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Bridges and sunsets

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A sunny Sunday is a rare thing in Dublin: it only happens once every few years, but when it happens… WOW…

During last week’s photowalk we had the wonderful chance to photograph the sunset on the Liffey.

We also found out (much to our surprise) that it’s very difficult to visit an exhibition if you show up a few weeks before it starts… What a shock! 😀

Anyway, a sunny afternoon in late November means wonderful light, and the chance to go look for nice tiny details around the city…

St. Patrick
Geometry
Soooo true…
Murder
Towards the light
Is that a… Wait, what is THAT?!
Couple
Capturing the sun
Heavy sky

Nice walk!

 

Also: did I mention sunset?

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Sunset (almost) in Dublin

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Jeanie Johnston at sunset

Liffey

Liffey

I can’t wait for the next sunny Sunday (probably in 2019)…

Christmas lights (yes, I know it’s mid-November…)

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New week, new photowalk…

Very, very small group this time: few but good. We planned (not really) to see the lighting of the Cristmas lights in Grafton street, but we met much earlier to walk around the city centre first.

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Street music

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Guitar

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Blur and colbac

We had plenty of time left, so we went for a walk through Stephen’s Green.

Contrast
Swans
Light

While waiting for the lighting, we also had a quick stop at the Natural History Museum. Nice stuff, horrible light…

Badger
Poor crab!
Predator

And then, after a quick pint in the world’s smallest pub (which, incidentally, is not that small), we were back on the streets!

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Must… get… closer…

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Dawson’s street

And after a few more minutes, we finally got to see the Christmas lights (I know it’s freaking November!!)…

Photo, PHOTO!!!!
Lights
Lots of lights…

Of wind and water

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What do you get when you mix three photographers, a very early start, a lighthouse and the desire to shoot the sunrise?

You get a lot of fun! And wet… you get very wet.

So, we decided to take advantage of the bank holiday and go shoot the sunrise at Poolbeg. We met at around 5 am and headed out for our trip.

You can't even tell if it's good or bad weather...

“Luke, I am your father.”

It was a windy morning and we were very aware that we were going to suffer the wind while on the South Wall.

Walking the trail in the dark was an interesting experience and let us see the city and the bay in a very different way.

View of Sandymount from the trail

View of Sandymount from the trail

Poolbeg generating station

Poolbeg generating station

When we got to the Great South Wall the wind was stronger than when we started (way stronger…), but we decided go on anyway.

So we went onto the wall to get as close as possible to the lighthouse. We stopped about halfway through the wall and got our gear ready and started waiting for sunrise (shooting, of course).

Wind and water

Wind and water

The wind got even stronger and we started getting hit by the waves…

But we kept shooting waiting for the sun to show up, which it didn’t… It turns out the clouds were too thick for us to see anything. No sunrise, not even the sun.

Even if we failed our goal, we still had a great time and a few good pictures. I’ll go back for the sunrise…

Great South Wall long exposure

Great South Wall long exposure

Dublin port and city

Dublin port and city