This is a shot of Cobh, Ireland. The picture has not been manipulated in Photoshop with one exception -- there were ugly power lines going down the street in the foreground interfering with the beautiful row of the colorful houses. I worked for an hour to remove them at 200% magnification. This particular vantage was not easy to find. From street level, you can’t see this view. I had to climb on top of a wall to get high enough for the shot. Cobh is on the southern tip of Ireland. It was from this port the Titanic sailed for America on April 11, 1912. Three days later, the ship hit an iceberg and sank. Three years later, on May 7, 1915, Cobh was the center of rescue efforts when a German torpedo sank the Lusitania, a luxury steamship flying the British flag. The German government, a month earlier, had published notices in British and American newspapers warning citizens to stay out of the war zone. President Wilson refused to accept restrictions on American sovereignty, and as a result 1195 people died (and 761 were rescued). This tragedy turned public opinion against Germany and moved the U.S. closer to war. My settings for the picture were 1/160, f/9, and 200 ISO. I took this with a 24-105mm lens.
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