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Meteor Streak

Last night my son and I hopped in the car and travelled upstream of the Inniscarra dam on the River Lee around here where I hoped it would be fairly dark to shoot the Perseids meteor shower.

The sunset was lovely and I’ll be posting photos of that over the next few days but I was disappointed at the light pollution from Cork City on the clouds above. It was only by almost 2230 that the clouds moved away and more of the sky became visible.

I saw one meteor streak through the upper atmosphere to the north-north-east, while my son saw one almost overhead. Disappointing but we were getting tired so near 2300 I took a few photos of the sky. The very last photo I took was to the west and I liked how it looked but when I saw it on my laptop this morning I noticed the streak of a meteor at the top of the frame!

The photo was a 30 second exposure, f/4 at 2000 ISO.

Aperture ƒ/4
Camera Canon EOS 6D
Focal length 24mm
ISO 2000
Shutter speed 30s

Inch Beach at Night

Inch Beach on Friday night. The light was beautiful but needed a little help in development. Using some of the tips in this video I transformed this image into what you see above.

Aperture ƒ/8
Camera Canon EOS 6D
Focal length 24mm
ISO 50
Shutter speed 2.5s

Nohoval Cove at Night

Nohoval Cove in Co Cork is hidden away near Robert’s Cove but is a lonely part of the world. There’s a narrow road going down there, with just about enough parking for three cars. When the tide is in the water comes all the way to the slip and you have to clamber up on a rocky ledge to safety.

This was my first time down there and I had an enjoyable evening with Mark and Henry of Blarney Photography Club!

Aperture ƒ/22
Camera Canon EOS 6D
Focal length 90mm
ISO 50
Shutter speed 115s

Air India Flight 182 Memorial

A sundial, part of the Air India Flight 182 Memorial near Ahakista in West Cork. It overlooks the Atlantic near where the Air India flight was destroyed by a bomb in 1985. 329 people were killed in the attack.

You can read more about it on the Wikipedia page or listen to Witness: Air India Flight 182.

Aperture ƒ/10
Camera Canon EOS 6D
Focal length 55mm
ISO 100
Shutter speed 1/15s

Sunset over Crosshaven boats 2

As promised yesterday in my last Crosshaven post here’s another shot of the same scene but wider. I still like both a lot. What d’you think?

Aperture ƒ/8
Camera Canon EOS 6D
Focal length 58mm
ISO 100
Shutter speed 1/80s

Sunset over Crosshaven boats 1

The first of two images I shot from the same location last night. Second image tomorrow! I couldn’t decide which one was better.

Aperture ƒ/8
Camera Canon EOS 6D
Focal length 105mm
ISO 100
Shutter speed 1/40s
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