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Christmas decorations on high

Christmas decorations on Paul Street, Cork a few days before Christmas Day last year.

Hand held, and I hoped to get a “normal” straight shot but it’s hard to crouch down while wearing a jacket and pushing a buggy so it’s lopsided. I prefer it that way!
Conversion to b/w I think brings out the descending pattern of the lights along the street although the original image wasn’t that saturated with colour to begin with.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	Canon EOS 20D
Focal length	18mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/200s

Firemen in action

Firemen in action

Cork City Fire Brigade were called out this evening to a shop on Patrick Street.

I’m not sure what the emergency was but two fire engines were called to the scene and had a Garda escort on the way there. Maybe a gas leak?
A huge crowd gathered around and when some people saw my camera they just had to pose for a shot .. more on that next week!

Trivia: these are my first shots posted in 2008 that was taken in 2008. Plenty more 2007 ones to go through yet though!

The Anarchist Postman

The Anarchist Postman

Graffiti of a postman, or could be a police officer on a wall off South Main Street in Cork.

This was taken several months ago but was still there last time I looked! Sorry for the large file size. Jpeg compression doesn’t like random pixels.

Aperture	ƒ/4
Camera	DMC-FZ5
Focal length	17.700000762939mm
ISO	80
Shutter speed	1/400s

Mini skips flying high

Mini skips flying high

A skip or large rubbish bin is manoeuvred into place on a building site off Paul Street, Cork.

Those tall cranes are practically a part of city life now …

Irish Post Office

Irish Post Office

The post box outside a post office in Fermoy, Co. Cork.

Aperture	ƒ/9
Camera	Canon EOS 20D
Focal length	10mm
ISO	200
Shutter speed	1/160s

Blue sky on a dull day

Blue sky on a dull day

Today is dull, there’s a glimpse of blue out, it’s cold, there’s a chilly wind blowing.

Blue sky and fluffy clouds in Kerry while on holiday. Great memories.

Aperture	ƒ/9
Camera	Canon EOS 20D
Focal length	10mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/160s

Winter Leaves

Winter Leaves

It’s cold out there and the trees are almost bare. Some leaves still hang on however!

Aperture	ƒ/4.5
Camera	Canon EOS 20D
Focal length	10mm
ISO	400
Shutter speed	1/50s

School children

School children

While walking back to the car after the Cobh Rambler’s game a few weeks ago I made this picture of a sign on the road.

I find it strange that out of the 600-odd images I took that day, this is the first image I’ve uploaded..

Aperture	ƒ/5.6
Camera	Canon EOS 20D
Focal length	10mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/200s

Daffodils in the sky

Daffodils in the sky

Lovely bright daffodils to brighten up your gloomy November Monday morning!

This was taken way back on March 18th this year on the same day I shot these daffodils! The image has been sitting in my WIP folder for months but after my gimp lomo post I decided to post this in a larger format.

Post processing: Auto-levels, gimp lomo and save. Resized version has been sharpened and I could have done more with the dodge and burn tool to bring out the detail in the flowers but this will have to do.

Aperture	ƒ/4
Camera	DMC-FZ5
Focal length	6mm
ISO	80
Shutter speed	1/400s

Internet Cafe

Internet Cafe

The Internet Cafe is that way.

Sign is on The South Mall in Cork.

PS. GIMP 2.4.1 was released yesterday. It’s a bugfix release!

Aperture	ƒ/4
Camera	Canon EOS 20D
Focal length	10mm
ISO	200
Shutter speed	1/500s

Dunnes Stores for Better Value

Dunnes Stores for Better Value

The old Dunnes Stores on Patrick’s Street is now only a shadow of it’s former self. All that remains of the building is the front facade and a small portion of the side walls.
Construction work on the Paul Street development has levelled most of the back buildings in a square block, exposing the internals of other buildings to the elements.
I spotted photos hanging on the rear wall of a room left open to the elements after demolition. Surreal!

If any business person from Acadamy Street is reading this, can I go to the top of your building and shoot the construction site from on-high? Please!

Aperture	ƒ/4
Camera	Canon EOS 20D
Focal length	10mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/1000s

The crow stops here

The crow stops here

A crow atop a STOP sign on The Grand Parade, Cork.

Shot using a fairly high ISO but bicubic resizing smudges the noise away!

Aperture	ƒ/3.5
Camera	Canon EOS 20D
Focal length	18mm
ISO	800
Shutter speed	1/2500s