On a warm October evening, there was no need for wool caps or scarves.
| Aperture | ƒ/2.8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 24mm |
| ISO | 12800 |
| Shutter speed | 1/500s |
I was there too
It’s not every day you see a man walk by with a cat lying across his shoulder, but this day in Malaga I did.
He was squeezing some kind of paste on to his finger, which I presume may have been a treat for his cat. That cat was very interested in what he was doing!
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 24mm |
| ISO | 640 |
| Shutter speed | 1/500s |


The new year was welcomed by fireworks lit by a random guy in Plaza de la Marina in Malaga. I thought there would be spectacular fireworks over by the lighthouse as the clocks struck 12, but no, the skies remained empty.
We turned away and saw fireworks lighting the sky next to the towering Hotel Soho Boutique Equitativa near the plaza. Bangers were lit and it was very noisy. I remembered I had Bluetooth earphones, and they helped dull the noise when I started playing Pet Shop Boys a little louder than I would normally.
All the photos were hand held. I had a tripod, but it was hard to know when a firework would go up. I eventually set up the tripod during a lull when they lit some sort of sparkler on the ground, but then the main protagonists just walked away. The show was over.
It was my first time shooting fireworks close up and handheld. I shot in manual mode, with the aperture as wide as I could, ISO 100. After a few shots, I switched to back button focus and focused on the hotel, but I’m not sure if it helped much.
| Aperture | ƒ/6.3 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 108mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1s |
Washing on the line, flowers growing in pots, a satellite dish receiving signals from space. All things you see in any other back garden, but visible in the middle of Dublin city on Holles Street.
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 118mm |
| ISO | 640 |
| Shutter speed | 1/500s |
A LEGO shop opened on Grafton Street, Dublin, this year. I saw queues outside it as kids and harassed parents waited to get in.
| Aperture | ƒ/6.3 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 24mm |
| ISO | 640 |
| Shutter speed | 1/500s |
No sign of Flash Gordon yet, but Ming the Merciless is in Blackpool, Cork on Berwick Lane.
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 24mm |
| ISO | 8000 |
| Shutter speed | 1/500s |
A little robin looks off to the left in the grounds of Blarney Castle last November. They’re a friendly bird.
If you want more, take a look at the fabulous robin photos that BathNature is posting and follow them!
I think my Blarney Castle membership expires today. I’m uncertain if I’ll renew it as it’s expensive, and I barely used it at all in the past 12 months.
| Aperture | ƒ/6.3 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 240mm |
| ISO | 10000 |
| Shutter speed | 1/250s |
Henry spotted the reflection of the ferris wheel in this parked car on the Grand Parade in Cork.
| Aperture | ƒ/18 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 34mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 5s |