I was there too
Twenty years ago on the streets of Chicago I saw a carriage being pulled by a horse and a bored driver.
Today I learned while looking up more information about these trips that Chicago banned horse drawn carriages in 2021. Prices seemed to range from $120/hour up past $500/hour.
| Aperture | ƒ/4 |
| Camera | CYBERSHOT |
| Focal length | 9.7mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/250s |
I remember visiting the Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid and I loved it.
I visited Madrid in 2003 to stay with a good friend for a week. Back then, we only had rubbish 1mp cameras on our phones, if they had cameras at all. I had my Sony F717 with me and with a unique swivel body, 5MP sensor and 5X optical zoom I loved that camera.
Twenty years later and this photo is seeing the light of day. I love how ordinary this photo is. I wonder if that couple in the background is still together. Is the woman with the handbag still living in Madrid?
| Aperture | ƒ/2.5 |
| Camera | CYBERSHOT |
| Focal length | 9.7mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/125s |
A LEGO shop opened on Grafton Street, Dublin, this year. I saw queues outside it as kids and harassed parents waited to get in.
| Aperture | ƒ/6.3 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 24mm |
| ISO | 640 |
| Shutter speed | 1/500s |
The steeple of St. Anne’s Church, or Shandon Bells, The North Cathedral, and street lighting on a pole with a bird on it are silhouetted by the setting sun. Steam rises from the Heineken Brewery in the foreground.
| Aperture | ƒ/4.9 |
| Camera | SM-G998B |
| Focal length | 30.6mm |
| ISO | 80 |
| Shutter speed | 1/100s |
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 |
A little robin looks off to the left in the grounds of Blarney Castle last November. They’re a friendly bird.
If you want more, take a look at the fabulous robin photos that BathNature is posting and follow them!
I think my Blarney Castle membership expires today. I’m uncertain if I’ll renew it as it’s expensive, and I barely used it at all in the past 12 months.
| Aperture | ƒ/6.3 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 240mm |
| ISO | 10000 |
| Shutter speed | 1/250s |
Two leprechauns dance on St. Patrick’s Street, Cork. Tourists and children must love them, I guess.
| Aperture | ƒ/2.2 |
| Camera | SM-G998B |
| Focal length | 2.2mm |
| ISO | 50 |
| Shutter speed | 1/2400s |
Henry spotted the reflection of the ferris wheel in this parked car on the Grand Parade in Cork.
| Aperture | ƒ/18 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 34mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 5s |
Saint Fin Barre’s Cathedral seen in the background behind the Ferris Wheel on Grand Parade in Cork.
| Aperture | ƒ/6.3 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 98mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 4s |
At the SHARE crib on St. Patrick’s Street, Cork earlier this month. Street fundraisers for SHARE were everywhere again this month, and even had tap-and-pay machines to pay by credit card or phone.
| Aperture | ƒ/2.8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 24mm |
| ISO | 200 |
| Shutter speed | 1/500s |
