Passing cars in the night.

The Grand Parade last night while I was out with Blarney Photography Club in Cork. The shot is a 25 second exposure. For 20 seconds I exposed normally with the lens at it’s widest, but for the last 5 seconds I slowly zoomed from 17mm to 40mm to get the light trail effect.

Douglas, 2013.

I posted a number of these photos before but not all, and I’ve given them a “lick of paint” in Lightroom so they’re developed differently now anyway. I’ll update this gallery if I work on any of the other photos from that day. Emmett Place, Cork in 2005. [gallery type="rectangular" link="file" ids="15770,15771,15772,15773,15774,15775" orderby="rand"]

The sun shines through the trees one early morning in November, 2013.

Looking out over Douglas village from the top floor of the multistory car park.

People enjoying the scenery along the Ballycotton Cliff Walk last weekend.

Cameras, cameras everywhere.

Just outside the English Market, Grand Parade, Cork. Street photography is hard. It’s difficult to shoot candid photos of people on the street and get a picture in focus that is pin sharp. To aid me in that task I used the auto ISO setting on my camera, with a minimum shutter speed of an…

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Rain, sleet and snow fell in the space of five minutes a week ago during the Cork Streetphotography photowalk. These lads were caught in the middle of it on St. Patrick’s Street.

The sun peeks through the clouds to illuminate the ruins of a wall in the grounds of Blarney Castle, Cork.