Boards.ie Photowalk

I've always been a bit of a lurker on Boards.ie, an Irish message board site covering pretty much every topic under the sun, but never really interacted with it that much. I decided it was time to get more involved with the photography board, and noticed that they were organising a photowalk based around the area I live.

There were about 7 or 8 people in all, ranging from folks with point and shoot pocket cameras to the more serious intercontinental-lens-wielding semi-pro's. The walk took us from Ballsbridge down along the river Dodder, past the new Aviva Stadium and towards the Grand Canal Dock area. I definitely took the most amount of photos from any one event but, as always, there are only a few keepers or ones that I actually felt were good. I also experimented a bit with the Manual Focus settings on my camera which was surprisingly easy to use.

Photowalk - Dun Laoghaire

Another sunny weekend recently so I decided to head out to Dun Laoghaire to get some fresh air and see if I could get a few good pics. It was nice and bright out so perfect conditions and I also had a play around with locking the focus on a point then moving the camera so that I could determine what came out sharp without having the camera refocus.

 

  

 

Catchin' Some Waves

A relatively clear, fresh Sunday afternoon was the perfect time to go for a walk along the south wall in Dublin. With camera in tow, I reckoned I might get some good shots of the lighthouse, chimneys and maybe some looking back in towards Sandymount. There were loads of folks out and about with their cameras, some of which looked like they were trying to take a picture of someone in the Isle of Man given the size of the lenses they were using. I muscled my way into position with the best of them and here's the results.