Win a €150 Dublin City Gift Card for a simple photo! [CLOSED]

Darragh

Hey there

Going to be in Dublin this week? We've got a great little treasure hunt for you.

Here's some blurb:

Dublin city centre has everything at Christmas, stunning festive lights, unique atmosphere and the best value and range of shopping in the country with 4,000 shops and 10 department stores and shopping centres.

Dublin City Centre has never looked better, each Christmas there is a festive atmosphere created by dressing the city’s streets and parks.

Christmas shopping is an occasion in itself; people travel to the city centre from all around the country to enjoy the unique atmosphere of carol singers, Christmas lights, Christmas jingles, Santa in the stores, catching up with old friends and just the magical experience that Christmas in Dublin City Centre offers.

And the details:

Every day we're going to name a place in Dublin City Centre. Take a photo of it, upload it to Boards.ie and you could win!

We have 8 x €150 Dublin City Gift Cards to give away as well as a grand prize of an extra €800 gift card.



Just check in here each day for the photo you should take and add it to the Thread.

The challenge for:

The challenge for Monday to Tuesday is

Get a photo by the Christmas Windows at Brown Thomas, Grafton Street.

Past challenges:

The challenge for Sunday to Monday is



Get a photo by the Christmas Windows of BT2 on Grafton Street

The challenge for Saturday to Sunday is



A photo of you under the clock at Clerys on O'Connell Street

The challenge for Friday to Saturday is



Get a photo beside the Henry Street Window of Arnotts.

Thursday 2 December:



Get a photo with the elf at the Santa Grotto.

Wednesday 1 December:



Take a photo of the DART crossing the Liffey.

Tuesday 30 November:



Take a photo of a Dublin Bus bus stop on O' Connell Street

You can find out how to add an image to boards.ie right here. Alternatively, you can "Attach" your image to your post, you can learn about that here.

We use Picasa, Pix.ie and Flickr. Please resize your images to a maximum of 1024 X 768 pixels or this thread becomes too difficult to read and will take forever to load!

You can keep up with the latest events and offers happening this Christmas in Dublin City Centre via their Facebook page or Twitter account.

T&Cs:

• The Daily competition will run from 12 noon each day for 24 hours and will close on December 8, 2010
• Daily winners will be chosen at random on the following day, so long as their photo is appropriate.
• Inappropriate photos will be removed and the poster disqualified from entering for the remainder of the competition.
• No cash alternative offered.
• This competition has been paid for by the Dublin City Business Association.
• Your photos may be used for promotional purposes by Dublin City Business Association - by entering them into this competition, you are granting permission for their re-use and publication.

Best of luck!

Darragh

conzy

I'm a bit confused where did the other entrants picture go?

thought competition was over at 4 today? i'm ready to take the next shot

Darragh

Heya, we're restarting the competition so you're first in! Nice shot

Crapjob Sean

So from noon until noon again?

Got it.

central park

what about a competition for people "outside the Pale"??

hcash

hope this worked

central park

central park wrote: »

what about a competition for people "outside the Pale"??

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1253

Pason

as i said in my post before ye decided to restart the competition [ dublin again no country out side of dublin] wonder where my other post went o i forgot ye restarted it

kerash

Pason wrote: »

as i said in my post before ye decided to restart the competition [ dublin again no country out side of dublin] wonder where my other post went o i forgot ye restarted it

+1
but dont worry I will try to get a pic and i'll share with you if i win

I feel sorry for the peeps outside dub who cant enter this

ChainWhip

Bus Stop Ninja /



It's chilly out there

Pyro Boy

My girlfriend made a new friend

davidsatelle100

bad camera on the phone

vektarman

Unicorn!

leche solara

Wish I had a drink now!

MemEmee

Easons this morning...

Darragh

Excellent work folks - today's winner is Pyro Boy - congratulations! Can you drop me a line at darragh@boards.ie please?

The details for day 2 are:

Take a photo of the DART crossing the Liffey.

Once again, just add them to this thread before 12 noon tomorrow and we'll pick a winner.

Cheers

Darragh

chogxox

Pason wrote: »

as i said in my post before ye decided to restart the competition [ dublin again no country out side of dublin] wonder where my other post went o i forgot ye restarted it

And as the guys said before it is being run by Dublin City Business Association so it makes sense that it is pictures of Dublin, maybe another comp could be run by someone else for other places...

Pyro Boy

Pyro Boy wrote: »

My girlfriend made a new friend

You lucky duck!

