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Lights on in the evening

The tower of the Centro Deportivo Fariones in Puerto Del Carmen, Lanzarote is lit up in the evening.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	240mm
ISO	200
Shutter speed	1/4s

Sunset on a Dingle Road

Just another gorgeous sunset on the beautiful Dingle Peninsula, Co Kerry.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	55mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/4s

Sunrise over Blarney

The sun rises over the houses of Blarney early one morning at the end of March, 2022.

Aperture	ƒ/2.4
Camera	SM-G998B
Focal length	9mm
ISO	50
Shutter speed	1/2800s

Shandon Bells on the North Side

The tower of St. Anne’s Church rises above the north side of Cork City with the Eir building and their own tower next to it.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	402.79998779297mm
ISO	800
Shutter speed	1/500s

Where the wind blows

This is the weather vane at the top of the tower on the Cork District Court. It used to be a school, An Módh Scoil, or Model School, where I attended in the eighties.

I’d never seen this weather vane up close and level like this before until a few days ago when I made this photo. From my memory, there’s a doorway to the tower near the main entrance to the building. I’ve never been up there but I was always curious about it.

They’ve done an amazing job of preserving this building. It didn’t looks quite as good when it was simply a primary school!

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	410.8mm
ISO	250
Shutter speed	1/500s

A pigeon in the sun

A pigeon basking in the setting sun of a lovely March day in Cork City.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	600mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/1000s

Wave! Wave!

Tourists waving to an incoming flight on Lanzarote.

Aperture	ƒ/11
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	16mm
ISO	10000
Shutter speed	1/500s

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.

Aperture	ƒ/8.2
Camera	FinePix2800ZOOM
Focal length	6mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/900s

Some sunrise this morning

The colours in the sky this morning were unreal for a few minutes. Reds mixed with purples. Deep shadows in the clouds. Wonderful.

Aperture	ƒ/4.9
Camera	SM-G998B
Focal length	30.6mm
ISO	160
Shutter speed	1/50s

Fluttering Flag

A flag flutters in the evening wind on Achill Island, Co Mayo, in July 2019.

Aperture	ƒ/8
Camera	ILCE-7M3
Focal length	105mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/25s

When the sun rises tomorrow…

It seems unreal but most of the Covid19 restrictions will be lifted in Ireland tomorrow morning at 6am.

Pubs and restaurant hours to return to normal.
Nightclubs reopen.
FULL attendance at indoor and outdoor events.
Covid pass requirement gone for hospitality.

You’ll still need the Covid digital cert (or I presume a negative PCR?) to travel on a plane though.

Today we had just over 11,000 new cases of Covid19, but it’s omicron, “the mild variant”. Our hospitals aren’t overflowing. The Taoiseach spoke this evening and acknowledged that case numbers will go up. Hopefully not too many of those extra people die or suffer long term disability.

Despite the frost on the ground in the photo above this has been a remarkably mild winter. If I go anywhere I’ll be eating and drinking outside for a good while yet.

Aperture	ƒ/1.8
Camera	SM-G998B
Focal length	6.7mm
ISO	50
Shutter speed	1/1050s

Blarney Castle Sunset

A few days ago we had a lovely sunset and luckily I was out walking with my wife around the village. Here’s a shot from the road outside. This is a silhouette anyone in Blarney will recognise, isn’t it?

Aperture	ƒ/4.9
Camera	SM-G998B
Focal length	30.6mm
ISO	50
Shutter speed	1/490s