Donncha Ó Caoimh @donncha.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 2hThe Watcher by the Wall I found this stag at the edge of a field in Killarney National Park in October 2022, standing under an old tree behind a mossy stone wall. I think we were just headed for a late breakfast when someone spotted him in a field off the road […] [Original post on mastodon.ie] 013
Donncha Ó Caoimh @donncha.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 14hSalamah on Sullivan’s Quay In August 2022 the gable at the corner of Sullivan’s Quay and Drinan Street carried Joe Caslin’s portrait of Salamah, a woman seeking asylum in Ireland, with two huge hands held over her head like a roof. It was part of A Story of Home […] [Original post on mastodon.ie] 002
Reposted by Donncha Ó CaoimhDonncha Ó Caoimh @donncha.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026A Pathway Below the Waterline At low tide the Thames drops several metres and leaves a wide strip of shingle below the Oxo Gallery on the South Bank, scattered with broken brick. I wondered about this framed pathway was going into the river. It’s only visible at […] [Original post on mastodon.ie] 021
Donncha Ó Caoimh @donncha.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026A Pathway Below the Waterline At low tide the Thames drops several metres and leaves a wide strip of shingle below the Oxo Gallery on the South Bank, scattered with broken brick. I wondered about this framed pathway was going into the river. It’s only visible at […] [Original post on mastodon.ie] 021
Donncha Ó Caoimh @donncha.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026A Dog on Watch It was really nice on South Bank in London. The sun was shining and the crowds had yet to descend on the area we were walking along. That dog was on alert though, watching everyone walk by. ... inphotos.org/2026/10/04/a-dog-on-wa… […] [Original post on mastodon.ie] 021
Donncha Ó Caoimh @donncha.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026Rock, Glass and Concrete We walked across this footbridge, passing over a busy road but what caught my eye was the apartment blocks looming ahead. ... inphotos.org/2026/10/03/rock-glass-… #2026 #Alicante #ApartmentBlocks #Architecture […] [Original post on mastodon.ie] 082
Donncha Ó Caoimh @donncha.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026A Soft Sunset over Alicante The sun had already gone down over the port at Alicante when I took this, leaving a band of orange over the cranes that faded into clear blue. There were no clouds to catch the light of the sun that had already fallen below the […] [Original post on mastodon.ie] 010
Donncha Ó Caoimh @donncha.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026Orange Against the Blue Alicante was still hot in late September, and the shade by the port didn’t reach far. A woman stepped out of it with her orange umbrella already up, tilting it against the sun as she walked. I could have done with an umbrella TBH. Local […] [Original post on mastodon.ie] 031
Reposted by Donncha Ó CaoimhDonncha Ó Caoimh @donncha.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026A Ring of Shade Above the promenade at El Postiguet in Alicante is a walkway to the town where you can find a neat place to photograph passing people against the cubed background. Those ground tiles remind me of Q*bert or Marble Madness which I’ve only seen but […] [Original post on mastodon.ie] 033
Donncha Ó Caoimh @donncha.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026A Ring of Shade Above the promenade at El Postiguet in Alicante is a walkway to the town where you can find a neat place to photograph passing people against the cubed background. Those ground tiles remind me of Q*bert or Marble Madness which I’ve only seen but […] [Original post on mastodon.ie] 033
Donncha Ó Caoimh @donncha.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026Building Season in Blackrock The sun went down behind Páirc Uí Chaoimh and turned the sky a deep orange. The construction cranes in the background are building massive apartment blocks that will change the face of the area once residents move in. A far cry from […] [Original post on mastodon.ie] 041
Reposted by Donncha Ó CaoimhDonncha Ó Caoimh @donncha.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026Lines on Lines The sun was high in Alicante, but the tall buildings and narrow streets cast deep shadows I took advantage of. The horizontal lines of this primary school had to be black and white. I looked it up on Google Maps and found it here, but if you look […] [Original post on mastodon.ie] 054
