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Sun setting on the Youghal groynes

Post author By Donncha
Post date June 3, 2023
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Waves roll in over the groynes in Youghal as the sun sets

The sun set on an absolutely clear sky on Thursday night in Youghal. I was there with Blarney Photography Club, and as you may have guessed from the photo, I was wearing wellies.

We had fun photographing the outgoing tide, and when the sun eventually slid towards the horizon the reflected colour in the sea got that bit more yellower and warmer. The groynes (or groins, depending on where you come from) make for a great subject.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	43mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/1250s

Tags Blarney Photography Club, Cork, groins, Groynes, Ireland, Photo, Sony A7 III, sunset, Water, Youghal

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Diego in his blanket

Diego, our chihuahua, in his blue baby blanket looking directly at the camera.

Diego in his blanket after waking up from a sleep. This is an old photo of him from 2017, but I’m posting it today because he’s at the vet’s office after getting an x-ray.

He hasn’t been himself for some time and let out loud yelps from time to time but he was diagnosed with Intervertebral disc disease (IVDD) by the vet this afternoon.

It’s the very early stages of the disease and with lots of care we can treat him. No jumping off sofas, beds, or chairs. No walks even. We have to wrap him in cotton wool for the next six weeks.

He’ll get better.

Aperture	ƒ/1.7
Camera	SM-G935F
Focal length	4.2mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/50s

Tags Cork, Diego, Dogs, Ireland, Photo, Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge

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Surreal Flowers in Dublin

Post author By Donncha
Post date June 1, 2023
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A woman clutches a bouguet of flowers next to a large display of flowers for sale on Grafton Street in Dublin.

A woman stands next to a display of flowers for sale in Dublin last October.

I played with the colours here a little. A bit of fun on an image that was too noisy, and too dark.

Aperture	ƒ/2.8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	24mm
ISO	12800
Shutter speed	1/500s

Tags Dublin, Ireland, Photo, Photography, Sony A7 III, Street Photography

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The Eye Sees All

Graffiti on a wall. An eye in a triangle with a starry background overlaid on the face of a screaming bearded man.

This graffiti caught my eye when I walked past. It was on the corner of Barrack Street and Fort Street in Cork. The eye sees you and the man screams at you.

It’s long gone now, this photo was made in 2019!

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

Tags Barrack Street, Black and White, Cork, graffiti, Ireland, Photo, Sony A7 III, Street Photography

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The yellow glow of sunset

I walked out my front door last night and spotted a fiery sunset behind the houses across the road. The colour slowly changed over the next ten minutes as the sun sunk further and further beyond the horizon.

I took 151 photos of the sky that night, most of them taken with me waggling my camera back and forth to capture some sweet ICM.

This was shot at f/13 so there were plenty of dust spots to heal. Luckily you can copy heals from one photo to another and if they’re the AI kind, Lightroom Classic will calculate the best way to heal each time.

Aperture	ƒ/13
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	240mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/2.5s

Tags Blarney, Cork, ICM, Ireland, Photo, Photography, Sky, Sony A7 III, sunset

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Fifty Shades of Mountain

Mountains in the haze with forests and snow on them.

Mountains on the German/Austria border stretch off in the distance as the Alps cut through this region of Europe.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	169mm
ISO	200
Shutter speed	1/800s

Tags a8ctravel, Germany, mountains, Photo, Photography, Sony A7 III

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The winds blows softly

Clouds blur with movement, and grass bends against the wind in a long exposure photo at a beach in Kerry. Rocks in the foreground, Grass on a hill, with a broken fence on top, and the cloudy sky above.

On a lovely evening in August last year I was walking along a beach with my wife. The sun was getting low in the sky casting a faintly yellow glow over the world.

This long exposure shot captures the movement of cloud, and the wind blown grass. Even though there wasn’t much wind, it’s all relative when the photo is 13 seconds long.

Psst. Don’t tell anyone, but there’s a really nice beach around the corner from Wine Strand!

Aperture	ƒ/13
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	37mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	13s

Tags Beach, Dingle Peninsula, Ireland, Kerry, Long Exposure, Photo, Sky, Sony A7 III

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Streaks of Sunset Light

Streaks of colour in a sunset photo made by moving the camera left to right.
The colours go from a dark smudgy grey and blue to vibrant orange.

You may have seen the stunning sunset photo from Crosshaven that I shared yesterday. Well, here’s another shot of it for you.

This one doesn’t look like a typical sunset, does it? Except for the warm orange glow. That’s because I used a technique called Intentional Camera Movement, or ICM for short. It involves zooming in on the boats in the water and moving the camera from side to side while taking the shot. The boats are the dark part of the photo, while the reflected sunlight in the water provided the rich orange streaks.

The result is a beautiful abstract image with streaks of colour and light. Next time I’m shooting a sunset over water, I’ll be trying this again!

Aperture	ƒ/16
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	240mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/3s

Tags Blarney Photography Club, Cork, Crosshaven, ICM, Ireland, Long Exposure, orange, Photo, Sony A7 III, Sun, sunset

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Sunset in Crosshaven

Boats on the water and in the background a forest with some houses and a lovely orange sunset too.

The sun sets over Curraghbinny Wood as I watched from the Crosshaven side. There was the most amazing glow in the sky that lasted several minutes, a nice end to a glorious day.