A Chimney in silhouette

Many years ago, I photographed the sunset over the North Side of Cork City, using the silhouette of a roof and chimney as a foreground.

This is so long ago that I used a 2MP Fuji, my second digital camera.


Apertureƒ/2.8
CameraFinePix2800ZOOM
Focal length22.4mm
ISO100
Shutter speed1/17s

The Ballincollig Regional Park Weir

The weir in Ballincollig Regional Park collapsed in 2014, but this photo was taken many years before that, in 2003. Repairs to the weird have been delayed over and over again, unfortunately.


Apertureƒ/8.2
CameraFinePix2800ZOOM
Focal length36mm
ISO100
Shutter speed1/270s

Silhouettes in the sky

Teenage boys watching the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Cork in 2003. They were sitting on street signs at the bottom of Patrick’s Hill as the parade walked past down McCurtain Street.


Apertureƒ/8.2
CameraFinePix2800ZOOM
Focal length6mm
ISO100
Shutter speed1/900s

The Weir in Ballincollig Regional Park

On a particularly foggy morning in December 2002 I wandered around Ballincollig Regional Park. I photographed the weir that morning in the mist. Wasn’t much to be heard except the rushing of the water.

Some fifteen years later the centre of the weir would collapse. The OPW may rebuild it at a cost of over €1m. Hopefully that happens.


Apertureƒ/2.8
CameraFinePix2800ZOOM
Focal length8.2mm
ISO100
Shutter speed1/170s

Last Minute Shopping at O’Donovans Butchers

O’Donovan’s Butchers on Princes Street is long gone but back in 2002 I took this photo on Christmas Eve of shoppers getting food for their dinner the next day. 19 years ago to the day.


Apertureƒ/2.8
CameraFinePix2800ZOOM
Focal length6mm
ISO100
Shutter speed1/20s