Donncha Ó Caoimh @donncha.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026Lines on Lines The sun was high in Alicante, but the tall buildings and narrow streets cast deep shadows I took advantage of. The horizontal lines of this primary school had to be black and white. I looked it up on Google Maps and found it here, but if you look […] [Original post on mastodon.ie] 054
Donncha Ó Caoimh @donncha.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026BOI doesn’t confirm your email address FYI – if you open a Bank of Ireland account, please ensure you give them the correct email address or private correspondence will be sent to someone else. Luckily, BOI is off the hook: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and […]mastodon.ieOriginal post on mastodon.ie 001
Reposted by Donncha Ó CaoimhDonncha Ó Caoimh @donncha.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026Everyone’s a Photographer in Óbidos Óbidos in September was full of day-trippers, and most of them were taking photos of the same narrow street. The street is filled with people and little shops and it’s very pretty […] [Original post on mastodon.ie] 043
Donncha Ó Caoimh @donncha.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026Everyone’s a Photographer in Óbidos Óbidos in September was full of day-trippers, and most of them were taking photos of the same narrow street. The street is filled with people and little shops and it’s very pretty […] [Original post on mastodon.ie] 043
Donncha Ó Caoimh @donncha.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026A Ledge in the Sun A moment after yesterday’s photo of Óbidos I spotted a man taking a break in the sun. There were a lot of people about so I don’t blame him for wanting to take a moment to sit down. ... inphotos.org/2026/09/26/a-ledge-in-… […] [Original post on mastodon.ie] 012
Donncha Ó Caoimh @donncha.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026In The Heat of the Day It was very hot in Óbidos, and this couple had settled against a low parapet with their dog stretched out on the paving beside them. I would have gone looking for shade. I only noticed later that the woman was wearing a denim jacket! I […] [Original post on mastodon.ie] 031
Donncha Ó Caoimh @donncha.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026I ♡ Alicante I stayed on the roof after the sun set. There wasn’t much cloud in the sky, but a haze on the horizon caught the glow of the disappeared sun and lit up the edge of that expanse. Soon after, a neon sign lit up on the roof of a building opposite […] [Original post on mastodon.ie] 031
Reposted by Donncha Ó CaoimhDonncha Ó Caoimh @donncha.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026A Pencil Box in the Gallery Alpino is a Spanish brand of school colouring pencils, and here the box had been blown up to the size of a door and hung in the MACA’s temporary exhibition on colour. I really enjoyed visiting the Contemporary Art Museum of Alicante […] [Original post on mastodon.ie] 023
Donncha Ó Caoimh @donncha.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026A Pencil Box in the Gallery Alpino is a Spanish brand of school colouring pencils, and here the box had been blown up to the size of a door and hung in the MACA’s temporary exhibition on colour. I really enjoyed visiting the Contemporary Art Museum of Alicante […] [Original post on mastodon.ie] 023
Donncha Ó Caoimh @donncha.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026Blue and Green in Óbidos The white wall with its thick blue trim caught my eye in Óbidos. I love that blue colour. I love to see matching colours too, so I was delighted to see matching green, and then the man in the blue polo shirt. Matchy-matchy! […] [Original post on mastodon.ie] 001
Donncha Ó Caoimh @donncha.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026The Óbidos Cat Óbidos has a castle and a full circuit of medieval walls, but plenty of people were stopping for the cat instead. He lay on his back on the cobbles in the middle of the street, happy with a rub behind the ears and a few words from anyone who bent […] [Original post on mastodon.ie] 094
Donncha Ó Caoimh @donncha.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026Which Way Now? A tourist stopped to check her map, standing in the sun outside the walls of Óbidos Castle. Deep shadows surround her, where I preferred to stand, out of the heat of the sun. ... inphotos.org/2026/09/19/which-way-n… #CastleWalls […] [Original post on mastodon.ie] 012
Reposted by Donncha Ó CaoimhDonncha Ó Caoimh @donncha.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026Óbidos from the Ramparts Trees provide shade just inside the town walls of Óbidos in Portugal and a couple sat in a net hammock to enjoy the view. The sun was bright in the street but under the shade it was pleasant […] [Original post on mastodon.ie] 044
