Tag Archives: Photography

There’s so much building going on in Cork now that it’s sometimes impossible to travel quickly through the city. This site used to be a Mitsubishi car dealership and other buildings. Now it’s going to be a massive appartment block/shopping center with a prominade! Anyone know what that quay’s called?

Detail from my photo yesterday.

Oooh! The Refocus plugin looks good! Pity it doesn’t want to work in GIMP2, even with this patch applied. Must take a look at it over the weekend.

Wow! Loads of cameras at the Athens Olympics!

No, not me, Dani won it and announced it on the STF. You can tell she’s taking it calmly and in a dignified manner. *grin*

ACCKKKK!!!!!!!!!

can you tell I’m jumping up and down and screaming? LOL!!!!!

wooohooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!

I hope someone takes a photo of her picture when it’s displayed in Times Square on September 10th!

Right across from City Hall I found this inscription on a metal bollard. An online search for that name didn’t bring up anything of use but maybe someone can point me in the right direction?

60 years ago yesterday Paris was liberated from the Nazis and their collaborators. Here’s photos from that time.

Someone asked on STF about the differences between Standard and Fine digital camera compression. A reply pointed to this page showing examples of each. I don’t think the example photos are great however, being rather flat and hazy. I agree with his conclusion though, except the resolution issue – I may want to print out my photos in the future!
This guide gives a reasonable idea how well your photos will print out. I haven’t printed any 11×14″ or 16×20″ photos yet, but you never know. I think I’ll stick with 2560×1920 pixels and standard compression! That’s a good compromise between resolution, quality and file size.
I almost forgot. The Sony F717 has a “2560(3×2)” mode. This is actually 2560×1712. Looks like widescreen tv and doesn’t save much space but could be handy if you knew you were making 6×4″ prints later.

Despite all the showers and bad weather, Jacinta and I went to Doneraile Park on Sunday afternoon. It’s a beautiful park, and was owned and developed by a family with a famous daughter.