Robert's Ramblings

Saint Patrick's Bridge across the River Lee with the imposing Cork English College behind, Saint Anne's Church and Shandon Bells Tower to the left and Saint Mary and Saint Anne's Cathedral to the middle left, is such a clichéd image of the city of Cork, Ireland that I'm sure I could have saved myself the bother and purchased postcard instead.

Actually I did not plan for or go out of my way to get this image. I simply ended up on a rooftop carpark, the family had gone shopping and I just happened to have my camera.


Photo: Robert Rath, 'Saint Patrick's Bridge, Cork, Ireland', 1/125s f/4 ISO400 50mm

Happy New Year to everybody and welcome 2016.

The new year was a quiet event for us this time around, at least as quiet as it can be at 10,000 metres above the Persian Gulf.

There was no party and no fanfare. A few on the flight determined to rouse some festive spirit counted in the new year with the traditional count down but it was not a pinch on a ground based celebration.

When 2016 actually happened remains moot. Which time zone should we use, departure, geographic location or destination? In truth it was some fuzzy smeared event which will not really be over until it has occurred everywhere.

Now that it is 2016 every where I can finally say without qualification, Happy New Year.


Photo: Robert Rath, 'Happy New Year from 10,000 Metres', 1/100s f/2.8 ISO1600 15mm