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Painting a Malaga Mural

A mural of a woman in a blue dress. A man on a raised platform checks his phone and takes a break from painting.

A couple look at a mural of a woman in a blue dress on a street.

I spotted this mural being painted in Malaga a few weeks ago. A few people gathered around to watch. The mural is a striking painting of a woman in a blue dress, sitting in front of a landscape and a sunset.

The painting is called, “Brisa Estival” or “Summer Breeze” by the artist, Lalone, according to this report.

Brisa estival es el título de esta segunda obra creada por el artista Lalone, un especialista en murales urbanos, y que se integra dentro del proyecto Atardeceres Larios. El artista propone una interpretación contemporánea de la obra Días de verano realizada por el pintor Vicente Palmaroli en el año 1885 y que se expone en el Thyssen malagueño.

(Brisa summer is the title of this second work created by the artist Lalone, a specialist in urban murals, and which is integrated within the Larios Sunsets project. The artist proposes a contemporary interpretation of the work Days of Summer by the painter Vicente Palmaroli in 1885 and which is exhibited in the Malaga Thyssen.)

The translation above was done by Firefox, but Google Translate translated the name of the mural differently. You can find the painting, “Summer Days” by Vincente Palmaroli here.

It’s a fabulous mural. If you visit Malaga, it’s well worth seeing.

Aperture	ƒ/1.7
Camera	Galaxy S23 Ultra
Focal length	6.3mm
ISO	10
Shutter speed	1/250s

Surrounded by the sights of Cork

Flowers and icons of Cork are painted on a wall in Bishop Lucey Park behind a man checking his phone on a bench.

I wonder if this man checking his phone noticed the mural behind him in Bishop Lucey Park. In this fragment of the mural you can see the old Roches Stores building, Mangan’s Clock and Shandon Bells.

You won’t see that mural there now. This is a snapshot of it from 2015.

Aperture	ƒ/6.3
Camera	Canon EOS 6D
Focal length	105mm
ISO	200
Shutter speed	1/320s

Traffic and housing

Car traffic and a white van crossed a bridge in front of me, going through a junction with traffic lights, while the "What is Home?" mural on South Main Street is visible in the background.

The centre of Cork City will become a traffic free zone this Saturday for a few hours. The area visible in the photo above will still have cars in it, but it’ll be interesting to see what effect this will have on the day.

Visible in the background, of course, is “What is home?” by Dublin-based artist Asbestos.

This photo makes me feel uneasy.

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

Mind is like a garden

The murals and graffiti on the hoarding on Sullivan’s Quay, Cork changes all the time and the evening I shot this it bore the text, “Mind is like a garden”. You can see a mural in the background that I posted yesterday, and two women walking past.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	75mm
ISO	250
Shutter speed	1/500s

Fiery Red Hair

The red hair of a mural on a wall. A "no parking" sign spoils the photo, but it's part of the scene.

The fiery, red hair of the mural on Sullivan’s Quay contrasts with the blue and dark background of the picture. I like the “no parking” sign, even if it’s distracting. I like the way the shadow of the pole and sign lies on the wall, duplicating the solid in the 2D world of the wall.

Aperture	ƒ/1.8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	75mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/4000s

A mural on Tucky Street

A brightly coloured mural showing a man running, a woman reading and Shandon Bells. A light is visible and a pub sign for Murphy's Stout

Behind a closed gate, you’ll find a lovely mural on a wall in Tucky Street. Look more closely at the pillars beneath it, and you’ll see they belonged to the library a long time ago!

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	75mm
ISO	4000
Shutter speed	1/500s

Looking for a room

A mural on the side of a building shows a person with an Amazon box over their head. An eye looks sideways out of the box, looking at the window on the left of the photo.

A mural on the side of a building on North Main Street is called “What is home” and features a person wearing an Amazon box, as that’s the only accommodation they can find.

In this photo the figure is looking sideways to the visible window on the front of the building, as if asking, “why can’t I find somewhere to live?”

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	75mm
ISO	2000
Shutter speed	1/500s

Looking for fish

A man looks up at a large mural on a wall. Only part of it is visible but it's a person fishing on a river, with woods and buildings on the far bank.

I’ve posted photos of the Kyle Street mural before, but here’s another one. A man looked up at what I was photographing as he walked past, and I couldn’t resist taking a photo!

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	16mm
ISO	6400
Shutter speed	1/500s

Ming the Merciless rules 2023

Ming The Merciless, a policeman and a child drawn on the wall of a building.

No sign of Flash Gordon yet, but Ming the Merciless is in Blackpool, Cork on Berwick Lane.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	24mm
ISO	8000
Shutter speed	1/500s

Hurling in the sky

The mural of a hurler on Anglesea Street on a bright July afternoon. Always great to see this when I walk or drive past. The last time I photographed this mural was in the depths of winter last January!

ACHES did a great job on this one!

Aperture	ƒ/2.2
Camera	SM-G998B
Focal length	2.2mm
ISO	50
Shutter speed	1/3700s

The Lady And Her Dog

This large wall in Bishop Lucey Park has featured a huge mural on it for several years now. This is the wall as it was in June 2021, but the mural has been changed since then.

Aperture	ƒ/2.4
Camera	SM-G998B
Focal length	9mm
ISO	50
Shutter speed	1/1000s

What is Home?

A mural called “What is Home?” painted by Asbestos. A figure wearing a cardboard box on it’s head looks out on a derelict site next door, and across the road the site of the new convention centre, if it is ever built..

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	101mm
ISO	200
Shutter speed	1/500s