[COMPETITION] In Cork, Dublin, Galway or Limerick? Take a photo and you could win.

dinneenp · 03-05-2010 11:27pm

Where in Spanish Arch is it being beamed and is it just the image in your pic or is there more to it than that?
Is it worth going to to take some pics of a waste of time?
Cheers,
Pa.

honerbright · 03-05-2010 11:29pm

dinneenp wrote: »

Where in Spanish Arch is it being beamed and is it just the image in your pic or is there more to it than that?
Is it worth going to to take some pics of a waste of time?
Cheers,
Pa.

There's the light being beamed into the sky, and then lights on two buildings

milkycoffey · 03-05-2010 11:30pm

I can't wait to head down tomorrow to try it! I wonder when it'll be up in baggot street?!

Trogdor · 03-05-2010 11:50pm

My attempts:)

vulcan57 · 04-05-2010 12:04am

First one from Spanish Arch tonight. Will sort some more out for tomorrow, too tired now.

Zillah · 04-05-2010 12:08am

Fox Calm Malt wrote: »

[*]The lights move up and down the building.

That's a pretty poor decision for a photograph competition.

Hey guys organising this! If you want some really decent photos out of this keep the lights still, because in low light situations long exposures on a tripod are very useful, and they won't work if stuff is moving.

I'll take a shot at this tomorrow night, great idea for a competition.

vulcan57 · 04-05-2010 12:11am

Zillah wrote: »

That's a pretty poor decision for a photograph competition.

Hey guys organising this! If you want some really decent photos out of this keep the lights still, because in low light situations long exposures on a tripod are very useful, and they won't work if stuff is moving.

I'll take a shot at this tomorrow night, great idea for a competition.

They weren't moving at the Spanish Arch.:p LOL

Zillah · 04-05-2010 12:15am

vulcan57 wrote: »

They weren't moving at the Spanish Arch.:p LOL

I suspected as much from your photo

StraddleFor6 · 04-05-2010 12:16am

Zillah wrote: »

That's a pretty poor decision for a photograph competition.

Hey guys organising this! If you want some really decent photos out of this keep the lights still, because in low light situations long exposures on a tripod are very useful, and they won't work if stuff is moving.

I'll take a shot at this tomorrow night, great idea for a competition.

The guy in charge of the lights, in Limerick, wasn't even aware of a photo competition.

shepthedog · 04-05-2010 12:18am

Was down in the Spanish Arch tonight, very tricky to get a shot.. I thought it was meant to be on until 12:30am but the lads switched it off at 12am?

Will post up a few shots 2moro.

thebaz · 04-05-2010 12:31am

i had an attempt at Bolands - the movement made it tricky - but then maybe it gave an eerie feal

hbr · 04-05-2010 12:58am

Cork Monday night.

And Tuesday night. The big secret is revealed.

blue5 · 04-05-2010 12:59am

Blue Skies Photos from this evening:

http://pix.ie/blue5/album/375632

Best of luck everyone, some great pics up already!

challengemaster · 04-05-2010 1:15am

Being completely honest, I was kinda expecting something a bit....more interesting...

Wandered down to the spanish arch earlier, was kinda stunned by how crap it really was. I have to say, from the initial brief given I was expecting the locations to be properly lit, and actually have something that you could take an interesting picture of...

A van, generator and 3 rather pointless looking beams/logos not even on the arch... needless to say I was fairly disappointed.

I suppose I'll have some sort of attempt tomorrow but it's about as inspirational as a can of lynx.

twowheelsonly · 04-05-2010 1:16am

You stalking me HBR???

Cork was actually very limited with what you could do. The second logo (on the left here) was obscured from most positions across the river due to a big chunk of building sticking out in front of it and it also had a spotlight right next to it.
I have some more from further upriver and from close in front of the building that I'll go through tomorrow. Nothing too spectacular though.

On the subject of the flip cameras I'd also agree with the poster that said a random draw would be the fairest option - either that or the three 'runners-up'.

dryadssaddle · 04-05-2010 1:45am

Rita11 · 04-05-2010 1:51am

Hi All
i went to Bolands Mill Dublin, there were a few people there who had read the notice on Bords, it was not spam see photos search for blueskies
R
http://pix.ie/rita11/1651293

charybdis wrote: »

I realise this is sanctioned/official, but it still feels a lot like spam and seems pretty dowshey.

SinLight · 04-05-2010 3:40am

Great results guys so far - loving the shots. Its the middle of the night if not early morning, but it was worth it as the weather was nice.

I must admit it was funny to see how people approach the subject from different angles

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Probably a bit different in every city. You've got to love Boland Mills...thank you for giving me the reason to get up

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Added from the second day (figured I will not be doing the double post, from the obvious reasons

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I figured on the spot to try to do some timelapse - and this I think is the fastest and worst timelapse ever, thus only on the blog

at this link, if you guys are interested:

http://bigsmokestudio.com/blog/blueskies-competition/

(hopefully will be rendered by morning

tororosso · 04-05-2010 9:30am

101001 wrote: »

yeah it was all a bit weird... did a couple of long exposure but they were moving the logo so i got a bunch of blue blurs. Very weird conditions to photograph in. I wonder what upc were trying to achieve with this

I think NTL are trying to disassociate themselves from their "perceived" bad reputation by rebranding themselves as UPC so people will forget about all the bad stuff they have heard over the years about dealing with NTL :pac:
They are also doing a big publicity piece on this mornings Metro newspapers!
When I first read about this competition I thought it might have been worth doing but once I heard it was that crowd I am glad I gave it a miss

Darragh · 04-05-2010 9:30am

milkycoffey wrote: »

I can't wait to head down tomorrow to try it! I wonder when it'll be up in baggot street?!

Heya, approximate timings for Dublin are

Baggot Street (corner of Baggot St and Herbert St): 9.30pm – 10pm
Busaras(wall facing IFSC): 10.20pm – 10.50pm
Dame St (building beside City Hall): 11.10 – 11.40pm
Usher’s Quay (back of Dublin City Council offices) 12am –12.30am

Please don't hold me to these rigidly - it is approximate.

Some great photos up here so far folks, well done!

hbr · 04-05-2010 9:36am

R&H Hall, Cork. Monday night.

Starie1975 · 04-05-2010 10:20am

PopeBuckfastXVI wrote: »

Anyone going to the Spanish Arch tonight?

I'll head down for a look.

combat5 · 04-05-2010 11:06am

Was down at the Spanish Arch in Galway last night and got this.

trooney · 04-05-2010 12:02pm

combat5 · 04-05-2010 1:06pm

Another from last night at the Spanish Arch.

04-05-2010 1:55pm

the cork shoot was a bit tough. first time taking part in something like this, got me thinking and i enjoyed myself so cheers. this is one of the few i got that wasn't the same as twowheelsonly, hbr and kbl (whom i met down there.. hello again). There's some more here. Couldn't tell which was the best as they were all horribly mediocre, some criticism'd be appreciated, cheers

vulcan57 · 04-05-2010 2:25pm

Three more from Spanish Arch on Monday.

And one from earlier in the evening.

PopeBuckfastXVI · 04-05-2010 3:10pm

vulcan57 wrote: »

Three more from Spanish Arch on Monday.

Flip! Your first there is pretty much exactly what I had planned to take tonight! Ah well... back to the drawing board!

Great shots btw.

PaulieC · 04-05-2010 3:24pm

dunno, they all look a bit flat to me - not necessarily the photos, but the lights themselves

Probably not what UPC/NTL/Chorus/Cablelink had in mind when they came up with the bright idea of a photo comp. Still, might venture out this evening myself...