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A haven for blue in Kinsale

The entrance to the Blue Haven Hotel, reflected in a nearby parked car. The window above has a white frame, while the name of the hotel sits above the main door in a beautiful blue and white glass piece.

The entrance to the Blue Haven Hotel in Kinsale, Co. Cork. Truly, a haven for the colour blue in a lovely town.

Aperture	ƒ/5.6
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	77mm
ISO	5000
Shutter speed	1/320s

The Kennedy Quay Skyline

The R&H Hall building in the centre of an image showing Kennedy Quay in Cork. A ship is docked on the quay. Southern Milling Ltd have a smaller building nearby and the old Odlums, red-bricked, building is visible to the far left.

Kennedy Quay this morning as the sun rose, with R&H Hall in the centre of the image, as this skyline will disappear in the next few months.

Note: the sky has been replaced. It was a very dull, overcast day. Hopefully, this is more pleasing to the eye. The old R&H Hall building has not been replaced, yet.

Aperture	ƒ/13
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	24mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/8s

The R&H Hall building looms over Kennedy Quay as seen from Michael Collins Bridge today. It’s going to be demolished this year, so if you want to record “what once was” on the site, get down there soonest!

This Irish Examiner article talks about the demolition, and includes this picture of what will replace it.

A view of the proposed development on Kennedy Quay showing the Rehabilitation Hospital at the junction with Victoria Road, the residential block, the three office buildings, including the new Silo building and the re-purposed Odlums building.

Aperture	ƒ/4.9
Camera	Galaxy S23 Ultra
Focal length	27.2mm
ISO	50
Shutter speed	1/160s

Sky Blue on a cold day

The front of the casino on Winthrop Street is coloured an unusually calming sky-blue or cyan colour. Not the type of colour I’d expect somewhere that wants customers to get excited about losing money to use.

Luckily, Deliveroo uses the same colour and a delivery guy just walked past while I was fishing for a photo!

Aperture	ƒ/3.2
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	24mm
ISO	800
Shutter speed	1/500s

They’re watching you!

A man leans on a shop window, carrying a massive birthday card. Inside the shop, seven mannequins with faces heads watch out the window.

The mannequins are watching you, you know? Look away and they move! Don’t blink!

Aperture	ƒ/2.8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	24mm
ISO	640
Shutter speed	1/500s

Dogs of the Protest Rally

A white golden retriever wearing a jacket made of the flag of Palestine. He is resting his head on a block on the street.
People are standing in the background.

A golden retriever looking directly at the camera. He is wearing the flag of Palestine. People are standing in the background.

A golden retriever sitting next to his human family watching the Gaza rally in Cork yesterday. The dog is wearing the Palestinian flag.
A woman is visible in the background, as is a small van and buildings.

Two of the dogs at the regular rally supporting Gaza that happened in Cork yesterday. Another large crowd gathered, but these dogs weren’t bothered by the noise and people around.

Aperture	ƒ/2.8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	24mm
ISO	640
Shutter speed	1/500s

Quickly on the flat hill

A woman in a yellow top, and dark shorts walks up a hill laid horizontal, with a yellow wall behind, and barred windows.

When is a hill flat? It’s much easier to walk along, that’s for sure.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	75mm
ISO	1600
Shutter speed	1/500s

The Ballincollig Regional Park Weir

Water flows over a weird in the River Lee with trees visible on the bank, a bridge crossing in the background and poles visible in the far background.

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.

Aperture	ƒ/8.2
Camera	FinePix2800ZOOM
Focal length	36mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/270s

We thought the summer rain was bad..

A man with a walking stick prepares to lower his umbrella as another man comes out of a nearby shop.

Remember when people thought the rain in late July and August 2023 was bad? What about Storm Isha yesterday, eh? Another storm on the way too.

The start of June was blisteringly hot. It was so hot I preferred to stay inside out of it. Nobody seems to remember that.

Oh, the photo above is obviously not recent. It’s last August, during the wet spell.

Aperture	ƒ/3.5
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	24mm
ISO	320
Shutter speed	1/500s

Ian Bailey and The West Cork Way

Ian Bailey at a stall in a market with the title of his book, The West Cork Way, on the front of it. He is talking to a man and a woman. The man is holding a lead with a small terrier dog.

Ian Bailey, the man accused of murdering a French woman, Sophie Toscan du Plantier, died today. Here he is in 2019, when he was selling his book, “The West Cork Way”, at a market in Skibereen.

Aperture	ƒ/4
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	35mm
ISO	160
Shutter speed	1/500s

The Fiery Red Tree

A sculpture of a tree sits atop a high stone tower, with a starry sky behind.

Atop a high stone tower in Clogheenmilcon Sanctuary Walk, near Blarney, is a sculpture of a tree. It was created by sculptor, Don Cronin and is impossible to miss if you’re walking in the sanctuary.

This was taken last night when temperatures had dropped to -4.5ºC. I didn’t stay out very long, but braver souls from Blarney Photography Club did!

Aperture	ƒ/2.8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	24mm
ISO	400
Shutter speed	30s

Hussey’s Folly and the green fields

On a lovely evening in August 2020, we were visiting Dingle in Co. Kerry. A walk out to Hussey’s Folly is always on the cards, I think this evening was the last time we saw Fungie too. He was swimming in the bay, just off shore, surrounded by boats, as he always was.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	37mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/400s

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