Great pics to take around Dublin city/county

mollybird

Have a plan to head out today with my camera to take some shots and got to thinking where would be a great place to go. I couldn't think of some great places to head to take pics around dublin when i remembered a friend had introduced me to the Ivy Gardens in dublin city.

So i guess has anyone come across a place in the city or around that other people may not know about and would like to share. My place would be Ivy Gardens just off Hardcourt street. It's quite beautiful.

pixbyjohn

Dublin City has numerous lovely spots for photography. All the parks, Dublin Castle, Christchurch Cathedral, St Patricks. Grafton street and its buskers. Temple Bar. The bridges along the Liffey. Grand Canal Dock and surrounding areas to name a few.

Zascar

One thing I find useful is to go to a site like Flickr or 500px, and search for Dublin. Find some nice shots you like and go to the same place and see if you can take some good ones of your own.

Hope that helps!

pete4130

Everywhere is an inspiration if you look hard enough. Recommendations will bring you to cliche places, over shot places and ultimately, unless you do something incredible….you'll be left with a similar picture to hundreds, if not thousands of other people who went to the same spot.
Ivy Gardens isn't unknown or hidden at all.

There is so much creativity in a few sq metres at the end of your driveway…macros, bokeh, portraits, textures….why go somewhere with pre defined images attached to them. if you don't already have your own non defined image idea ready? You might as well buy a postcard of Temple Bar, or O'Connel Street, or Stephens Green, or Grafton Street….see my point?

thebaz

pete4130 wrote: »

Everywhere is an inspiration if you look hard enough.

well said Pete - that is the challenge of photography , to make the very mundane interesting - extremly hard to put in practice ,

dinneenp

I'm planning a trip to Dublin soon so am interested in this thread.
on my list would be
-Samual Beckett bridge, maybe a tour of Croke Park (I have a mini project -photographing the interior of empty GAA stadiums)
-Trinity College library interior maybe.
-Stroll around the main streets and get some street photography. Piop into a pub or two and, if the mood is right, get a few photos.
-Dollymount Strand. I love this by Simon Fitzpatrick


nothing new or differnet (expect Croke Park interior) but a nice mix.

Are there any accesible areas in the city that you can get photos of the street/pedestrian area from above? I've seen some great photos with this style.

Tiriel

I always loved walking around the Memorial Gardens in Islandbridge, you have the riverside, lovely mature trees, walled rose gardens and the fountains/scupltures.

Nearby you have the Royal Hospital Kilmainham and then Collins' Barracks. All nice for a wander and close enough together.

bullpost

I'm planning on doing just that this year with a local beach and the surrounding area. I've seen some fantastic images from other places which could just as easily be taken there. I've neglected it up to now as it doesn't seem to rate with others so hopefully will have a nice set by end of 2014.

thebaz wrote: »

well said Pete - that is the challenge of photography , to make the very mundane interesting - extremly hard to put in practice ,

Zillah

Over the years I've twice gone into the Ivy Gardens on a photo trip and every time I'm actually quite disappointed. It's a beautiful, quiet park and I really like going for a walk in it, but I've never found it very photogenic.

I've realised lately that its not so much where you go as what you're aiming for. "The enemy of art is the absence of limitations": Decide on a theme or project for yourself and you'll find subjects popping out at you. Textures only, or macro shots, things that would work for long exposures, a certain type of person... I find one of the worst ways to go shooting is to just go out with the camera and hope to find something good.

Much better to be hunting for something specific, that way you'll know it when you see it.

Ben D Bus

Cork_girl wrote: »

I always loved walking around the Memorial Gardens in Islandbridge, you have the riverside, lovely mature trees, walled rose gardens and the fountains/scupltures.

The walk from there, along the river, to Chapelizod is good especially when the rowing clubs are out on the river.

And it's Iveagh Gardens