Blarney – Page 15 – In Photos dot Org

The Cat Loves Attention

Aperture	ƒ/3.5
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	28mm
ISO	10000
Shutter speed	1/160s

The Forking Egg

Aperture	ƒ/6.3
Camera	Canon EOS 6D
Focal length	154mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/5s

Rain before the sun rises

The sun hadn’t even risen yet when it started raining. Last week in Blarney.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	Canon EOS 6D
Focal length	188mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/320s

Ina at the Club

A portrait shoot was held by Blarney Photography Club a few months back. Here’s a few photos of the beautiful Ina Andriukaityte Leonaviciene.

Aperture	ƒ/5.6
Camera	Canon EOS 6D
Focal length	93mm
ISO	400
Shutter speed	1/160s

The Golden Sky

The sunrise this morning was lovely. Fog flowed over the distant horizon, and while it enveloped the area for a while blue skies were soon visible and the day has been glorious.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	Canon EOS 6D
Focal length	300mm
ISO	125
Shutter speed	1/250s

Dogs aren’t allowed in the gardens of Blarney Castle any more. Tourists had apparently slipped on dog excrement if what I’ve heard is true. I also heard that dogs were on the loose but the only dogs I saw off the lead in there were the Springers that belong to the owner of the Castle. A shame that dog owners can’t pick up after their dogs.

The gardens there are beautiful, and if you’re visiting Cork they’re worth a look, but they obviously don’t need or care for local people enjoying them.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	Canon EOS 6D
Focal length	24mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/200s

1,000 Days of Photos

Somehow I’ve managed to post a photo a day (with only one or two interruptions, one of which was because of a DDOS on my hosting provider) for 1,000 days. To celebrate I give you not one, but two photos of my dear dogs.

Oscar was a cranky old soul, but we discovered his teeth were very bad and likely made him argumentative. He was a rescue and when we first got him he wouldn’t trust anyone. He always was on alert. He could not relax. We hired someone to help him, and after a short session his mood improved immeasurably. We discovered he had an amazing fetch instinct. He’d run after a tennis ball anywhere and seemed tireless. Old age caught up with him though, and our vet warned us he had to take it easy because of his heart. In time we carried him with us on journeys in a child’s buggy. He *adored* my wife. Anywhere she went, he was likely walking next to her. He died in 2014.

Diego came into our lives in 2015, shortly before I started on this marathon 1,000 photo marathon. He’s a rescue too, and for such a small dog has a big heart full of love for all of us. He loves us all, and loves his toys. 🙂

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	Canon EOS 6D
Focal length	105mm
ISO	640
Shutter speed	1/320s

The Burning of the Total Abstinence Association Hall

The Total Abstinence Association Hall on Station Road in Blarney was an unused shell of it’s former self by the time I moved to Blarney but others have fond memories of activities there.

In 2005 I saw smoke billowing up from Station Road and found Cork Fire Brigade hosing down the remains of a fire that had gutted the building earlier.