Ha’Penny and the Spire

Did you know: The Ha’Penny bridge isn’t actually called the Ha’Penny bridge… it’s called the Liffey Bridge, that is its’ official name, and it was originally called the Wellington Bridge. The name Ha’Penny bridge was just what it was commonly and unofficially called by the public. Since then, that stuck.

I’ve always tried to shoot the Liffey (Ha’Penny) bridge in its’ entirety, but this time I wanted to do something different. I liked the scene with the spire in the background and the illuminated buildings.

 

Dublin Bridges

This is a shot i have taken before. But never this close up. I’ve had my 200mm for a while but never seemed to use it here, or maybe it’s just been a while since I was shooting this scene and had the 200mm with me? I don’t know.. but anyway, I had it now and decided to give it a go as I was getting tired with the wider angle scenes… So anyway, I am astounded with the amount of foreshortening that is acheived in the shot! The IFSC looks like it’s on top of O’Connel bridge! and the distance between the bridges just becomes irrelevant! As unfortunate as it is, I love the slight symettry achieved with the two homeless people sitting on either bridge. It’s sad, but the sight of a homeless person sitting in the middle of these bridges has become slightly iconic as a scene in Dublin. I like the close crop in this shot, what are your thoughts?

click image to view on flickr… and nice large version on 500px here

Jurys Inn, Sean O’Casey Bridge, Convention Centre and Samuel Beckett Bridge, Dublin

I didn’t know the name of the pedestrian bridge in this shot, now I do, the Sean O’Casey Bridge. I had to look it up, it was designed by architect Cyril O’Neill and O’Connor Sutton Cronin Consulting Engineers. It was built in 2005 and won a Pedestrian Bridge award. It was opened by Bertie Ahern in July 2005. Now for ya, something ya didn’t know!

A 3 image picture, 3 raw conversions, 25s, f18, iso 100

Don’t put up with this pitifully small image that flickr provides though.. check it out here on 500px to see a nice bigger version…

Samuell Beckett Bridge and Jeanie Johnston

It’s been a long time since I did a proper photo walk around Dublin, especially up and down the Liffey. I really enjoy shooting Dublin city centre but it has been almost 12 months to the day since I last was out properly. Tonight was still, very still, cold, but clear(ish) and for the first time in a long time seemed to have nothing looming on the schedule that needed to be done. For the last few weeks I had been itching to get out and take some photos somewhere as I was becoming ever concious that it had been a while since I had been out shooting anything really….

After it having been so long shooting in Dublin I felt rusty, and decided to take it real slow and think about everything I was doing. This is one of my favourite shots from the night. A subject I have shot previously, but this time I wanted to do something different.

iso 100, f18, 58 seconds

Snap from iphone at the time…hmmm, thought the iPhone camera was supposed to be the best camera ever! guess not… look at the difference!

Boyle to Dublin REALLY FAST

Traveling back up to Dublin decided to shoot a timelapse on the way up. Have been wanting to do one of these for a while and now the evenings have more light I decided to try one out. It was a lovely evening and great conditions for driving. You should watch this big.

Timelapse shot on a D7000 over the course of a 2.75hrs journey from Boyle in Ireland to Dublin. The camera was mounted on a tripod in the back of the car with two of the legs splayed and wedged into the footwells on each side of the car. the third leg was wedged against the back seat pushing the tripod against the two front seats. It was very secure. Half way there I actually stopped and got out to change the card thinking it was full, it actually stopped shooting for some reason. Then I realised there was a second 8gig card in the camera, so I just set it going again.

The camera was set to take a shot every 5 seconds and it was on auto iso and auto everything really as I knew it was going to get dark and I wanted the camera to compensate. Worked out pretty well I think.