Clothes peg (there is beauty in everything).

Only one shot: a close-up of the humble clothes peg.

There is beauty in everything.

Digital Dolf's Limerick blog up and running.

Well,  by up and running I mean that I started the blog and I have one "new" set of photos up and a few that are on this blog as well.
From Sunday the 8th of June I'll be gone for a few weeks so until July there won't be that much activity on the Limerick blog.
I might be able to put a few more up before Sunday, we'll see.
You can find the link to the blog in the link section on the right hand side.
Or you can click here.

Future plans (announcement)

I know that a few people have probably been looking out for the photos I took during the Riverfest festival in Limerick. Don't worry, I will put them up.
The plan is to make a seperate Limerick blog where I will show all the photos relating to Limerick. It is in the pipeline. There I will show a compilation of a few years Riverfest. It'll mainly be people shots of the Riverfests. There will also be general photos taken in Limerick city and county. I will keep ye informed.

Munster Rugby (Heineken Cup).

It was a bit of work but I edited photos I took in O'Connell street, Limerick during the Munster Rugby Heineken Cup finals.
You can see the photos in the  slide show above. When you click on a photo it will bring you to the flickr page where this set lives. You can go also go to the flickr page directly by clicking the link below:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/15139725@N04/sets/72157605248650016/
When you click on "all sizes" you can choose which size you want to download. I posted a decent size so you can even print them. If you use them on your blog or post them on, please link back to my flickr page or blog.
The atmosphere in O'Connell street, Limerick was great. The event was well organised with two big screens. Friendly Gardaí and stuarts made sure that everything went smoothly. I saw one girl pass out and she received aid within seconds. She was fine afterwards.
Even the weather was brilliant.
It was also a great photo opportunity even though the light conditions weren't ideal.
I hope you enjoy the photos and that those who weren't there get a taste of the atmosphere.

Concert: Siobhán O'Brien and band.

Last Friday Kieran, a friend of ours, had invited us to a folk concert by his cousin Siobhán O'Brien in Dolan's Warehouse, Limerick City. Of course I brought the photo gear along and took some shots.
These shots were all taken with my 50mm 1.2 L lens at ISO 800 and ISO 1600. (some of ye might be interested in this kind of information)
You can find more information on Siobhán O'Brien here:
http://www.siobhanobrien.com/
http://www.myspace.com/siobhanobrienofficialpage
You can hear some of her music there too.

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.
Don't forget to click on the photos to see them bigger.
Left click to go back to the blog.

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.
Don't forget to click on photos to see a bigger version.

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.