O'Briens "Living Earth"

Muineach

hya's,
Well I got a nice surprise this afternoon , turns out I was one of the 6 winners for the O’Briens competition.


The 6 winning photos will each be made into postcards, which will be available in O’Briens sandwich bars around the world from early 2008.
If you would like to receive a pack of your printed postcards, please also provide your postal address.
Your prize is a high quality digital camera, please advise us of a postal address for sending prize.


This was what the chose from my selection, bit baffled by it myself
any other boarders out there get selected ?

AnCatDubh

hmnnnn - you can sure see why they would never play the piano alright! ;o)

Well done to you - good stuff!

City-Exile

Congrats! Well done.
I like it!

Eirebear

Nice one! Well done...cool picture too.
What "high quality camera" did you win?

latchiko

Well done!

oshead

Excellent. Love the photo. Well done.

Muineach

Eirebear wrote: »

Nice one! Well done...cool picture too.
What "high quality camera" did you win?

no idea, I filled out a reply email with name, address etc. so I asked in that, should find out tomorrow ? i'm thinking a P&S

Eirebear

Muineach wrote: »

no idea, I filled out a reply email with name, address etc. so I asked in that, should find out tomorrow ? i'm thinking a P&S

Doesnt really matter at the end of the day...its still pretty cool and satisfying to win!

Thirdfox

Congrats!

"high quality digital camera" - hmm methinks either 1D Mark III or D3 I think

Dades

Great stuff Muineach!

Congratulations - and enjoy a lifetime supply of sparsely-filled sandwiches!

Covey

Congrats, well done.

T.

trooney

Good job. Can you now walk into an O'Briens and declare yourself one of their winners and claim free beverages and food?

Covey

Is there anywhere you can see the winners online?

Cabaal

trooney wrote: »

Good job. Can you now walk into an O'Briens and declare yourself one of their winners and claim free beverages and food?

haha worth a try maybe

I';m curious what camera you get, one would hope it is a 40D or something

mikeanywhere

Well done, excellent news!!

Is there anything on Pix.ie??

kensutz

Good stuff Muineach, I really like the shot because it's something different and a good quality shot.

Covey

Haven't checked my mail in days and it looks like I've won something as well.

Yeaaah, first time I've ever won anything photographically speaking.

T.

shepthedog

Congrats and well done to both! It'll be quite something to see your photos as postcards in all the O'Briens shops.. Wonder what camera you will be getting?? For such a big company/competition they should provide something top quality..

PS Covey, post up the pic in question

Covey

Oops sorry forgot. Didn't think B/W had an earthly chance (sorry for pun)

shepthedog

Now that is just damn impressive!! Gorgeous.. Looks like something from a high class advertising shoot.. Brilliant..Where was it taken and how?

Covey

Thanks Shep, taken in Naples.

The shopping centre had no tenants, some mafia problem I later heard.

Arrived with camera and all gathered round for the usual shot, which I've long since binned. Sat down and waited until they ignored me and started playing. Taken lying on the ground and getting some quare looks from the locals.

Taken with many people regards as the Canon crap kit lens 18-55.

T.

Dades

Great shot - great angle. Congrats!

Covey wrote: »

Taken with many people regards as the Canon crap kit lens 18-55.

There's hope for mine yet then!

Muineach

congrats Covey, i didn't get a reply from O'Briens over what the camera was. I never realised that the chain were so big, especially in England, I've only see the odd shop here :rolleyes:

sineadw

Congratulations to both of you! Aren't we just the accomplished bunch (Note me including myself in that...)

Valentia

Well done lads!! Hope it's s decent prize now.

GristlyEnd

Congrats everyone.

sineadw wrote: »

Congratulations to both of you! Aren't we just the accomplished bunch (Note me including myself in that...)

You win as well Sinead?

sineadw

I wish! Nah - didn't even enter (which is obviously why I didn't win...). I was remarking on how easily I include myself amongst all the talented photographers here when I've never won a thing in my life

Fajitas!

