The cat just sat there observing the world pass by. All relaxed, like.
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 240mm |
| ISO | 200 |
| Shutter speed | 1/500s |
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Shandon Bells on the North Side
Flash Harry in 2021
A few more photos of Flash Harry from their September 2021 performance in the Opera House, Cork. They played there recently but I didn’t get to see them. They are a great Queen tribute band however. Go see them if you can!
Posting these because I wanted to test out Topaz Denoise on some high ISO noisy images. It did a fabulous job cleaning them up!
Mike Gray posted some great photos of musicians performing on his Twitter account, and he said he used DXO PureRAW. I was going to try the free trial of that but since I already had Denoise I wanted to give that a proper go at these images. Very happy with it too.
| Aperture | ƒ/6.3 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 98mm |
| ISO | 16000 |
| Shutter speed | 1/640s |
Catching the sun at the beach
Blackbird in the bushes
Robin Calling
Statues at Sunset
Some of the statues that decorate the entrances to St. Fin Barre’s Cathedral in Cork.
Taken while we waited for the Cathedral to open so we could hear beautiful classical music played that evening by London Concertante.
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 240mm |
| ISO | 250 |
| Shutter speed | 1/250s |
The Round Tower in Ardmore
The round tower in the cemetery in Ardmore is really impressive, standing out on the hillside overlooking the town.
The tower was built in the 12th century but it has been kept in great condition. Lots more to learn about it on this page.
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 16mm |
| ISO | 100 |
| Shutter speed | 1/80s |
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
The Ukrainian Flag Flies Over Cork City
The Ukrainian flag flies over Cork City Hall this evening as it has done since late February in solidarity with the people of Ukraine.
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 366.2mm |
| ISO | 1600 |
| Shutter speed | 1/400s |
A Sheep with horns
I don’t often see sheep with horns but this one in the Galtee Mountains was one of a number of similar sheep. I’m glad he was behind a fence …
| Aperture | ƒ/8 |
| Camera | ILCE-7M3 |
| Focal length | 58mm |
| ISO | 3200 |
| Shutter speed | 1/250s |