Rope from a fishing boat in Galway Harbour.
Fishing Boat Rope
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Category Archives: Photos
Sneem Sunset – 3 photo panorama
The picture above is a panorama made up of 3 hand-held shots taken in Sneem, Co. Kerry.
Stitching them together in the GIMP was fairly easy – adjust colours and brightness, line them up using semi-transparent layers and then use a layer mask and a gradient to make the joins mostly invisible. The tree branches were a bother though – I had to clone out some of them!
I really should document some of this stuff as this was a good example – because of the sunset each photo had very different light qualities and it was important to fine tune and match those colours.
Crash in Tower
Spotted on the way to work. The wreck was gone by the time I passed by on the way home yesterday evening. It’s a long straight road at that point..
Local History, Global Reach
Iniscarra Cemetery, just a few miles from where I work, holds the remains of one "Mary William, daughter of John Stewart of Belfast. Wife of the very reverend Theophilius Blakely, Dean of Down". She’s also the mother of Captain Theophilus Alexander Blakely, a prolific designer of rifled cannon and the inscription on the side of his mother’s tomb bears witness to that:
Mother of Captain Blakely Royal Artillery. Original inventor of improvements in cannon and the greatest artillerist of the age.
A quick search proved useful and it was sobering to find a connection between my locality and the American Civil War!
IR In the Park
Inspired by the psuedo-IR tutorials I linked to yesterday I walked down by the Regional Park and took the following shots. Lots of post-processing in the GIMP, and none were handled the same. It’s amazing what can be squeezed out of night-shot mode of a Sony digital camera!
Sandbags Everywhere
They’re all over the place but didn’t stop major damage to many shops and premises in the city center. I guess the road works didn’t make things any better for retailers or shoppers alike. Hopefully we won’t see floods as bad as that again this year. Did anyone see Clonmel on the news? Yikes! I had parked in places that were about 3 or 4 feet deep in water!
Lee Fields: Flooded
As usual, the Lee Fields flooded so I went out for a scout around. My shoes are sopping but I got a few good shots! At least others had fun in the water!
Swans in Ballydehob
| Awwww! Such beautiful creatures! Majestic, rulers of their domain, proud! |
| Oh My God! He’s getting close! Must zoom out! |
| Aarrrggghhh! Jump back! Bloody thick headed bird went for me! |
Cartoonizing Photos With The GIMP
This is fun! After reading this tutorial on making cartoons from photos I tried to emulate his technique in the GIMP. The dialogs are slightly different but here’s what I did..
- Layer->Duplicate Layer
- Select the new layer, Filters->Edge-Detect->Edge, select Sobel, Amount should be 2.0, and Black should be checked.
- Invert the edge-mask layer, it’s in Layers->Colors->Invert
- Back in the Layers Dialog, change the Layer Mode to Divide
Play around with Layer mode settings, desaturate the top layer, blur or otherwise mess up the bottom layer. Endless fun can be had! Feel free to post links to your own creations in the comments below!
Later.. on advice I got rid of the portrait, I’ll upload another tomorrow!
Cork Ladies Mini Marathon 2004 Pictures
Oh wow! What a great day! The organisers say there was well over 7,000 entrants this year, 1,000 over last year’s race! Bishop Buckley was in attendance, as were lots of charities and societies.
Well done Louise on doing the race too!
A great day was had by all and I’ll be back next year to cover it again!
