The famous Marina City Building Car Park, Chicago, 2005.
Aperture | ƒ/9 |
Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
Focal length | 18mm |
ISO | 100 |
Shutter speed | 1/200s |
I was there too
Back in 2005 many naval ships visited Cork Harbour and one of them was the NRP Comandante João Belo. According to this Wikipedia page it was sold to Uruguay but in 2005 it flew the colours of the Portuguese Navy.
You can find out more about this particular ship here but you’ll have to translate it to English if your Portuguese isn’t up to scratch.
In the background is the “Port of Cork” sign and the buildings of the now demolished Cork Bonded Warehouse.
Aperture | ƒ/8 |
Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
Focal length | 55mm |
ISO | 400 |
Shutter speed | 1/1250s |
A protestor on the streets of San Francisco in July 2007. I wonder what that man thought of the Obama and Trump years?
Edit: Alex posted a photo of the same man back in 2007 on his blog. That was a fun photowalk.
Aperture | ƒ/4 |
Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
Focal length | 10mm |
ISO | 200 |
Shutter speed | 1/160s |
The Gap of Dunloe in Co Kerry in February 2007. I was up there recently and it couldn’t have been more different. A storm blew down the valley making life miserable for anyone walking the roads or trying to take photos of this scenic area.
Aperture | ƒ/6.3 |
Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
Focal length | 10mm |
ISO | 100 |
Shutter speed | 1/80s |
April 2006 and the Grand Parade was the scene of some merriment. Food and produce stalls were erected and entertainers entertained.
Note that they’re standing on the road? Now they’d be on the large pavement on the library side of the road!
Aperture | ƒ/5.6 |
Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
Focal length | 125mm |
ISO | 200 |
Shutter speed | 1/250s |
Way back in 2005 before the Elysian was built. Look at all the buildings that are gone now:
This view from the City Hall car park is no longer possible of course because the Elysian and new development along Alert Quay gets in the way. The new development is welcome but building more and more offices and hotels is a mistake. We need more residential development.
Aperture | ƒ/7.1 |
Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
Focal length | 72mm |
ISO | 100 |
Shutter speed | 1/125s |
Catching the air on a Rukos skateboard in Emmett Place, Cork. September 2005.
I published a few more photos here a couple of years ago. You’ll recognise the skateboarder in one or two of the images!
Aperture | ƒ/3.5 |
Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
Focal length | 18mm |
ISO | 100 |
Shutter speed | 1/640s |
Lebowskis on Marlboro Street in 2005. The Spyglass Tavern is now in this building I think if Google Maps is up to date. I wasn’t ever in Lebowskis and haven’t visited the Spyglass Tavern either.
Edit: The Atlas Bar is in that building now, not the Spyglass Tavern.
Aperture | ƒ/7.1 |
Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
Focal length | 18mm |
ISO | 400 |
Shutter speed | 1/125s |
A bunch of lads queuing for Gorbys on Oliver Plunkett Street, Cork in 2007. Nightclubs are due to open soon again.
2,399 new cases of Covid-19 today. Even with vaccination I think we can expect a huge surge in about two weeks. I’ll be glad if I’m wrong.
Aperture | ƒ/3.5 |
Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
Focal length | 18mm |
ISO | 100 |
Shutter speed | 2s |