Over the last few weeks, Kris and I have made thousands of images of Ireland. Below are just a few of my general interest photographs.
There will be more Irish railway photos posted to Tracking the Light over the coming days!
Tracking the Light Celebrates St Patrick’s Day!
Two years ago today I attended the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Cork city.
There is no parade today.
Exposed using my FujiFilm XT1.
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Below are a few more views of Dublin buildings coloured with green light for the 2019 St Patrick’s Day Festival.
Exposed digitally using my Lumix LX7 and FujiFilm XT1 cameras.
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It’s become a ritual in Dublin to bathe famous buildings and bridges in green light for St Patrick’s Day.
Last night, I made a big walk around the City Centre to capture the atmosphere.
At St. Stephen’s Green, I photographed a LUAS Green Line tram paused for passengers adjacent to the Royal College of Surgeons.
More green to come!
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Lumix photos by Brian Solomon.
Dusk is a great time to capture the light. Once the blue in the sky has faded, the photos just are not as interesting.
Here’s a variation on a theme: another view of Irish Rail’s IWT liner at Stacumny Bridge near Hazelhatch.
Brian is Traveling for St. Patrick’s Weekend. New Material Daily!
I’ve posted a variety of new photos on my Dublin Page.
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It’s become an annual tradition to illuminate notable buildings around Dublin for St. Patrick’s Day celebrations.
I made this image of Heuston Station using my Lumix LX7 mounted on a mini Gitzo tripod.
Heuston is among the stations featured in my book Railway Depots, Stations & Terminals published by Voyageur Press in 2015.
It’s been a wild and colourful (mostly green) St. Patrick’s Day in Dublin! Here’s just a few of the many photos I made with my Fuji X-T1.
Dublin’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade attracted some half million people. The other million were queuing to cross the Ha’Penny Bridge over the Liffey.
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See my Dublin Page for more photos!
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It’s become an annual tradition to bathe Dublin’s iconic buildings with green light on the run up to St. Patrick’s Day. I exposed this view of Heuston Station on March 12, 2015 using my Lumix LX-7.
For me one of the most effective times to make night photographs is when there’s still a hint of daylight remaining.
More photos of the Greening of Dublin tomorrow!
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Attempt Number 4.
Sometimes Hollywood film makers have this trick where after rolling the credits they save one last scene that ties the whole picture together.
Ok, so after four tries to make a satisfactory photo of Dublin’s Heuston Station lit in the Spirit of St. Patrick’s Day, I’ve finally achieved a more acceptable result.
On the previous two evenings, I’d walked to Heuston with intent of catching the station lit in green with a hit of dusk in the sky. I’d come prepared with my tripod, and stood around in the chill of evening waiting in vain for the lights to come on.
No joy there, I’m afraid. In both instances, while I made fine images of the station in the evening light, I wasn’t rewarded with the seasonal lighting.
On Thursday March 13, 2014, I arrived at Heuston by train having traveled by train from County Mayo. My train arrived after 9:30 pm and a wafting fog had settled over the city.
On exiting the station I noticed that it was bathed in green light. Finally!
I set about making photos, although I was hampered by the lack of a tripod. To brace the camera, I used various existing structures, propping it up with coins to get the desired angle.
Having previously found that automatic settings, even when adjusted for nominal over exposure, tended to result in an unacceptably dark image, I opted to set the camera manually. I made a series of images, of which this one offered the best exposure and the greatest sharpness.
All things being equal, I’d preferred to have had the camera on a tripod and a twilight quality in the western sky, but I was happy with my Paddy’s Day Heuston.
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You see, I’m not so easily satisfied. Sure after four tries at this photo you’d think I’d be happy with what I just got. However, on March 15th I returned to Heuston Station one more time. I timed my arrived to allow for a hint of dusk in the western sky. And, I brought my tripod.
Saturday evening is a better time to make photos at Heuston. There’s less highway traffic and fewer people to get in the way.
I had my spots all picked out by now. I just had to go and execute the photos with the station bathed in green light. Significantly these photos are unmodified camera Jpgs. All I’ve done is scale them for presentation. It helps to have the light just right.
—The End—
(of Part 3).
Irish Photography: Focus on Dublin.
I’ve posted a variety of recent images of Dublin, Ireland to a special page on Tracking the Light. See: Recent Images of Dublin Ireland listed on the third tier in the header.
I intend to update this page regularly with fresh images of Ireland’s capital city!
While not strictly related to railways, this will occasionally feature images of Irish Rail, LUAS, Railways Preservation Society Ireland, views of the canals and other relevant topics.
Keep an eye out for St Patrick’s Day images, on or after the day!
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