Volvo Race Pics and Vids Thread

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Great shot Mary.

foxy_19-89

phone pics.......

taken with an Lg 3.0 megapixel camera so apologies

dloob

JustMary wrote: »

Fahy Photo in Quay/Shop/High (whatever bit it is in!) Street also have a sign in their window about a competition. Different to the pix.ie one. Can get more details next time I'm walking past is anyone want's em.

It's for the photo that best captures the spirit of the stop over.
Details at http://www.fahyfoto.com/Volvo_Stopover.html

LadyMayBelle

Fantastic photos gary82, you were about fifteen feet from me I reckon! That copyright is class. I'll have the tripod next time for sure, and bring the better camera! Do people reckon the closing ceremony will be another photo-tastic event?

ultain

Well done gary82!

muppetkiller

here's 4 of mine ...excuse some of the blurryness I was rather hammered

vulcan57

gary82 wrote: »

SchhHHH!!! :mad: Ah I've no chance now! :rolleyes: :P

Nonsense!, you'd knock spots off a lot of us with those night shots!

vulcan57

Few more that I got this evening. I have a few more that I will post soon.

spurscormac

vulcan57 wrote: »

Few more that I got this evening. I have a few more that I will post soon.

Absolutely love this one, the b&w background with the Irish colours of Green Dragon is brilliant.

LadyMayBelle

Vulcan57 those photos are great. The duck to win!!

mr_disc

Really good pics everyone, Thanks.

skelliser

from lastnite

vulcan57

Love that last one Skelliser, well done.

cornbb

I love the big murals they've put on some of the old buildings down there, I hope they're permanent.

Rayne

Heres a few from Saturday Night, apologies for quality, night shooting if hard!


When Ericsson 4 arrived









Sunday Morning





Some from Tuesday 26th




















Oh I wish I had an SLR.... You guys are lucky

cornbb

The Ericsson boat heading back to the docks... taken from my window in Claddagh just now... pity the sails aren't up.

Rayne

(off topic, sorry)

gary82 and Ladypennyworth, what camera's do ye use? Great pics

Vulcan, fantastic pics.

Very impressive one and all! Hopefully we'll have some photography winners from here!

gary82

I use a Fuji s6500fd .... hopefully some day I'll upgrade to a DSLR! :rolleyes: Not on a student budget tho! Donations welcome.

LadyMayBelle

Ach mine's just a little nifty pocket camera I bought a few years back.. Fujifilm finepix F30..a handy little camera on a budget (as I look in anticipation to the future and fortune of being able to afford a dslr)

Rayne

Thanks dudes and dudettes, pictures are really well taken, look like great for P&S camera's. Wish mine could look like that.



Gonna spend the next few days down there practising.


Keep up the photos guys! Loving em!

padi89

SapphireDiamond wrote: »

Thanks dudes and dudettes, pictures are really well taken, look like great for P&S camera's. Wish mine could look like that.
Gonna spend the next few days down there practising.
Keep up the photos guys! Loving em!

P&S cameras are perfectly capable of taking stunning images, an SLR won't necessarily give you better images its just gives you greater creative flexibility.
Unfortunately most people just take their P&S out of the box, never read the manual or any photography guide or even try to understand what the camera is doing and just shoot on automatic settings all the time.
I have an old Sony Digicam i bought years ago, its a beast of a thing 4MP (huge at the time) and i have taken images as good as my SLR with it.

Rayne

padi89 wrote: »

P&S cameras are perfectly capable of taking stunning images, an SLR won't necessarily give you better images its just gives you greater creative flexibility.
Unfortunately most people just take their P&S out of the box, never read the manual or any photography guide or even try to understand what the camera is doing and just shoot on automatic settings all the time.
I have an old Sony Digicam i bought years ago, its a beast of a thing 4MP (huge at the time) and i have taken images as good as my SLR with it.

Thanks Padi, I've left a thread in Photography asking for help. I would really like to make the most of my camera during the VOR

Cosmo K

Few shots from today:



Galway CSI:)



A few from the PUMA boat:



inside





Back in port:

skelliser

two more from monday evening

civis_liberalis

vulcan57 wrote: »

Thanks for the link. I might well have a go, but I will wait a while to see what else I can get as each photographer can only enter once.

Maybe when you have whittled down your choice of photograph to 2 or 3, you can post them here and we can help you decide if you want.

Also, big shout out to everyone who contributed pictures and videos over the course of the preparations and the shenanigans since they arrived. I've not been able to make it down there yet, so it has made me feel like I was there :P

vulcan57

A few more from the batch that I took on Monday.

LadyDotty

These photos are amazing guys

FYI-
Volvo Ocean Race Galway are running a photo-competition over on Pix.ie with pretty great prizes, but its also great to see the whole event documented!

dakar

vulcan57 wrote: »

Thanks for the link. I might well have a go, but I will wait a while to see what else I can get as each photographer can only enter once.

AFAIK Vulcan, you can submit as many photos as you like, all the pics added to that group on Pix.ie are eligible for the competition and you can definitely upload more than one batch, I know because I did. Stick them up, you have some great shots.

Can't wait to get down again this weekend!

Here are some of mine from Saturday night/Sunday morning:

ronnie3585

Your first pic is stunning Dakar!

vulcan57

dakar wrote: »

AFAIK Vulcan, you can submit as many photos as you like, all the pics added to that group on Pix.ie are eligible for the competition and you can definitely upload more than one batch, I know because I did. Stick them up, you have some great shots.

I'm not so sure? This from section 7 of the T&C for the competition:-

Each photograph may only be entered once and all entries are subject to moderation. Where a moderator determines the photo is unsuitable for the competition, it will be removed without prior notice or compensation.

So I would like to enter something I wouldbe happy with. It's all a bit vague though, I must admit. On the steps for uploading it tells you how to upload more than one picture, then you get to the Terms and Conditions and it tells you the above. Wish it was a bit clearer.

Thanks for your comments