I could do with €150! I'll be in town Sunday so will have to keep an eye on the thread

hynesie08

My entry for today

Falcon7012

Flying-Irishman.jpg

Am I right that yesterday's was basically a draw for a €150 voucher with just 8 entrants!?!? :eek: Damn I wish I was a dirty Dub!

vektarman

That was cold standing on the steps of the custom house brrrrrr...

FruitLover

Why pick photos at random? Why not have an actual competition, i.e. where the photos are judged? They mightn't necessarily need to be the 'best-looking' shots - maybe the winner could be something taken from an interesting angle, or making a statement using specific placement of foreground and background, etc etc.

entropi

Taken tonight:

watchinpaintdry

My attempt from earlier...

Yourself

I just caught it passing over the liffey! Good job it was a clear day! I was trying for a closer shot but unfortunately I got snowed in. Enjoy!

hcash

Dart Bridge Liffey

ChainWhip

Mmm Snow...

fascination

Taken last night. I can confirm that the train is a Dart!!!

youns

I hope I'm not too late for today;)

Dublinstiofán

Competition manage to get into town alive win €150!!!

sparkzter

Dublinstiofán wrote: »

Competition manage to get into town alive win €150!!!

haha! i was thinking something similar myself!! any word on what todays photo is? Great idea for a comp though! xxx

Darragh

And congratulations to today's winner, HCASH, who wins €150 - drop me a line at darragh@boards.ie to claim your prize

Today's competition is

Thursday 2 December:



Get a photo with the elf at the Santa Grotto at St Stephen's Green Shopping Centre.

Good luck!

Darragh

Orly

Not being funny here but HCASH's photo was a Commuter train, not Dart. Wouldn't that deem it inappropriate, according to the rules? Just seems unfair if the brief isn't followed. I might as well take a photo of Boots in Stephens Green, rather than Santas Grotto...!

Dublinstiofán

Orly wrote: »

Not being funny here but HCASH's photo was a Commuter train, not Dart. Wouldn't that deem it inappropriate, according to the rules? Just seems unfair if the brief isn't followed. I might as well take a photo of Boots in Stephens Green, rather than Santas Grotto...!

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Orly

hilarious

XxMCRxBabyxX

Orly wrote: »

Not being funny here but HCASH's photo was a Commuter train, not Dart. Wouldn't that deem it inappropriate, according to the rules? Just seems unfair if the brief isn't followed. I might as well take a photo of Boots in Stephens Green, rather than Santas Grotto...!

No need to be a sore loser. You can't really tell the difference anyway!

MemEmee

Santas Grotto attached. can't seem to imbed...

hcash

Hcash's pic was the Dart.

hcash

Santa's Grotto Stephen's Green Shopping centre

fransdev

The Elf surprised me from behind

MemEmee

Darragh

is it grotto or elf? seems to have changed mid comp.

Rules said 'grotto' when i took my photo. now it say's elf.

????

Ta

Darragh

MemEmee wrote: »

Darragh

is it grotto or elf? seems to have changed mid comp.

Rules said 'grotto' when i took my photo. now it say's elf.

????

Ta

I'll take either - the brief changed midway - so both are eligible. Sorry about the confusion

Darragh

Orly wrote: »

Not being funny here but HCASH's photo was a Commuter train, not Dart. Wouldn't that deem it inappropriate, according to the rules? Just seems unfair if the brief isn't followed. I might as well take a photo of Boots in Stephens Green, rather than Santas Grotto...!

I'm really impressed you could make that out - completely escaped my attention.

Let me talk to the judges and see what they say. The prize though will still go to the winner.

TravelTales

Here's my little Elf and she's a Mrs.

vektarman

Nice to bump into Traveltales this morning as we waited for the shy elf to appear.

hcash

Ok went back to find the Elf to be sure to be sure.

ChainWhip

Hope this works, damn Stephen's Green Internet kiosks!

youns

I have found one and he's grumpy:) Not sure if he's a real one

christo82

what's the subject for today? thx

Darragh

Hi folks, thanks again for braving the weather to take part.

Yesterday's winner is vektarman - if you can drop me an email to darragh@boards.ie, I'll arrange your prize.

Just to help you over the weekend, I'm going to publish Friday's to Sunday's challenges all at once. You can post all three on Monday or as you take them - up to you. I'll pick a winner for each of the three days on Monday.

The challenge for Friday to Saturday is



Get a photo beside the Henry Street Window of Arnotts.

The challenge for Saturday to Sunday is



A photo of you under the clock at Clerys on O'Connell Street

The challenge for Sunday to Monday is



Get a photo by the Christmas Windows of BT2 on Grafton Street

Have fun!

Darragh