I was in town today and came across a Fridays For Future protest on Grand Parade. They’re a group of very passionate young people protesting at the state of our environment. Their aim is to demand that the Irish government take action on climate change and climate injustice in Ireland.
They have an uphill fight, unfortunately. The world is going to zip right past the 1.5ºC average rise in temperature.
| Aperture | ƒ/4 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 24mm |
| ISO | 200 |
| Shutter speed | 1/500s |
Henry spotted the reflection of the ferris wheel in this parked car on the Grand Parade in Cork.
| Aperture | ƒ/18 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 34mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 5s |
Saint Fin Barre’s Cathedral seen in the background behind the Ferris Wheel on Grand Parade in Cork.
| Aperture | ƒ/6.3 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 98mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 4s |
As seen in a previous photo of the Ferris Wheel on the Grand Parade in Cork, the crystall ball that Henry brought along was a very useful prop.
Here we are at the top of the car park looking down on the big wheel. It surrounds the crystal ball, but the wheel itself can be seen upside down in the ball.
Now I’m remembering how cold it was that evening and how I wished I’d brought my gloves. Must get fingerless gloves so I can use the camera.
| Aperture | ƒ/25 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 134mm |
| ISO | 50 |
| Shutter speed | 20s |
The Ferris Wheel on Grand Parade in Cork pictured just after sunset, in December 2016. This year the wheel is further up the street so you can’t get this photo now.
I haven’t been in town at sunset this month either but hopefully someone got a nice sunset photo of the wheel this year.
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 6D |
| Focal length | 76mm |
| ISO | 160 |
| Shutter speed | 1/80s |
The Ferris wheel on Grand Parade in Cork on a freezing December evening. The whole scene is twisted upside down in a small crystal ball.
Thanks Henry for all the help, and the crystal ball!
| Aperture | ƒ/18 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 38mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 3.2s |
A banner above the carpark off Grand Parade proclaims, “WE’RE WITH YOU UKRAINE”.
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 16mm |
| ISO | 800 |
| Shutter speed | 1/500s |
The Ferris Wheel on the Grand Parade last December. A glorious, sunny, and mild December afternoon just before the new year.
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 35mm |
| ISO | 320 |
| Shutter speed | 1/500s |
Older visitors will recognise this poster if they were around Cork in 2005 when the city was “European Capital of Culture”.
This poster was draped over the city library, and I was very lucky to capture a tour bus as it drove past on a fine June day, exactly 17 years ago today.
| Aperture | ƒ/7.1 |
| Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
| Focal length | 55mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/100s |
Nearing the end of the year, 2021, and the weather was fine. The sun was shining and it was a warm winter’s day.
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 77mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/800s |
Relaxing at the lights. Shure, we might just stay here.
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 28mm |
| ISO | 320 |
| Shutter speed | 1/500s |
Waiting at the lights of the Grand Parade/Washington Street junction.
Finn’s Corner was still open back in 2019 when I took this photo.
| Aperture | ƒ/4 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 16mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/500s |