The view from my hotel, looking out on the Mediterranean before the sun rose. There was a beautiful glow on the horizon.
| Aperture | ƒ/5.6 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 72mm |
| ISO | 3200 |
| Shutter speed | 1/80s |
I was there too
In contrast to the photo yesterday of the same bench in 2015 when a mural appeared on the wall, this photo from July 2019 features a blank wall.
An elderly man, with his walker sits on the same bench. I hope he made it through the COVID pandemic.
| Aperture | ƒ/4 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 16mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/640s |
The Eiffel Tower reflected in the pond at the Jardins du Trocadéro in Paris.
I remember reading that police would stop you taking photos of the Eiffel Tower at night with a camera on a tripod but I never experienced that. Do they do that any more?
| Aperture | ƒ/4 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 17mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/2s |
Boolaboom, a “super-sized brass and percussion big-band” played on Oliver Plunkett Street, in front of the GPO and they were great!










| Aperture | ƒ/3.5 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 24mm |
| ISO | 6400 |
| Shutter speed | 1/60s |



We saw The Service play in An Bróg last night and they were as good as they’ve always been.
Best moment was, ‘For anyone under, uh, 50, THIS IS SKA!’
I’ll admit I didn’t know Madness were a ska band. My wife introduced me to the wider world of that genre of music!
| Aperture | ƒ/3.5 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 24mm |
| ISO | 12800 |
| Shutter speed | 1/320s |
The centre of Cork City will become a traffic free zone this Saturday for a few hours. The area visible in the photo above will still have cars in it, but it’ll be interesting to see what effect this will have on the day.
Visible in the background, of course, is “What is home?” by Dublin-based artist Asbestos.
This photo makes me feel uneasy.
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 75mm |
| ISO | 1600 |
| Shutter speed | 1/500s |
The word JUSTICE painted on the side of the hoarding surrounding the derelict site on Sullivan’s Quay in Cork seems appropriate.
So many homeless in the city, and this huge area is still a heap of rubble in the middle of the city. Not that whatever gets built there will help the homeless. It was supposed to be the site of a glass covered hotel AFAIR.
| Aperture | ƒ/1.8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 75mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/1600s |