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COMMENTS THREAD FOR RANDOM PHOTOS LV

Myksyk · 2018-09-14 08:37:27

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#92 17-06-2019 11:11pm

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I'll miss it - that's where I went to see Amélie five times in a row.

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#93 18-06-2019 7:25pm

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gzoladz wrote: »

Fox

Lovely fox photo gzoladz!

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#94 18-06-2019 8:46pm

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Oh no! Is that The Screen in D'Olier Street? I didn't even know it was being demolished... Mind you, I haven't been in that part of Dublin in ages, I'm so out of the loop! Are they rebuilding it?

It's been closed for a while. You can still catch that usher statue in the foyer of the Savoy apparently.

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#95 19-06-2019 11:36am

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New Home wrote: »

I'll miss it - that's where I went to see Amélie five times in a row.

That 6th time could have kept it open

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#96 19-06-2019 12:27pm

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They weren't showing it any more! So it's their own fault, really.

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#97 26-06-2019 2:46pm

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I spy with my little eye... A FLY!

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#98 29-06-2019 2:39pm

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bernard0368 wrote: »

Would love to hear about the technique behind this shot.

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#99 30-06-2019 11:42pm

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@Fixxxer, There is not a lot to it except the patience of the fly.

The image was taken with a loan canon Mp-e65 Macro lens. If I remember right at 3 times sizes. A ringflash was used to light the fly.

Image was F11 @ 1/125. ISO100 On a tripod.

The lens is a fantastic beast however the learning curve is huge, As you increase the size of the subject the light falls off something crazy and a lot of artificial light is required.
It would be more at home in a studio setup than out of the field.
Again thanks to the fly as you have to get damn close for focus (which is manual fixed meaning you have to move the camera back and forth to obtain focus.

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#100 28-08-2019 1:28am

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@DaireQuinlan

That photo - 'all that remains of the Screen' is brilliant-

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#101 28-08-2019 8:18am

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agreed.
the yeast company is safe for the short term anyway, IIRC, a planning application to extend doyles into it was refused.

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#102 28-08-2019 10:09pm

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Thanks guys, yeah the Yeast Company was bought a couple of years ago though, IIRC the guy who owned the place kept it going well into his 90's. Bowes have also been thwarted, they wanted to extend the pub all the way through into the Yeast Company building. Only a matter of time before someone with a wad of cash makes it go away. Best case scenario is the sign is retained with some novelty window dressing :-/

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#103 28-08-2019 10:30pm

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DaireQuinlan wrote: »

Bowes have also been thwarted, they wanted to extend the pub all the way through into the Yeast Company building.

bowes is owned by doyles; they were already shot down over extending into the building beside them (i think ladbrokes is gone from there now)

https://www.google.com/maps/@53.3459014,-6.2578186,3a,75y,173.61h,79.41t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1srHT1ef5dBqjfcJ5lWBEWcw!2e0!3e2!7i13312!8i6656

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#104 09-09-2019 10:37am

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DaireQuinlan wrote: »

Thanks guys, yeah the Yeast Company was bought a couple of years ago though, IIRC the guy who owned the place kept it going well into his 90's. Bowes have also been thwarted, they wanted to extend the pub all the way through into the Yeast Company building. Only a matter of time before someone with a wad of cash makes it go away. Best case scenario is the sign is retained with some novelty window dressing :-/

I saw this recently about the place.

Something like this should really be taken over by the state in some fashion. It's absolutely unique in Dublin.

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#105 20-09-2019 12:06pm

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I use Firefox, which does not automatically down-scale large photos posted to boards, so huge photos look huge. There have been two posts recently that are straight out of the camera and are not 800 pl on their longest side, this being the latest: https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=111297402&postcount=907

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#106 20-09-2019 1:56pm

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cnocbui wrote: »

I use Firefox, which does not automatically down-scale large photos posted to boards ...

I use Firefox, and for me that picture has been down-scaled from the original >4000px wide to a still excessive 1100-ish.

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#107 20-09-2019 2:21pm

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Report them I guess, and if they're removed enough times the posters responsible will get the hint eventually.

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#108 20-09-2019 3:07pm

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CelticRambler wrote: »

I use Firefox, and for me that picture has been down-scaled from the original >4000px wide to a still excessive 1100-ish.

You on a Mac?

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#109 20-09-2019 3:58pm

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Nope, aged laptop & Win7 (and legacy version of boards.ie)

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#110 26-09-2019 7:19am

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Has anyone seen Myksyk?
Missing his weekly POTW results...

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#111 26-09-2019 9:42am

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Here .... just holidays, work, sickness, life!!! About to update!

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#112 26-09-2019 9:59pm

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Myksyk wrote: »

Here .... just holidays, work, sickness, life!!! About to update!

Hi Myksyk,

Hope the sickness wasn't serious! The rest you will have to just cope with

Adrian

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#113 26-09-2019 10:37pm

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I think we need to see the sick note (-:

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#114 27-09-2019 9:10am

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The dog ate the sick note.

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#115 28-09-2019 7:15am

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Myksyk wrote: »

Here .... just holidays, work, sickness, life!!! About to update!

Phew...had me worried there!!

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#116 01-10-2019 4:34pm

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Tchernobill wrote: »

What's the story behind this image?

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#117 01-10-2019 6:31pm

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Bat5h1t, woodworm and mold, would be my guess.

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#118 31-10-2019 1:51pm

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Re: Pet Dog by Patrick Dinneen, on Flickr

Nice shot, hope you don't mind that my photography OCD got the better of me and autoleveled your pooch.

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#119 31-10-2019 11:32pm

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Beasty wrote: »

Wembley Stadium, 13 July 1985:

that was a fairly small, intimate gig, yeah?

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#120 01-11-2019 12:33pm

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magicbastarder wrote: »

that was a fairly small, intimate gig, yeah?

Yeah! you can see I was quite close to the stage, so don't know how many there were behind me. Went on for an age though. Status Quo kicking it all off at 12, and Macca and the guys on stage before lights-out at 10pm

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#121 01-11-2019 5:26pm

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Beasty wrote: »

Yeah! you can see I was quite close to the stage, so don't know how many there were behind me. Went on for an age though. Status Quo kicking it all off at 12, and Macca and the guys on stage before lights-out at 10pm

What were Queen actually like? Did it seem like something special in the flesh?

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