Whistling on a bullet

A man blows over the top of a bullet casing at a military show in the old Cork Gaol in 2013.

It’s an odd feeling to post this photo. I’ve had it in my “todo” album for more than a decade and apparently never posted it before. Once it’s published I won’t see it so often as I don’t revisit the “published” album too often.


Apertureƒ/8
CameraCanon EOS 6D
Focal length105mm
ISO250
Shutter speed1/125s

The trees and the statue

Near the Forty Foot in Dún Laoghaire is a statue with religious carvings on it. For once, Google Maps wasn’t too helpful about what the statue was called.

Hopefully, someone from the area will see this and let me know what it’s called.

Edit: Thanks Oisin, the statue is called Stele.


Apertureƒ/8
CameraILCE-7RM5
Focal length24mm
ISO100
Shutter speed1/250s

A model of Plac Matejki

A tiny model of Plac Matejki sits at one end of this elegant street in Krakow. In the distance is St. Florian’s Church. Taking a photo of the model is difficult enough, and of course, I didn’t have a macro lens, but I was happy with how it came out.

In the centre sits the Grunwald Monument.


Apertureƒ/2.8
CameraILCE-7RM5
Focal length24mm
ISO1250
Shutter speed1/500s

A European Starling in Dún Laoghaire

A starling perched on a railing in the seaside town of Dún Laoghaire watches the goings-on in the nearby café. Pickings will be slim today as the establishment is being renovated and is not serving customers today!


Apertureƒ/8
CameraILCE-7RM5
Focal length240mm
ISO320
Shutter speed1/500s

Palestinian Flags on the Street

After the Pro Palestinian march walked past and down Oliver Plunkett Street in Cork. There is so much anger at what the Israeli army is doing in Gaza.

How can anyone in their right mind support Netanyahu and his Government after all they’ve done? Hamas are terrorists, but Israel bombing cities and homes and hospitals to rubble and killing tens of thousands of people is not going to address their problems. They’re just laying the groundwork for a perpetual war that will never end.


Apertureƒ/4.9
CameraGalaxy S23 Ultra
Focal length27.2mm
ISO50
Shutter speed1/270s

Ladies Cycling Happily

A woman waves at me as she and her friends cycle through the streets

The women on their group bicycle thingy pass by a parked bus

In what seems like an eternity now, I photographed these ladies cycling along Eastcheap in London in June 2021. Hey, guess it gets you out in the fresh(ish) air and doing exercise before maybe going for a drink, or a lie down (zzzzz, too much exercise), later on.


Apertureƒ/8
CameraILCE-7M3
Focal length126mm
ISO640
Shutter speed1/500s