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No Alcohol

No drinking on the street. This reminds me of an incident several years ago when I was in town with a group of friends on a Saturday night. This was before I started drinking, and my friends bought cans of beer in an off-license.
The guy behind the counter warned them the Guards were about watching for people drinking alcoholic beverages in public and they seemed to heed his warning until they got across the road and popped open their cans.

Sure enough, within 2 minutes a Garda was there! He took their names and addresses, and asked them to stop drinking, and of course gave them an awful fright. I followed a chastened group of lads to the pub. Don’t even know why they wanted to drink outside as the pub was just around the corner. Could have been the “poor student” in each of them trying to save money.

Not drinking was great of course. Cost me all of about 6 or 7 quid on a night out, and I could drive home too!

Aperture	ƒ/5
Camera	Canon EOS 20D
Focal length	48mm
ISO	400
Shutter speed	1/1000s

Tags alcohol, Canon 20D, Cork, Cork Photos, drink, Ireland, Irish photos, irishblogs, Look up, Sigma 18-200, Signs, Urban, Urban Acid

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Why does my Canon 20D keep clicking?

Post author By Donncha
Post date August 19, 2008
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Bord Gais, fuelling the passion for Camogie in Cork. Or is it the wine? I couldn’t resist taking this shot this evening!

This is the second last photo I took with my Canon 20D before the shutter started clicking continuously. The last one is a slightly blurry shot of my family and inlaws in the pictured Wine Bar on Washington Street, Cork. I had just taken the shot, decided it was time to put the camera away and get Adam out of the buggy. I put the lens cap on, and click, click, click, click..
The clicks would only stop when I took the battery out. It appears from this thread that I’m not alone. I know that in the old days, cameras would last decades and “they don’t make them like they used to”, but I never expected the Canon 20D to break down on me in just 3 years. At a guess, I’ve probably shot 75,000 pictures with it so perhaps it was about time the shutter complained.

Anyway, I’m going to ring Canon in Dublin tomorrow for a repair quote. If it’s too expensive I’ll have to look into getting a replacement camera. Hope the house insurance will pay out in that case.

Aperture	ƒ/7.1
Camera	Canon EOS 20D
Focal length	28mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/100s

Tags Advertising, bord gais, camogie, Canon 20D, Cork, Cork Photos, Ireland, Irish photos, irishblogs, Look up, Photo, Photography, Signs, Sport, Urban, Urban Acid, Washington Street, wine bar

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Chicago Board of Trade

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) is the world’s oldest futures and options exchange. It was established in 1848 and since 1930 has operated out of this building on 141 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago according to this Wikipedia page.

Possible Batman “The Dark Knight” spoilers ahead. Don’t read on if you’re going to watch the movie!

Aperture	ƒ/13
Camera	Canon EOS 20D
Focal length	41mm
ISO	800
Shutter speed	1/250s

Tags "The dark knight", Architecture, Batman, Canon 18-55, Canon 20D, CBOT, Chicago, Chicago Photos, flag, irishblogs, lomo, United States, Urban, Urban Acid

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Looking for a parking space

Post author By Donncha
Post date July 30, 2008
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You’re in town and desperately looking for a parking place. Where do you go? All the on-street parking has either been removed because of road works or taken by everyone who went shopping at 9am. Just look up. There’s a multi storey carpark somewhere near you. Probably.

Front of the car park on The Grand Parade. Shot after I said goodbye to Phil and the others a few weeks ago.

Aperture	ƒ/13
Camera	Canon EOS 20D
Focal length	10mm
ISO	200
Shutter speed	1/400s

Tags Architecture, Canon 10-22, Canon 20D, car park, clouds, Cork, Cork Photos, Grand Parade, Ireland, Irish photos, irishblogs, Look up, parking, Photo, Photography, Q, shadows, Signs, Sky, Street Photography, Urban, Urban Acid

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An Chead Bhailiu Eile

A very old looking post box on South Main Street, Cork stands next to the brewery there.

“An Chead Bhailiu Eile” and “Next Collection” are stamped just above the letter box, and both phrases are the same in Irish and English.

Photos from Snapfish.ie were delivered today. Quality is quite good, but they messed up the crop on one photo (you can’t crop it yourself unfortunately) and another photo was missing about an inch on one side somehow.

Aperture	ƒ/5.6
Camera	Canon EOS 20D
Focal length	10mm
ISO	100
Shutter speed	1/80s

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A big head is natural

I was setting up a shot by placing that wheel cap leaning on the bus shelter when these two teenagers ran across the road carrying a football goal between them!

Anyway, there’s the Murphy’s stout advert I wanted to shoot. I wonder if they advertise anywhere else in the country?