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 |
Numerous boats are tied up at Navy Pier in Chicago, as well as a small U.S. Coast Guard boat.
This was away back in 2003. I have no idea what the place looks like now!
| Aperture | ƒ/3.5 |
| Camera | CYBERSHOT |
| Focal length | 9.7mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/125s |
Humans and dogs watching the Ladies Mini Marathon in Cork in September 2004.
| Aperture | ƒ/4 |
| Camera | CYBERSHOT |
| Focal length | 9.7mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/160s |
Many years ago in August 2003 I was waiting for the L in Chicago to bring me to work.
| Aperture | ƒ/2.5 |
| Camera | CYBERSHOT |
| Focal length | 9.7mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/125s |
A busy Garda, Dublin. June 2004.
Gardai have a shit job but I wonder what this person did to deserve a write-up? Drunk in public? Homeless? I hope she was taking notes to help this person.
| Aperture | ƒ/4.5 |
| Camera | CYBERSHOT |
| Focal length | 48.5mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/500s |
A passer-by checks the front page of the Chicago Tribune in a neighbourhood kiosk, July 2003.
I can’t imagine those kiosks are still there, considering the financial troubles newspapers have gone through in the last 19 years since this photo was taken.
| Aperture | ƒ/3.5 |
| Camera | CYBERSHOT |
| Focal length | 9.7mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/125s |
Stuck in a moment on Liberty Street, Cork.
| Aperture | ƒ/4 |
| Camera | CYBERSHOT |
| Focal length | 48.5mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/500s |
Mounted police in Chicago direct crowds along a street after the fireworks.
| Aperture | ƒ/2.3 |
| Camera | CYBERSHOT |
| Focal length | 21.1mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/80s |
Kids and grown-ups waiting for the July 4th fireworks in Chicago many years ago. The kids in this photo are in their twenties now.
| Aperture | ƒ/2.8 |
| Camera | CYBERSHOT |
| Focal length | 30.1mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/125s |
Crowds gathered on the shore of Lake Michigan with the Chicago skyline behind it to watch the July 4th fireworks.
| Aperture | ƒ/4 |
| Camera | CYBERSHOT |
| Focal length | 9.7mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/160s |
You can’t walk, you better cycle or take a taxi.
| Aperture | ƒ/4 |
| Camera | CYBERSHOT |
| Focal length | 36.1mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/160s |