More photos added to landscapes 1

I had 3 more photos to add to the landscapes 1 series.
When you scroll down past the Prague photos, you will see them.
They are the 3 photos on top.
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Spring Flowers

Just taking a break from all the "people" posts.

People 8 (Lisbon)

More candid people shots. This time from Lisbon.
I really want to go back there. It's such a great city.
I decided to change these shots into duotone because in my opinion it brings out the atmosphere the way I felt it when we were there.
The bottom two shots are of Fado singers in a local establishment in Alfama, the quarter of Lisbon where Fado has its roots.

Update - (no photos)

Today I added the series "save it for a rainy day" but I also added a photo to landscapes 1 (Nov 2007). You can see it when you scroll down. It's the first photo of Muckross house with the tree in front.
I corrected keystoning in the second shot (Muckross house up closer).
Keystoning is a distorting effect of converging verticals, often in buildings.
It is the result of using a wide angle lens. I corrected this in Photoshop.
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Save it for a rainy day.

I try to post photos at least once a month but it is hard to choose which ones.
These shots were taken during showery days. We get plenty of rain in Ireland but that normally doesn't stop me from taking photos.

People 7 (posed and candid)

I know, I know, I really have to come up with more original titles. But like it says in the title: this post is about people again and a few shots are posed while the others are candid. I just love taking candid shots of people going about their business but sometimes I try my hand at posed shots. You can probably expect more posed shots in future posts. I found a few willing victims who wouldn't mind posing for me so all I have to do is get my act together and organise a few shoots. In the meantime I hope you'll enjoy these photos.

Hurling finals 2007 (events local)

Hurling is a Gaelic/Irish sport. It is very popular in Ireland and Limerick made it to the All Ireland finals in 2007. I watched the match in the city on a big screen in the main street. The atmosphere was great. Sadly enough Limerick lost. Here are some impressions. When you click on a photo it will bring you to my Flickr page where you click on "all sizes" to view the bigger size. For more info on hurling click here.

Portugal:Lisboa and Sintra.

One colour photo and the rest black and white and tinted black and white. Taken in Lisboa except for the two lovers under the tree which was taken in Sintra.

More Prague photos.

The last series  "Prague by night" was done in November but I had to redo it because the photos wouldn't open as a bigger size for some reason. That's fixed now but it shows up as sent in January. Anyway, here are some more Prague impressions. Prague is one of my favourite cities. I normally prefer to be reasonably close to the sea and Prague is in the middle of Europe. So how come I like it so much? Well, it has the river Vlatava flowing through it which makes up for it being landlocked.

Prague by night.

I was thinking of what to post next. So many photos waiting to be edited and posted. A lot of people shots too. I decided to post a few night shots I took in Prague.
It is often said that you should take night shots when there is still some light in the sky but I like to isolate the buildings with a totally black sky. I also like to do some photoshop work to get the right mood that I more or less felt when shooting them. I'm curious to see what you think of them.