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Tracking the Light Bonus: Virgin LUAS Sees the Light!

October 7, 2015 brian solomon 1 Comment

I’ve written before: always have a camera at the ready. I live by this rule.

Minutes ago (8:20 am, 7 October 2015), I was hastily making my way to the Dublin airport bus, when I spotted LUAS tram 4012 dressed in Virgin advertising making its Heuston Station stop. (Tram featured yesterday in ‘Extra: Virgin Luas . . .’).

With one hand on my suitcase, I grabbed my Lumix LX7, adjusted the exposure dial, and put myself in position on Sean Heuston Bridge to catch the tram in the window of morning sun. After exposing photos, I jumped on the 747 bus, where I am presently.

Dublin bus has free wi-fi, which facilitates extra posts such as this one.

The trailing view has my shadow. Can't win everything. — The trailing view has my shadow. Can’t win everything.

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Lumix LX7 view from the 747 bus. Contrast adjusted using Lightroom. Posted from the the bus.

Lumix LX7 view from the 747 bus. Contrast adjusted using Lightroom. Posted from the the bus. (That's not a Virgin tram, so I'm told.) — Lumix LX7 view from the 747 bus. Contrast adjusted using Lightroom. Posted from the the bus. (That’s not a Virgin tram, so I’m told.)

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TRACKING THE LIGHT EXTRA: LUAS Red Line Ad Tram-17 September 2015.

September 18, 2015 brian solomon 1 Comment

Yesterday, Dublin’s LUAS Red Line made news when a horse went for a spin. Sorry, I don’t have a photo of that escapade.

I did make a few photos of tram 3001 that was traversing Dublin streets in the latest advertising livery.

The evening started off bright, but gradually clouds rolled in from the west and rain followed.

LUAS 3001 approaches Sean Heuston Bridge. 17 September 2015. Lumix LX7 photo.

LUAS 3001 crosses Queen Street, Dublin. 17 September 2015. Lumix LX7 photo.

In the rain: LUAS 3001 on Benburb Street, Dublin. 17 September 2015. Lumix LX7 photo.

In the rain: LUAS 3001 on Benburb Street, Dublin. 17 September 2015. Lumix LX7 photo.

Which weather conditions do you think made for the most interesting images?

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White Tram Prowls Dublin’s LUAS

February 22, 2013 brian solomon Leave a comment

LUAS tram — White tram at Bus Aras, Dublin. February 19, 2013. Canon 7D with 40mm pancake lens.

White tram near Bus Aras, Dublin. February 19, 2013. Canon 7D with 40mm pancake lens.

The majority of trams on Dublin’s LUAS network are dressed in light silvery lavender with yellow safety strips around the body of the cars roughly at headlight level. The yellow stripe was added after the 2004 LUAS start up. Every so often, a single tram is decorated in an advertising livery. Last autumn (2012) there was an attractive blue tram advertising a cable television service. The other day, I noticed an all white tram advertising a phone service. This is like the one red jellybean in a bag of black ones. It’s something to watch out for and relieves the monotony of an otherwise uniform fleet. For photography it opens up opportunity to catch something a little different. After all, what can white do that silver cannot?