Donncha Ó Caoimh @donncha.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026Óbidos from the Ramparts Trees provide shade just inside the town walls of Óbidos in Portugal and a couple sat in a net hammock to enjoy the view. The sun was bright in the street but under the shade it was pleasant […] [Original post on mastodon.ie] 044
Reposted by Donncha Ó CaoimhDonncha Ó Caoimh @donncha.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026The Flower Is Watching Near South Bank in London you’ll find a CCTV camera disguised as a pixelated flower in a pot. Surely nobody would notice, right? Well, photographers notice! The pixel art was created by Invader, here’s more about it […] [Original post on mastodon.ie] 096
Donncha Ó Caoimh @donncha.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026The Flower Is Watching Near South Bank in London you’ll find a CCTV camera disguised as a pixelated flower in a pot. Surely nobody would notice, right? Well, photographers notice! The pixel art was created by Invader, here’s more about it […] [Original post on mastodon.ie] 096
Donncha Ó Caoimh @donncha.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026A Moment on the Cobbles Óbidos is a walled town north of Lisbon, all cobbled lanes and whitewashed walls. I spotted a street cleaner stopped for a moment waiting for her colleague to come down the road. I’d guess the straw hat over her headscarf is her own and […] [Original post on mastodon.ie] 041
Reposted by Donncha Ó CaoimhDonncha Ó Caoimh @donncha.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026Bus Stop, Valencia The doors were about to close when I glanced out and saw the men sitting at the bus stop waiting for another bus. ... inphotos.org/2026/09/15/bus-stop-va… #2023 #Advertising #BusStop #Candid #GalaxyS23Ultra #Kiabi #OliveOil […] [Original post on mastodon.ie] 063
Donncha Ó Caoimh @donncha.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026Bus Stop, Valencia The doors were about to close when I glanced out and saw the men sitting at the bus stop waiting for another bus. ... inphotos.org/2026/09/15/bus-stop-va… #2023 #Advertising #BusStop #Candid #GalaxyS23Ultra #Kiabi #OliveOil […] [Original post on mastodon.ie] 063
Reposted by Donncha Ó CaoimhDonncha Ó Caoimh @donncha.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026Wings Up on Cornmarket Street A crow lifted off the top of the barrier around the old Paintwell shop on Cornmarket Street, Cork, as I approached to get a closer shot. Its friends had already departed, but this one was cleaning its feathers and only looked up a […] [Original post on mastodon.ie] 012
Donncha Ó Caoimh @donncha.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026Wings Up on Cornmarket Street A crow lifted off the top of the barrier around the old Paintwell shop on Cornmarket Street, Cork, as I approached to get a closer shot. Its friends had already departed, but this one was cleaning its feathers and only looked up a […] [Original post on mastodon.ie] 012
Reposted by Donncha Ó CaoimhDonncha Ó Caoimh @donncha.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026A Break in the Doorway I spotted someone sitting in the doorway of a food truck in Rory Gallagher Place, Cork, and liked the contrasting colours of what I saw. ... inphotos.org/2026/09/12/a-break-in-… #ASICS #AxleStand #Cork #detail […] [Original post on mastodon.ie] 132
Donncha Ó Caoimh @donncha.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026A Break in the Doorway I spotted someone sitting in the doorway of a food truck in Rory Gallagher Place, Cork, and liked the contrasting colours of what I saw. ... inphotos.org/2026/09/12/a-break-in-… #ASICS #AxleStand #Cork #detail […] [Original post on mastodon.ie] 132
Donncha Ó Caoimh @donncha.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/202625 years ago I was sitting at my desk in a small office in Ballincollig when John burst through the open doorway, “A plane has hit the World Trade Center!” The rest of the day was a blur, but someone found a TV and set it up in the next office, where John and […] [Original post on mastodon.ie] 000
Donncha Ó Caoimh @donncha.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026Two Pairs of VEJA Two people walked by wearing VEJA runners. I didn’t notice at first, but it was only later at home I noticed the matching shoes. ... inphotos.org/2026/09/11/two-pairs-o… #Candid #CityStreet #Cork #footwear #Ireland #legs […] [Original post on mastodon.ie] 012