Congrats all round!

Thirdfox

Muineach wrote: »

congrats Covey, i didn't get a reply from O'Briens over what the camera was. I never realised that the chain were so big, especially in England, I've only see the odd shop here :rolleyes:

There's one in Beijing...

I wanted to walk in and ask for a free sandwich since I'm Irish

PaulieC

Covey wrote: »

Oops sorry forgot. Didn't think B/W had an earthly chance (sorry for pun)

Superb shot Covey. Congrats to you (and Muineach. Actually great shot you too!)

Ricky91t

Well done you two.
Iv never even heard of this before might enter next year:D
Well let us know what "top of the range digital camera" you get
Thanks

Covey

sineadw wrote: »

I've never won a thing in my life

Sinead, there's a first for everything and that's my first. So keep on plugging'

Thanks all for the good wishes, especially Valentia, good to see you around.

T.

Marcus

mikeanywhere wrote: »

Is there anything on Pix.ie??

I've just found out in the last few minutes what the winning photos were:

http://www.obriensonline.com/photo/winners.html

If I'm not mistaken, is this not 100% boards.ie people!!!

Well done!

Marcus

Muineach

ahhh ffs, spelt my name wrong again, the magazine spelt Derek wrong, now O'Briens spelt my surname wrong ffs :rolleyes:

Marcus

Muineach wrote: »

ahhh ffs, spelt my name wrong again, the magazine spelt Derek wrong, now O'Briens spelt my surname wrong ffs :rolleyes:

I'll email the designer who did that page and ask him to fix it. It's "Davis" not "Davies" right?

Muineach

yep Davis, I sent an email off to the girl from O'Briens as well

shepthedog

Some great photos there.. The toilets sign one doesnt do much for me tho..

Covey

Any idea of the prize yet Derek?

Muineach

i didn't get any reply from the O'Briens contact, so no

Cabaal

Muineach wrote: »

i didn't get any reply from the O'Briens contact, so no

think they'd actually list the prize on the website,

will each receive a top of the range digital camera

In my mind this would be a min of a EOS 400D, of course will be interesting to see what they call top of the range,

Covey

Seems it's a Fuji S50

Can't find it anywhere so assume it's the F50 (though she repeated S twice).

T.

Thirdfox

unless...it's a S5 pro???

Muineach

i was just looking at the S5 :rolleyes:
would be nicer
http://www.fujifilm.co.uk/consumer/digital/digital-cameras/d-slr-long-zoom/finepix-s5-pro

Covey

Yeah right :cool:

Muineach

Covey wrote: »

Yeah right :cool:

:rolleyes:
any ideas when they might be shipping them ?

Thirdfox

Would that convince the Canon shooters to move to the Nikon f mount?

Covey

Be sent out Monday. Courier Dublin and Registered post elsewhere.

T.

Sharlini

Hi all!

Congrats again to the winners! I stumbled upon this site while looking for more info about the results. Some of you may know me by my nick on pix.ie, which is Tigrrr.

I've checked my e-mail settings on pix.ie and they are correct (I got the 'added as contact' notification, at least), so why haven't I received any mail from the good folks at O'Briens? Is the fact that I'm in Malaysia have anything to do with it? Maybe they've decided that the satisfaction I get from being chosen is enough, rather than them spending so much on postage alone.

I guess I'll just have to wait and see. Please let me know when your cameras arrive, I want to see what I'm missing.

Covey

I'll forward my mail to you. It has all the contact details. And congrtats of course.

T.

Sharlini

Thank you, T! Perhaps now the Tigrrr will turn to 'Sharlini Nambiar' and I will get my 15 minutes of fame and glory!

[Edit] Amy got back to me and I've furnished the relevant details. Her first e-mail must have ended up in the spam folder or something. I don't remember seeing it before. I'll be happy with whatever camera I get. The 5MP Kodak EasyShare LS755 I've been using was a prize in a contest three years ago.

Muineach

has anyone received a camera yet ? if so which is it ?