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Pro-Ukraine demonstration in Cork

One of the nice things about having your own blog is that you can say something that would get your message filtered on Twitter on Facebook for the profanity, so here goes. Fuck Putin. Fuck him and the horse he rides in on and his smug face and for everything bad he’s done to Ukraine, to Russian people, to Syria, to Georgia, and to everyone his regime has hurt over the years. Fuck him.


Apertureƒ/8
CameraILCE-7M3
Focal length240mm
ISO400
Shutter speed1/250s

When Santa rode through Cork

Santa rode through Cork City in 2003 as part of the annual Cork Toy Run that goes through the city. The last one was last year when they collected thousands of Euro for Children’s Leukaemia Association and Barnardos.


Apertureƒ/4
CameraCYBERSHOT
Focal length9.7mm
ISO100
Shutter speed1/30s

The NRP Comandante João Belo (F480) in Cork

Back in 2005 many naval ships visited Cork Harbour and one of them was the NRP Comandante João Belo. According to this Wikipedia page it was sold to Uruguay but in 2005 it flew the colours of the Portuguese Navy.

You can find out more about this particular ship here but you’ll have to translate it to English if your Portuguese isn’t up to scratch.

In the background is the “Port of Cork” sign and the buildings of the now demolished Cork Bonded Warehouse.


Apertureƒ/8
CameraCanon EOS 20D
Focal length55mm
ISO400
Shutter speed1/1250s

Mommy Cat Looks Up

Mommy Cat, as she was 7 years ago looking up at me looking out of the window of my home office. She’s totally wild, will not let us touch her at all, and until this year would barely come into the house.

That all changed this year. She’s sleeping in the kitchen now, but as I explained in this post, all is not rosy.


Apertureƒ/8
CameraCanon EOS 6D
Focal length105mm
ISO400
Shutter speed1/160s

Silhouettes in the sky

Teenage boys watching the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Cork in 2003. They were sitting on street signs at the bottom of Patrick’s Hill as the parade walked past down McCurtain Street.


Apertureƒ/8.2
CameraFinePix2800ZOOM
Focal length6mm
ISO100
Shutter speed1/900s

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