The Wall

Posted on October 26, 2010 by declan

The Dublin City Marathon was on over the bank holiday weekend and the route takes it close to where I live. Conveniently from a photographic point of view it’s also around mile 20 where the legendary wall is supposed to lurk waiting for runners to bang into it. Many runners came by looking like they had started the race 500 meters away around the bend but many more came by looking like they were dragging the world behind them.

I dont think I’d ever be able to run even a half marathon so I admire anyone who made it to 20 miles and I hope all those who passed my camera finally made it to the finish line and woke up this morning with a deserved sense of achievement and pride.

The Last Autumn

Posted on October 18, 2010 by declan

On Saturday I walked through St Stephens Green and it struck me that this is the last Autumn for this part of the Green.

By October next year these trees will have been removed to make room for a new Metro station. Personally in post Celtic Tiger Ireland I don’t see the need for the Metro or how we can afford it both financially and spiritually, for the Green is the heart of the city center and no cost benefit analysis can measure that.

They promise to restore the Green to its former glory after the building has finished. I believe they mean well and a lot of effort is going into documenting the current layout and structure of the Green so that everything can be put back where it was but no matter how much effort they put into replacing stones and railings it still takes 200 years to fully restore a 200 year old park.

Red Umbrella

Posted on October 13, 2010August 7, 2012 by declan

Near my apartment there is a little lane-way towards the shops, beside the path has become a little overgrown, nothing awful just weeds and grass covering the back of the tennis courts. At some stage someone must have lost control of their red umbrella in the wind and either it broke or they lost it but either way it ended up discarded in the grass. It was a perfect picture, I didnt have to move anything or position anything, as you see it is as I found it. I edited it on the iPhone again and would have uploaded it straight from there but the WordPress app seems to be enlarging files to 3 times their size and making all the pictures square so for the moment I’ll have to upload from my laptop.

10-10-10 10:10

Posted on October 10, 2010August 7, 2012 by declan

I had great plans to take part in Open House Dublin this weekend but a touch of the winter vomiting bug put paid to my adventures. Fortunately this morning was 10 October 2010 and I was well enough to go out and try to find a photo to mark 10-10-10 10:10. In fairness I could have probably gone out on other days as well but the stuff on the ground might not have been as pretty…

Our Indian Summer forcast last week does not appear to have arrived and some over night wind knocked an abundance of leaves off the trees around my apartment. I snapped a quick photo, made it my iPhone wall paper and then put the iPhone onto the pile leaaves the took a few snaps at 10:10. I then took some with the iPhone itself to tweet and suddenly the minute was gone. Next year it’ll be 11-11-11, a Friday and also Remembrance Day so maybe I can plan something better.

Dundrum Sunrise

Posted on October 6, 2010August 7, 2012 by declan

On the drive to work this morning I was stuck in a traffic jam around Dundrum and half blinded by the reflection in my mirrors. The sun was rising directly behind me and the Luas bridge. Not moving anywhere quick enough to park and get out to take a proper photo but still not wanting to get arrested for using my phone in the car I just snapped a quick photo in the side mirror itself. After a couple of quick tweaks in Photoshop Express on the iPhone I like it, even though I clearly need to clean the mirror.