River Lagan

River Lagan
River Lagan

River Lagan Wier, Belfast
River Lagan Wier, Belfast

The Lagan originates at Slieve Croob in County Down and runs 53.5 miles to Belfast where it enters Belfast Lough.

Images taken with iPhone.

On the move?

Apple Shop, Victoria Square
Apple Shop, Victoria Square

There’s talk that the Apple shop in Victoria Square may be moving to larger premises in 2024.

Its certainly always busy.

The Ulster Museum

Ulster Museum, Belfast
Ulster Museum, Belfast

Situated in the grounds of Botanic Gardens, the Ulster Museum has around 8000 square metres of display space.

Well worth a visit.

Sunny Saturday

Another Saturday in Belfast and the sun came out.

These photographs are of a Right to Food Rally at the City Hall on 23rd September. The rally was to mark Right to Food Week and joined campaigners in London and Liverpool.

The event was organised by Foodstock founder, SDLP Councillor, Paul Doherty.

Photography is about the light. Imagine these photographs on an overcast day, without the backlight and shadows. They simply wouldn’t have the same impact.

Right to Food Rally
Right to Food Rally at Belfast City Hall
Right to Food Rally at Belfast City Hall
Right to Food Rally at Belfast City Hall
Amnesty International and The Peoples Kitchen rally at Belfast City Hall
Right to Food Rally at Belfast City Hall
Right to Food Rally at Belfast City Hall
Right to Food Rally at Belfast City Hall

Saturday in Belfast

Cenotaph, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Zero Emissions, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Zero Emissions, Belfast, Northern Ireland

The Dirty Onion, Belfast
The Dirty Onion, Belfast

Airport Bus
Airport Bus, Belfast

City Tours Belfast
Belfast Bus Tour, Northern Ireland

I often go to Belfast on Saturday. The walking keeps me fit and I get the opportunity to take photographs, mainly for licencing.

These images were taken with a Fuji X100. The original Fuji X 100 – 12 megapixels and a 23mm lens (equivalent to about 35mm full frame). They’re up to the MK V now.

I bought my Fuji in April 2012 – I checked. I knew I’d had it for a while but I didn’t expect it to have been 11 years.

Still going strong and I love using it.

Lots of Cranes

Cranes, Samson and Goliath at Harland and Wolff Shipyard, Belfast, Northern Ireland

I took this photograph of Samson and Goliath some years ago and I may have included it previously. The old brick wall at the right is no longer there and sadly the blue sky has been missing these past few weeks.

This is an improved version with the sky extended at the top of the image, a touch of red removed and it has been sharpened in Topaz.

Phones and Filters

Arthur Square, Belfast

Arthur Square, Belfast
Arthur Square, Belfast

Palm House, Botanic Gardens

Hipstamatic is a popular photography app for the iPhone, although probably not as popular as it once was. I think I may have mentioned it previously as every so often I delve into it to see what I can do.

Briefly it allows you to use filters on photographs taken with your phone as well as adjust settings, such as exposure, saturation etc. Some filters are overly dramatic but exercising some restraint can yield impressive results. By curbing your temptation to go completely over the top some striking images can be produced. I tend to tone down the filters and then perhaps adjust saturation, highlights and shadows to get where I want.

Shipyard to Subway

Harland and Wolff shipyard crane viewed from across the River Lagan

Belfast subway

The above images were taken on my old iPhone 8. It has been replaced with an iPhone 13 and while setting up the new phone all my photographs were moved across. I found these while doing a clean out.