A Moment in Red Stripes

I spotted this scene a couple of years ago while out with my photography club. It was all stripes: stripes on his polo shirt, and stripes on the shuttered shop behind him.


Apertureƒ/8
CameraILCE-7M3
Focal length75mm
ISO3200
Shutter speed1/500s

Waiting for the Bus on Grand Parade

A young couple at the Grand Parade bus stop, with their phones out, caught my eye on a mild May afternoon in 2018. I couldn’t help but notice their shoes. Are they matching, or is it just the angle?


Apertureƒ/8
CameraILCE-7M3
Focal length28mm
ISO800
Shutter speed1/500s

Waiting in Colour

Off to the side of Monastiraki Square, near the train station entrance is a Flormar store, and I when I saw what you see above I had to get a photo.

If you go there now, you might see that man. He was attending to a local stall and stepped away for a moment.


Apertureƒ/1.7
CameraGalaxy S23 Ultra
Focal length6.3mm
ISO32
Shutter speed1/500s

The crowds of Monastiraki Square

Monastiraki Square in Athens is a busy area for tourists, right next to many of the ancient sites of the city. It’s a bustling area, full of interesting characters, both local and foreign, and a great place to visit for a street photographer!


Apertureƒ/8
CameraILCE-7M3
Focal length35mm
ISO125
Shutter speed1/500s

Urban Geometry in Valencia

An interesting building that caught my attention on the C. del Mar in Valencia. Just around the corner from the Placa de la Reina.


Apertureƒ/2.8
CameraILCE-7M3
Focal length24mm
ISO100
Shutter speed1/500s

Silhouettes of Lisbon at Dusk

A glorious sunset over Lisbon in late 2023. The famous 25 de Abril Bridge is there, of course, as well as construction cranes nearby working in building sites.


Apertureƒ/8
CameraILCE-7M3
Focal length124mm
ISO100
Shutter speed1/6400s

Next Stop: Shopping in Cork

Three women wait at the traffic lights on Grand Parade. They’ve all been shopping in NEXT.

It’s odd what Lightroom sometimes does to a photo when you correct for lens distortion. 🙂


Apertureƒ/4
CameraILCE-7M3
Focal length16mm
ISO160
Shutter speed1/500s

Plaid Hat Diplomacy in Valencia

A hand raised in greeting, with a smiling face, or is it a hand raised in anger?

Luckily, it was the former, with the smiling face of a friendly man just out of the shot greeting his friend in the plaid hat.


Apertureƒ/1.7
CameraGalaxy S23 Ultra
Focal length6.3mm
ISO100
Shutter speed1/1500s

A Man and His Dog

It’s so unusual to see a dog in Cork City, but then I saw this beautiful Border Collie. His attention on something off-camera.


Apertureƒ/1.9
CameraM2101K6G
Focal length5.89mm
ISO197
Shutter speed1/500s

Cork rooftops on and on

The view from the Grand Parade Car Park is a wonderful one in every direction. Rooftops and the architectural sites of the city can all be seen from there. In this view you can only see the rooftops of the city’s shops and old buildings but in the middle distance is the construction work on the block by Emmett Place (featured a few days ago).

Aperture ƒ/8
Camera Canon EOS 40D
Focal length 33mm
ISO 100
Shutter speed 1/100s