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.

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.

Landscapes 1.

I haven't posted any landscapes yet so I will show you some autumn shots from Ireland.
These photographs were all shot in the south-west of Ireland.
The first one is of the Paps mountains in County Cork. They are called the Paps of Danu which means the Goddess Danu's boobs. It doesn't take a lot of imagination to see why.
The other photos were all shot around Killarney in County Kerry, with the exception of photos 6 and 7 (from the bottom up) which were taken near Kenmare in County Kerry.
The house in the 8th and 9th photo is Muckross house.
I only added the last 3 top photos on April 30th 2008.  
They were also taken at the in September 2007 like the other shots.
I just hadn't edited them yet.

Alternative Miss Limerick.

Hi everyone.
In September my girlfriend and I went to the Alternative Miss Limerick: a drag pageant.
We were there to cheer on a participant we know and who won in the end. It was a great night.
I posted the whole series in a Flickr account and added the link in the top right hand corner of the page. Click on the link to see the series.
January 20: I added a slide show. You can click on the photos to go to the series and see them bigger.