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A new Irish Souvenir shop opened in Belfast city centre recently. There’s some fun things, useless things and generally lots of green things and Guinness related things. As there’s always an increasing number of tourists running around the city I’m sure it’ll get plenty of business.
The Tour of Ireland bicycle race passed through Blarney on it’s way to Cork City this afternoon. There was a sprint to the finish line in front of the local Catholic church before the cyclists made their way down the dual carriageway to Cork and up Patrick’s Hill, twice!
I was there ready to shoot the participants, but I was overwhelmed by their speed. It only took the main group about 11 seconds to come around the corner at one end of Blarney and disappear through the other end. I’m kicking myself I shot in Programme mode when I should have been in Aperture Priority mode, but I did get a few nice panning shots that froze the rider while the background blurred into smudges and streaks of colour.
The Canon 40D performed admirably. ISO was set to 100 because it was a bright day, AI Servo focus to track the riders and keep them in focus, and high speed continuous shooting mode which delivered 6.5fps. It was all over so quickly I barely had time to take a breath. I shot around 230 images while waiting and during the short time the racers were in Blarney. I knew I’d go a little mad with the shutter button, so I preselected Jpeg mode rather than my usual RAW mode.
Here’s a transcript of the commentary during the race. This bit, while serious, made me smile:
13.10: The race leader has been to see the race doctor, who reports a very unusual injury. He had a thorn embedded in his tongue – presumably from an overhanging branch, or perhaps even some dried fruit he ate – which was removed by the doctor. The thorn, not his tongue.
Hope you like the gallery, hopefully some of these shots will be posted here in single posts during the week!
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Well what a weekend I have had, everything I did was camera friendly, even more friendly if dumb ass here remembered to take the bleeding thing.
Saturday was spent in town, mainly to pop up to see the Peoples Photography exhibition that was on around Stephens Green. Darren Greene was there as was Treasa and many others from the Boards.ie group, I had planned on doing it, but due to the building works we got done I never got around to it.
Today we decided a trip to Dublin Zoo was the order of the day and we had a great time. Rebecca is understanding what the zoo is about so much better then October last year. Not only that the animals were all out struting their stuff, so it was brilliant to see them in all their splendour. Also the amount of babies the zoo has managed to have, is outstanding and its great to see the work they are doing for conservation working out so well.
Anyhow as I said I forgot my camera both days so I am shit!
So here is a photograph I took up in Powerscourt House and Gardens a few weeks ago of a beautiful white water lily.
Sometimes help and support is offered from unexpected angles. Yes, this is the window of an adult shop in Cork.
I never knew they sold team strips. Does that kind of support work?
take care,
Will Knott
Young Cork supporters take the tour bus around the city a few weeks ago. Cork plays Kerry isn’t it today in a replay? Yes, I’m a big sports fan, honest.
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This Tyrone Crystal paper weight sat in the same corner year by year. Recently on one of our rare sunny days I took it outside to play with.
Once I had a shot I came indoor and played some more
I have a long way to go to win prizes!!
This is a very boring building. Of course it would be Government offices. No special Belfast Architecture here.
Love is all you need, it can even unlock barriers.
Graffiti near Kent Station Cork
take care,
Will Knott
Ham Sandwich made a welcome return to the Indie-Pendence festival following a fine display last year. Their debut album “Carry the Meek” has been out for a while now and is well worth picking up. They’re playing at Electric Picnic today and seem to have a few gigs coming up in September around Ireland. Check out their MySpace for mor info.
More photos in the full set on Flickr. I’m almost done with photos from this festival although I have lingering from last year’s festival so I might dig them out.
