Tag Archives: Photography

Amazing panoramic photo of the aurora!

Why didn’t it occur to me to pull the string of the lens cap so it wouldn’t dangle down and knock against my camera?

I was down in Cobh with my brother the other night and while he talked to a friend I setup the tripod to take a few shots. In the distance you can see Spike Island, home to one of the prisons that will be soon shut. I thought the foreground bars provided a nice frame for such an institution.

Spike Island Prison

Some excellent portraits posted on STF today! The author gave them as an example of DOF, but I think he was looking at the wrong parts of these strong photos!

Here’s a good course for schools to teach digital photography skills using the GIMP! It is of course useful even if you are past that particular part of your life too!

Here’s an interesting review of a Belkin Media Reader that will plug into an iPod. (Thanks Mark for the link!) Great idea for a music player to do, and it looks like it’s been done well.
The lengthy time required to copy files over is worrying, as I shoot 5MP images to 256MB memory stick. Going by the time quoted in the article it would take 15 minutes to copy over one memory stick (and yes, I can easily fill that much space taking pictures of even one scene!)
There are other options out there, and many have been reviewed on dpreview and other photography sites. Here’s an overview of some of those options.
Maybe I’ll invest in the next year or so. The deposit on my house purchase was paid last Monday so I’m slightly cash strapped right now!
Oh yeah – great photo of a kite surfer on photosig!

I was going to take a photo of the eclipse on Saturday night.. Really I was! Unfortunately, it started raining, and I was in the pub. oops!
Anyway, here’s a much better photo than I could ever take with my current equipment!

I went into town this evening to take some photos.

I noticed this boat a few days ago when I parked my car down the road.

As I was taking the previous shot several fire engines and an ambulance raced up the quays towards Patricks St. they stopped on Patrick’s Bridget so I went to investigate.

Two firemen searched the river with a high-power lamp. It could have been a false alarm as they didn’t find anything or anyone.

Lots of people gathered to watch.

When they didn’t find anything at Patricks Street, they searched near the bus station. Again, without finding anything. I hope I don’t hear bad news tomorrow morning.

There’s a fire engine on the bridge and ambulance on the quay above.

It’s strange. When you have a camera and a tripod, people think you know what’s going on! At least half a dozen people asked me what happened, but I didn’t know any more than anyone else!

Here’s a tip when taking photos at night in a lit area: If you want to set the exposure for more than a second, then set the EV compensation down as low as possible. You’ll be able to capture the motion in the picture, and it’ll also reduce the glare off street lights or other light sources. The same effect can be achieved with a dark filter of course!