Archive for the 'Lights' Category


Reflections of the city

Friday, April 11th, 2008 by Donncha

City Hall and the on both sides of the Lee are reflected in the at .

I took this back in October 2006 when the Elysian hadn’t reached it’s glorious present day height. I venture to say that a photo of this scene now would feature at least a part of the Elysian buildings blocking the in the top right of the photo.

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That after sun glow

Monday, February 4th, 2008 by Donncha

The had just set over this stretch of the in Harbour near and the had turned a beautiful orange and purple and red and golden.

Much to the annoyance of my dog Oscar, I stopped and spent a good 10 minutes shooting this scene and basked in the beautiful colour.

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London Eye

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 by Donncha

The Eye (or Millenium Wheel as it is also called) is clearly visible in this shot of City Center taken last weekend as my plane banked on approach to Heathrow Airport.

We arrived around 7am when it was still . Thankfully I had my camera in a small bag at hand because I had missed some great shots of Tuscon, Arizona because my camera had been tucked away in the overhead bins.

Sorry for the large file size. It’s a noisy image, and Jpeg compression isn’t that great with random noise.

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Mr Whirly the ice cream man

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008 by Donncha

An ice cream van in December? Yes, Mr Whirly was in . Obviously someone isn’t bothered by the cold!

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Starlight headlights

Friday, December 28th, 2007 by Donncha

A long five second exposure at f/22 captured stuck on Patrick about a month ago.

They’ve done some fabulous work on the pavements of ’s main thoroughfare but it hasn’t made a jot of difference to vehicular traffic, except to make it more dangerous to pedestrians as they saunter across junctions blissfully unaware of the bearing down on them ..

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So many light trails

Thursday, December 27th, 2007 by Donncha

Light trails from passing fill the frame with a golden glow on the corner of The and Washington , .

shot made possible by the traffic light switch on which I rested my camera!

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Christmas Baubles

Tuesday, December 25th, 2007 by Donncha

Baubles hang in Porter’s newsagent, . decoration is everywhere but reflective surfaces present an opportunity to take a self portrait. Yes, that’s me reflected! :)

Hope you had a great Day. We went travelling and I must say it was the best Day in a long time. I think I must invest in a WII next year…

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Sparkling Flowing Christmas Lights

Monday, December 24th, 2007 by Donncha

Blue glowing and sparkling flow down from the roof of on Oliver Plunkett St. in .

I loved the in the car and had to take this shot. It was hand held and I’m quite sure I pumped up the ISO quite a bit to get a half-decent shutter speed. Resizing helps to hide and smooth out the noise!

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Stolichnaya Russian Vodka

Friday, December 21st, 2007 by Donncha

A huge advertisement for Russian on the side of a building near in . It proudly stats, “Choose Authenticity”.

This is the sight that greeted me on my first in the city!

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Starlight Christmas Lights

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007 by Donncha

The on Carey’s Lane shine brightly in this shot.

The exposure is so long that crowds of walked past, some apologising, without evening showing up on the final image! The only person visible is a homeless guy sitting in a doorway. I love how the came out in this. f/22 does lovely things to points of light.

This was taken one evening while in town and I had a few moments to spare. Get out the camera, crouch down and put the wallet under the lens to point it up a bit. Perfectly still, without a tripod!

While I shot this I realised where this photo was taken! See the No Parking ?

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