where to shoot poolbeg chimneys

positivenote

hi all, imlooking at shooting a nice 'dramatic' shot of the Poolbeg chimneys for my gran for her birthday and am looking for recomandations on a good location to shoot from. I m heding out to shoot it on wedsnesday as no other day suits
any help would be great
Thanks

mehfesto

Up at Bull Island you can see em. Bit distant, but if you get there at low tide you can wander over a bit and get something decent, with some nice foreground interest!

smelltheglove

Just google images and see which angles you like. I found this one which looks quite nice http://www.flickr.com/photos/asteridesign/3855505512/

I took some a few years ago I waas happy with just at the car park up the road from it. Heres one

Hugh_C

Head down the Bull Wall (South Wall, Shelly Banks whatever you want to call it) and looking back you can get shots like this, although depending on where you are, sometimes it appears as only one chimney.


Coladh Sámh by Hugh_C, on Flickr

magicbastarder

is the bull wall not the one extending out from bull island with the statue of mary on the tripod at the end?

trooney

magicbastarder wrote: »

is the bull wall not the one extending out from bull island with the statue of mary on the tripod at the end?

The south wall is often referred to as the south bull wall.

trooney

Hugh_C wrote: »

Head down the Bull Wall (South Wall, Shelly Banks whatever you want to call it) and looking back you can get shots like this, although depending on where you are, sometimes it appears as only one chimney.

Loads of great places to get shots from, seeing as the chimneys are visable from a large area. But as Hugh says, the south wall is a nice location alright, although one stack is generally only what you can see from there -

magicbastarder

a word of warning - i've heard reports of theft and attempted theft around the bull wall and south wall.

Archeron

If you drive into the docks, there is a road that leads almost right up to the power station, and they will be very close to you. Crappy area around there though, all industrial and not a nice foreground. The road that leads up by the traveller camp brings you right up to the gate of the station and there is a place to park there too.

For a nicer location, Sandymount beach is lovely, and you can get some good shots with joggers in the foreground. There is also a park there as the road turns into the coast road with palm trees and a nice parkland setting for more nice foregrounds.

Cionn

Sutton at sunset, that way you get Bull Island in the shot.

C

Adrian.Sadlier

I've taken a few, but all from the northside. They were taken from Bull Island or clontarf promenade.








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Hugh_C

magicbastarder wrote: »

is the bull wall not the one extending out from bull island with the statue of mary on the tripod at the end?

I stand corrected you're right. The one I mean is the one with the red lighthouse at the end.

Sleepy

Adrian.Sadlier, love your fourth shot, what's framing the towers in that?

Adrian.Sadlier

Sleepy wrote: »

Adrian.Sadlier, love your fourth shot, what's framing the towers in that?

Its the entrance to one of the Bathing shelters. If you walk accross the wooden bridge and go straight down towards the Star of the Sea statue it is on the right hand side, about 3/4 of a mile from the coast road.

okmqaz42

From the causway out to the bull


Poolbeg by city light. 151/365 by okmqaz42, on Flickr

Or from on deer park in Howth.


144/365 by okmqaz42, on Flickr