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Reaching for the sky

The enormous (for Lanzarote) Arrecife Gran Hotel & Spa sits in the harbour of Arrecife and dominates the skyline. It’s the tallest building on the island and not without controversy. Some time after it’s construction a law came into force forbidding the construction of such tall buildings on the island.

This page says it was built almost overnight in 1988, but Wikipedia and other sources mention 1970 or 1971. It suffered a huge fire in 1994 but was then reopened as 5 star hotel in 2004. I think I need to go up to the rooftop bar next time for the views ..

This is a long exposure shot. I didn’t have my tripod with me so I had to rest the camera on a wall, with my wallet and a lens cap under the lens to tilt the camera up. Making things more precarious was the very strong gusts of wind that blew through the area that would almost knock you over that day. Certainly if you were huddling over the camera, trying to keep it steady for the 10 seconds or so of this image.

Aperture	ƒ/16
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	16mm
ISO	50
Shutter speed	25s

Cork City Tour of Roches Stores

Take a tour of Cork City and you’ll pass by the old Roches Stores. Who knows what will happen to that grand building now? It’s been empty quite a while ..

Aperture	ƒ/6.3
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	49mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/250s

Wave! Wave!

Tourists waving to an incoming flight on Lanzarote.

Aperture	ƒ/11
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	16mm
ISO	10000
Shutter speed	1/500s

The Crow and the Wheel

The Ferris Wheel on the Grand Parade is gone now but just recently a crow was checking it out to see if it was fun or not.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	24mm
ISO	250
Shutter speed	1/500s

Storage Tanks on the Docklands

This won’t win any awards for beauty but it’s part of the old industry of the city along the docklands. While this old building looms overhead lots of people were enjoying a warm June day at the Marina Market. Open air seating was all full with people enjoying their lunches.

I have no doubt these buildings will be gone in a few years, hopefully to be replaced by a thriving community of businesses and homes.

Aperture	ƒ/2.2
Camera	SM-G998B
Focal length	2.2mm
ISO	50
Shutter speed	1/4300s

Sunset on the road

A single exposure at 1/30 of a second because the road, even if it is in rural Ireland on the Dingle Peninsula. Cars drove past at most every 5-6 minutes.

Lightroom’s new masking tools were really helpful working on this image.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	16mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/30s

The Milky Way and the Cloud

The starry sky photographed in the darkness of Sheep’s Head, Co Cork last weekend. In between rain and storms I captured a few shots of our celestial neighbours.