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A Wine Strand Sunset

A road curves off into the distance towards some parked vehicles on a headland. Water is visible to the side and the sky is turning orange at the horizon as the sun has set

The road to the end of the headland by Wine Strand in Co. Kerry curves off into the distance. Parked vehicles are parked there as people enjoy the evening.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	24mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/50s

I was out with Blarney Photography Club on Thursday night in the city. The sun was setting when I decided we should head to Bell’s Field. I thought we had about 30 minutes, but with the hills opposite, the sun sank out of sight much earlier.

Driving up there, through St. Luke’s, we got there just to see the sun disappear behind a bank of cloud on the horizon. Luckily, the glow of our celestial star continued for some time, and this is one of the photos from that night.

Not a great shot by any means, but it was nice to be out with everyone else, and we had a nice chat and drink afterwards.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	132mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/250s

Sunset on the Youghal Boardwalk

Silhouettes of two people walking on the Youghal boardwalk, with the sun setting behind them

Just after the sun set over Youghal last Thursday night and someone noticed people walking on the boardwalk.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	240mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/800s

Surreal Flowers in Dublin

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

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

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

Prepping for a 70th birthday

Two people walking up the steps of a narrow street. They have two balloons in the shape of a 7 and a 0, and a large fake bottle of champagne.

Two women carrying balloons and a large fake champagne bottle up the steps of a narrow lane. Bet they had a party that night!

Aperture	ƒ/4.9
Camera	Galaxy S23 Ultra
Focal length	27.2mm
ISO	160
Shutter speed	1/50s

Construction of the Camden Quay Hotel

Construction work on a building site in Cork City. A tall yellow crane is visible under a sky half full of clouds. Tiny figures of men can be seen on the building site working on laying down steel supports.

The old site of the hotel on Camden Quay is being redeveloped. It’s gone through many phases over the years, and it’s soon to be a 3 star hotel.

Aperture	ƒ/2.2
Camera	Galaxy S23 Ultra
Focal length	2.2mm
ISO	50
Shutter speed	1/5800s

Sailing past Roches Point

A sailing boat sails past Roches Point Lighthouse at the mouth of Cork Harbour. The boat has a blue hull and the sails are, I think, half raised.

A sailing boat sails past Roche’s Point Lighthouse at the mouth of Cork Harbour. It was a lovely August evening last year. The days were long and the sun was shining!

Aperture	ƒ/9
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	240mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/250s

The view from St. Peters in Munich

The view from St. Peter's Church in Munich. You can see the roofs of buildings, and the gothic church, Frauenkirche.

St. Peter’s Church, or Alter Peter, in Munich is the tallest building in the vicinity. Local regulations prohibited building taller buildings except for a few years a while back when ugly glass office blocks were built a few kilometres away. That’s the Frauenkirche, a large gothic church in the middle distance.

So, you get a great view of the city, and it was nice to go up there to wait for the sunset. Unfortunately, the sky was mostly clear so the eventual sunset wasn’t that amazing but I loved seeing the city from this vantage point.

Beware, it takes 4 minutes to walk down. I didn’t record how long to get up. My legs were like jelly afterwards!

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	24mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/250s

All you need is love, JFK

A shop front: a table with a sign that says "All you need is love", a statue of an ange, a cherub statue and the book, "The Kennedys Portrait of a family" by Richard Avedon.

Late last year I visited Youghal on a Sunday. Most of the shops were closed, including this one but the display in front caught my eye.

JFK is still highly regarded by many people who don’t know how unfaithful he was to his wife, and maybe they do know and ignore that part of him. I thought the juxtaposition of a sign saying “All you need is love” right next to a photo of a famous philanderer and his wife was delicious.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	24mm
ISO	4000
Shutter speed	1/500s

The Valentia River Viaduct

A viaduct crossing the River Valentia in Co. Kerry. Flowers are seen blurred in the foreground

The now unused viaduct over the Valentia River in Co Kerry caught my eye away back in 2019.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	24mm
ISO	125
Shutter speed	1/250s

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