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poolbeg chimneys... where to shoot?

  • 16-04-2014 11:25pm
    #1
    positivenote
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,337 ✭✭✭


    Hi All,
    looking to shoot the poolbeg chimneys on thursday and was looking for suggestions for decent vantage points. i'll be using a nifty fifty it that matters...
    Thanks


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  • #2
    swingking
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,258 ✭✭✭swingking


    Drive along pigeon house road ( near the east link and you'll get up close and personal or alternatively head towards Dollymount strand and you can get a good capture


  • #3
    OldGoat
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    I always prefer the view from the southside, Strand Rd in Sandymount. I think it's a better composition. Which is a pain in the neck as I live on the Dollymount side. :(

    Take a quick google image search and pick which view suits your 50mm best.

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



  • #4
    Sheeps
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,763 ✭✭✭Sheeps


    You can get good shots using a telephoto from Grand Canal dock, however some of the brown buildings down in rings end ruin the shot, so you need to end up cropping the pictures.


    I took the below from Green St. in GCD

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    IMG_1741 by aindriubannister, on Flickr



    You could walk out south wall either, although I've only been out there at night.


  • #5
    m5ex9oqjawdg2i
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,221 ✭✭✭✭m5ex9oqjawdg2i


    Sheeps wrote: »
    ...although I've only been out there at night...

    Hmmm ;)


    Hey OP. In my opinion, Sandymount strand is the nicest to take pics from. I was out at bull island lastnight taking some picks with the 50mm and it's not bad either. I just don't like the industry of the docks in my images. Contradicting statement there, I know.


  • #6
    Sheeps
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    Tenley Proud Molecule wrote: »
    Hmmm ;)


    Hey OP. In my opinion, Sandymount strand is the nicest to take pics from. I was out at bull island lastnight taking some picks with the 50mm and it's not bad either. I just don't like the industry of the docks in my images. Contradicting statement there, I know.

    lol, is that known to be one of those spots?


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  • #7
    m5ex9oqjawdg2i
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    Sheeps wrote: »
    lol, is that known to be one of those spots?

    I am not sure, I was only joking though :P


  • #8
    SuiteCheex
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 82 ✭✭SuiteCheex


    The Strand Road has a pretty good vantage point. Snapped this one the other week with my iPhone as I was on the bike to work and didn't have my big camera with me.


  • #9
    pullandbang
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    From inside the Pigeon House..........

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  • #10
    dacogawa
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    +1 for Sandymount Beach, you can get take a walk out to the Irishtown Nature Reserve from there too to get up close. My pic below is taken with a 50mm from the promenade in Sandymount

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    I'd keep an eye on the weather I think there's a bit of rain due on Thursday :/


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