Donncha Ó Caoimh @donncha.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026Two in bronze, two in cotton Two bronze women sit on a rock outside the National Theatre. Two people stand in front of them reading an inscription on the ground. The sculpture is Frank Dobson’s London Pride, originally made from the 1951 Festival of Britain […] [Original post on mastodon.ie] 073
Reposted by Donncha Ó CaoimhDonncha Ó Caoimh @donncha.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026A Wheelie on South Bank The wheelie held for a good few seconds, front wheel up level with the rider’s chest as he rode past the person on the bench and then sped on by my side and on towards Waterloo Bridge on South Bank, London. I don’t remember seeing this in […] [Original post on mastodon.ie] 072
Donncha Ó Caoimh @donncha.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026A Wheelie on South Bank The wheelie held for a good few seconds, front wheel up level with the rider’s chest as he rode past the person on the bench and then sped on by my side and on towards Waterloo Bridge on South Bank, London. I don’t remember seeing this in […] [Original post on mastodon.ie] 072
Reposted by Donncha Ó CaoimhDonncha Ó Caoimh @donncha.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026Guarding the Beacon I walked up to photograph the Beacon and found a cow there first. It watched me carefully, judging if I was worthy of visiting the Baltimore Beacon. Or maybe it was just resting in the hazy sun of a warm afternoon in West Cork […] [Original post on mastodon.ie] 022
Donncha Ó Caoimh @donncha.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026Guarding the Beacon I walked up to photograph the Beacon and found a cow there first. It watched me carefully, judging if I was worthy of visiting the Baltimore Beacon. Or maybe it was just resting in the hazy sun of a warm afternoon in West Cork […] [Original post on mastodon.ie] 022
Reposted by Donncha Ó CaoimhDonncha Ó Caoimh @donncha.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026Flowers on Wires Opera Lane has flower balls and wire butterflies strung on wires above the street, but I guess everyone else is used to them or didn’t notice them, looking down at their phones or walking along. I noticed, and my neighbour walking the street […] [Original post on mastodon.ie] 013
Donncha Ó Caoimh @donncha.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026Flowers on Wires Opera Lane has flower balls and wire butterflies strung on wires above the street, but I guess everyone else is used to them or didn’t notice them, looking down at their phones or walking along. I noticed, and my neighbour walking the street […] [Original post on mastodon.ie] 013
Reposted by Donncha Ó CaoimhDonncha Ó Caoimh @donncha.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026Sunrise Over London I had a window seat flying into London recently. First flight of the day and I was treated to a fantastic sky!... inphotos.org/2026/09/06/sunrise-ove… #AerialPhotography #clouds #cloudscape #Dawn #flying #GoldenHour #London […] [Original post on mastodon.ie] 053
Donncha Ó Caoimh @donncha.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026Sunrise Over London I had a window seat flying into London recently. First flight of the day and I was treated to a fantastic sky!... inphotos.org/2026/09/06/sunrise-ove… #AerialPhotography #clouds #cloudscape #Dawn #flying #GoldenHour #London […] [Original post on mastodon.ie] 053
Donncha Ó Caoimh @donncha.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026The plant burger in Honest Burgers is fantastic. Lovely flavour, and texture is just right! Not cheap, £20 for a burger+chips and Coke, but it's London. It's to be expected. www.honestburgers.co.uk 000
Donncha Ó Caoimh @donncha.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026Gilding the Door on Popes Quay A man is repainting the front door of St Mary’s Dominican Church on Popes Quay. It can be easy to forget that massive buildings that have been there all the time need constant maintenance […] [Original post on mastodon.ie] 075
Donncha Ó Caoimh @donncha.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2026The Photographer and the Cliff The cliff below the Baltimore Beacon drops a long way, and the only way to show that was to put a person at the top of the frame. Luckily, a fellow photographer was busy doing the same thing I was doing. I walked over afterwards […] [Original post on mastodon.ie] 011
Donncha Ó Caoimh @donncha.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026My use of a "+adobe" string in my Adobe subscription email long ago continues to pay off. Spammers are still using that list of hacked accounts. #spam 020