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Mar
23
Photo of the Week 5 – Nightfall at Taghadoe
Filed Under Photography on March 23, 2008 | 1 Comment
This photo was taken on the evening of the 26th of July 2007 at Taghadoe Round Tower just outside Maynooth. One of the things I really love about living in Ireland is that there is history all around you if you just go out and look. What disappoints me a little is how few people who live in Maynooth realise that this little treasure is hidden just a mile or so from the edge of the village on one of the smaller back-roads.
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For those of you interested in such things here are some of the technical details of the shot:
- Camera: Nikon D40
- Lens: Nikon DX AFS 18-55mm (D40 kit lens)
- Exposure: 1/10 Sec
- Focal Length: 22mm
- Focal Ratio: F5.6
- ISO: 1600
- Camera Mode: Aperture Priority
- Exposure Compensation: -2.0
[tags]Ireland, Maynooth, Sunset, Taghadoe, Round Tower, History[/tags]
Mar
15
Photo of the Week 4 – Venus with a Crescent Moon
Filed Under Photography on March 15, 2008 | 1 Comment
This photo was taken on the evening of the 18th of June 2007 on the playing fields on the South Campus of NUI Maynooth. The playing fields are large open grass areas for sport surrounded by wonderful old trees. This photo was taken just as twilight was ending when the Moon and Venus were very close together in the sky.
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For those of you interested in such things here are some of the technical details of the shot:
- Camera: Nikon D40
- Lens: Nikon DX AFS 18-55mm (D40 kit lens)
- Exposure: 1/30 Sec
- Focal Length: 34mm
- Focal Ratio: F5.6
- ISO: 1600
- Camera Mode: Aperture Priority
- Exposure Compensation: -1
[tags]Ireland, Maynooth, NUI Maynooth, Venus, Moon[/tags]
Mar
9
Photo of the Week 3 – El Castell de Guadalest
Filed Under Photography on March 9, 2008 | 1 Comment
This photo was take way back in 2000 with the Olympus OM-1 I inherited off my parents. This was my first real camera and was completely manual. It was a great way to really get to grips with the technical aspects of photography. This photo was taken on our first trip to Spain as a family and it’s a trip I have many very fond memories of.
El Castell de Guadalest is an old medieval town high in the mountains in the provice of Valencia in Spain. It has been largely preserved and is now a tourist attraction. The village is surrounded on all sides by sheer cliffs and can only be entered via a single gate which has been cut into the rocks. The beautiful white tower you see in this photograph is perched at the top of the cliff over-looking the entrance.
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Since good old fashioned 35mm film doesn’t store EXIF data I can’t give any technical specs for this shot.
[tags]Spain, El Castell de Guadalest[/tags]
Mar
2
Photo of the Week 2 – A Fresh Winter Morning
Filed Under Photography on March 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment
This photo was taken on the morning of the 21st of December 2007 in St. Joseph’s Square on the South Campus of NUI Maynooth. St. Joseph’s Square is at the heart of the historic old campus in Maynooth and is the home of St. Patrick’s College Maynooth as well as NUI Maynooth. As well as housing academic departments the old campus also doubles up as a park for the residents of Maynooth who love to walk in the picturesque grounds.
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For those of you interested in such things here are some of the technical details of the shot:
- Camera: Nikon D40
- Lens: Nikon DX AFS 18-55mm (D40 kit lens)
- Exposure: 1/200 Sec
- Focal Length: 18mm
- Focal Ratio: F3.5
- ISO: 400
- Camera Mode: Auto
[tags]Ireland, Maynooth, NUI Maynooth, winter[/tags]
Feb
24
Photo of the Week 1 – An Evening Stroll
Filed Under Photography on February 24, 2008 | 1 Comment
Inspired by Ann Teliczan’s Michigan Sweet Spot photo blog I’ve decided to start sharing my favourite photos on a regular basis. My library of shots I consider worthy is not that big yet so this will be a weekly photo blog for now. The pictures posted will not necessarily be taken on the week they’re posted, in fact, they most probably won’t be. I’ve set up a separate category for these posts within my main blog so they will show up in the regular RSS feed but it’s also possible to subscribe to just the photo blog category.
Now lets get the show on the road! The first photo I’ve chosen to feature is one I took while on holidays in Belgium last Christmas. I’ve captioned it “an evening stroll”. Some of you may not know that I was actually born in the Village of Duffel in Belgium. Duffel is bisected by the river Nete and there is only one road bridge across the river in the village so it’s vital artery for road and pedestrian traffic. This photo shows that bridge silhouetted against a fabulous winter sunset on the evening of the 28th of December 2007.
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For those of you interested in such things here are some of the technical details of the shot:
- Camera: Nikon D40
- Lens: Nikon DX AF-S 18-55mm (D40 kit lens)
- Exposure: 1/200 Sec
- Focal Length: 35mm
- Focal Ratio: F4.8
- ISO: 800
- Exposure Compensation: -0.67
- Camera Mode: Aperture Priority
[tags]Belgium, sunset, Duffel[/tags]