2015 St. Patrick’s Day in Blarney

A few photos from the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Blarney today. It was a fabulous day for the parade. The sun was shining and it was warm. The parade went off with barely a hitch (one of the classic cars needed a push at one point) and it was great fun to watch. My favourite would have to be the toilet one by Blarney Drain Services! I was going to say it was a float but saying “toilet float” makes me feel ill.

Aperture ƒ/7.1
Camera Canon EOS 6D
Focal length 24mm
ISO 125
Shutter speed 1/320s

Prayers in Daunt Square

Daunt square, Cork

Preparing for prayers in Daunt Square, Cork a few weeks ago. A cold Saturday morning!

Aperture ƒ/8
Camera Canon EOS 6D
Focal length 105mm
ISO 1250
Shutter speed 1/250s

Light Trails Through The Grand Parade

The Grand Parade last night while I was out with Blarney Photography Club in Cork.

The shot is a 25 second exposure. For 20 seconds I exposed normally with the lens at it’s widest, but for the last 5 seconds I slowly zoomed from 17mm to 40mm to get the light trail effect.

Aperture ƒ/22
Camera Canon EOS 6D
Focal length 17mm
ISO 100
Shutter speed 25s

Lean on the Wall

Just outside the English Market, Grand Parade, Cork.

Street photography is hard. It’s difficult to shoot candid photos of people on the street and get a picture in focus that is pin sharp.

To aid me in that task I used the auto ISO setting on my camera, with a minimum shutter speed of an excessively fast 1/250 sec and I kept the aperture at f/8 which gives a greater depth of field at the expense of light entering the lens.
That means more of the photo is in focus, even if my lens focuses on the wrong subject, but the higher ISO makes the photo noisier. It certainly paid off when I shot from the hip as I did in this photo. Oh, and you need balls too.

Aperture ƒ/8
Camera Canon EOS 6D
Focal length 35mm
ISO 1250
Shutter speed 1/250s

Cork Street Photography Meetup One

Some of the photos I took for the Cork Streetphotography meetup on January 31st, 2015. You can find more images on the Flickr Group. Check the meetup page for details of the next photowalk later this month!

Aperture ƒ/10
Camera Canon EOS 6D
Focal length 105mm
ISO 125
Shutter speed 1/125s