walk in Blarney.

(It’s flipped)

Aperture	ƒ/2.4
Camera	SM-G998B
Focal length	9mm
ISO	50
Shutter speed	1/340s

Tags Blarney, Cork, Ireland, Photos, Reflections, Trees

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Fog in the Light

A street light shines through the fog on a gloomy night recently. Many parts of the country had fog warnings but for someone on foot it lent a mysterious feel to ordinary scenes.

Aperture	ƒ/1.8
Camera	SM-G998B
Focal length	6.7mm
ISO	1600
Shutter speed	1/17s

Tags Black and White, Blarney, Cork, Fog, Ireland, Photos, Street

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The colours of Autumn

As we head into what is often described as a dreary month, especially after the festivities in December, here’s a reminder of the glorious Autumn colours last year. Spring won’t be long now!

Aperture	ƒ/4.9
Camera	SM-G998B
Focal length	30.6mm
ISO	40
Shutter speed	1/150s

Tags Autumn Colours, Blarney, Cork, Ireland, leaves, Photos

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Blarney House in the Distance

Post author By Donncha
Post date December 16, 2021
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Walk down by Blarney Lake and you’ll see Blarney House off the distance. There are usually cattle or horses in the fields around here but on this July day in 2015 the fields were empty.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	Canon EOS 6D
Focal length	17mm
ISO	125
Shutter speed	1/160s

Tags Blarney, Blarney Castle, Canon 6D, Cork, Ireland, Photos

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Little Robin on the Wall

A robin on my garden wall in December 2020.

Aperture	ƒ/6.3
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	240mm
ISO	640
Shutter speed	1/400s

Tags Birds, Blarney, Cork, Ireland, Photos, Robin, Sony A7 III

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Light Shines Through

Light shines through the trees overlooking in the River Martin in Blarney.

Aperture	ƒ/7.1
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	35mm
ISO	125
Shutter speed	1/160s

Tags Blarney, Cork, Ireland, Photos, Sony A7 III, Sun, Trees

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Autumn Colours in Blarney Castle Gardens

Post author By Donncha
Post date November 14, 2021
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We’ve been lucky this year that the autumn and early winter has been so mild. It was 15C today! I think of this display as one last hurrah before the cold and rain and wind really sets in.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	16mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/50s

Tags Autumn Colours, Blarney, Blarney Castle, Cork, Fall Colors, Ireland, Nature, Photos, Sony A7 III

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Winners of the Stone Mad Blarney Half-Marathon 2021

Post author By Donncha
Post date October 31, 2021
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Linda O'Sullivan, Watergrasshill AC — **Linda O’Sullivan, Watergrasshill AC**

I spent a few hours photographing the runners finishing the half-marathon in Blarney today. There was a huge turnout.Weather was dire. Rain falling most of the time with gusts of wind to carry it into your face and on to the camera.

I don’t have any particular bad-weather strategy as I usually stay inside when the weather is bad but this time I took an umbrella, tucked under my arm to hold it up and a small towel to dry the lens and camera body when it inevitably got wet.

2000 photos later, 48GB of data and 65% of my battery gone and the last contestant crossed the finish line. I posted a few of the photos on the Blarney Blog Facebook page but there are more than 700 in total to post and I’ll upload them over the next few days and update this post with a link.

Aperture	ƒ/6.3
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	49mm
ISO	320
Shutter speed	1/200s

Tags Blarney, Blarney Half Marathon, Cork, Ireland, Photos, Sony A7 III

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A flash in the night

Just before the Covid-19 pandemic hit Ireland properly in late February 2020 Blarney Photography Club had an evening session dedicated to flash photography. I’ve already posted a couple of the photos from that night but here are a few more from the night of February 20th, 2020, or 2020-02-20!

Tags Black and White, Blarney, Blarney Photography Club, Cork, gallery, Ireland, Photos