North Atlantic Skyline » night http://johnsmyth.ie/blog Despatches from the West of Ireland. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:06:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Rainy night in Eyre Square http://johnsmyth.ie/blog/2011/11/30/rainy-night-in-eyre-square/ http://johnsmyth.ie/blog/2011/11/30/rainy-night-in-eyre-square/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:43:10 +0000 John Smyth http://johnsmyth.ie/blog/?p=3767 Rainy night in Eyre Square
Last year, the traders at the Christmas Market in Eyre Square had to contend with freezing temperatures – this year, gale force winds and driving rain meant that only the very hardy (and maybe some of the foolhardy) were wandering around the stalls. Here’s hoping that the weather improves over the coming weeks – the market will be in Galway until December 18th.

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Looking towards the Twelve Bens from a back road near Recess in Connemara, as midnight approached.

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The great thing about a modern digital camera is the ability to capture things that one can hardly see with the naked eye. The picture above was a grab shot, taken just before the clouds obscured the moon completely. I t was taken as I was driving out of Spiddal back towards Galway city. I saw only the moon in my rearview mirror and pulled over. Only after I got out of the car  could I see the faint outline of the fishermen [and I only noticed them because I could hear their voices ]. The picture was taken at ISO1000 with a 100-400mm zoom with a Canon 5D DSLR. The settings were f6.3 and 1/20th of a second. I lost a few seconds setting up the tripod but I wouldn’t have got the shot without it. I used Lightroom 3 to clean up the grain a little (but not much).

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A huge cloud of smoke hung over an otherwise clear sky in Galway on Saturday night – a fire was burning in industrial units on the Tuam road. I think it started at around 8pm and by 10.30, the fire brigade had it under control. AS of now,  the full damage is unknown. The picture above was taken from the Headford Road when the fire was at its worst – here is a link to a picture of the fire brigade fighting the fire (accompanied by plenty of onlookers). More pictures here and here.

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