Photowalk in Cork.

Necronomicon

Anyone have a forecast for tomorrow? It's nasty out there tonight.

FoxT

weathercity.com - cloudy, windy 2-4mm rain, sunny in the afternoon.

NOAA - no rain tomorrow but a bit windy.

So - maybe a bit damp, but no monsoons...

Regarding the count centre:

- I have never been in one but my expectation is that every citizen should be free to enter at any time, subject to fire regulations or whatnot.

- RTE news at 2130 said " counting centres due to open in a little over 12 hours time" which I took to mean as 10am tomorrow.
- RTE website states "When voting concludes the ballot boxes will be brought to the 43 count centres. They will be opened at 9am tomorrow. The returning officers will verify that all paperwork is correct before counting begins."



So I expect that counting centres will be open to the public, but possibly not until after 10am?





- FoxT

FoxT

PM me with your cell phone no anytime up to 3pm tomorrow if you are late/lost/bewildered, and I will phone you back within a few mins so you will know where the group is & be able to hook up.

Cheers, FoxT

colblimp

I was in City Hall today and asked one of the wimmin sitting behind the desk about the count tomorrow. She said that the count begins at 09:00, but the place will be open before that.

As for access, if you have a look on the Election photographic thread in the photo challenge bit, there was no problem taking pics last year in Dublin. As far as I know, there should be no problems. Hopefully...

FoxT

Fair play - Colblimps research beats my assumptions every time..

Necronomicon

Just sifting through the hundreds of photos...great day out!

11811

Necronomicon wrote: »

Just sifting through the hundreds of photos...great day out!

Indeed it was! Was great to meet you all. Im also sifting through a rather large pile of shots!:D

serjical_strike

i missed the walk due to a hangover from friday night, gutted when i woke up late, next time tho look forward to seeing the shots..!!

Necronomicon

It's quite a random assortment!

Credit to Colblimp for the vote counting idea, I'd never have thought of it but it was great.

11811

A couple from my lot...

FoxT

Just back from West Cork...Great day yesterday, really enjoyed it.

Colblimp, TinfoilHat, 11811, Buceph, Necronomicon,myself, and Twomers , did a grand tour starting at Grand Parade, then count centre via english market, then Kent station for coffee & reinforcements, then up to montenotte. Back to nosh+coffee in city centre for lunch, and on to the count center again.

Weather was great, the only quibble we had was the sunlight was a bit too contrasty! Nevertheless it stayed dry, until we went for lunch. While we were safely ensconced indoors, there was a brief cloudburst, but it had stopped by the time we emerged.

Anyway, an enjoyable few hours was had, Hopefully dineenp & cork_girl (& others) will make it next time!

Colblimp's idea of going to City Hall for the count was an excellent one, in fact, it was so good, we went there twice!

This was my 1st photowalk & it was good fun, having an ongoing event (election count) was great & really added to it. Also I got to play with a 100mm macro lens, which impressed me greatly!

Photos in a while - I have about 500 to wade thru between the photowalk & Baltimore.....

twomers

FoxT wrote: »

Colblimp, TinfoilHat, 11811, Buceph, Necronomicon,myself, and 1 other (aargh, help me here somebody)

Me?

Good walk. Must do it again.
Link to shots: http://www.flickr.com/photos/niallotuama/sets/72157626156763896/
Some picks...

From the count:




Others:

Tin Foil Hat

Some great shots there lads. I've a long way to go to be up there with ye.
Most of mine were crap, but here's a few I tried to salvage.

FoxT

The entire album is here - http://bit.ly/hoVosv

Some highlights below. Great day out guys, well done to all!

FoxT

ColBlimp gets stopped by a security guy as he is trying to go upstairs in the city hall... " I have no ID, I am IndyMedia! " then sprints up the stairs....
Nice

Necronomicon

What's in that last shot FoxT??

I'm looking forward to seeing colblimp's shots, particularly the group shot.

Funny moment of the day: meeting up with the lads who started at the train station, exchanging handshakes and usernames surrounded by people waiting for a train...with our big bags...I'd say there were a few anxious people wondering what we were planning

FoxT

they are grab-handles hanging from the ceiling of the bus on the way home!

Necronomicon

Ah cool. Cheers for showing me how to re-jig the autofocus on the 40D btw, we took the dog out to Currabinny yesterday and the improvement in getting her in focus was definitely noticeable.

Oh and following on from our Lego conversation on Saturday, here's my set

dinneenp

@foxT- nice one of the woman counting with the hand motion

colblimp

OK, finally, here's some of the junk I took on the day. Thanks to everyone that turned out for it, I think it was successful judging by the shots posted up so far, it puts my stuff to shame! Hopefully we can do another one soon - Kinsale anyone?!

From the count:









Other junk:









The group shot:



I'll post some more up when I can be arsed lol!

Tiriel

Some fantastic shots there lads - hope there will be another walk soon

11811

A few more up on my flickr now...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fritzbeastman/sets/72157626048852683/

Buceph

My first real attempts at photography in a few years. At least some I'm moderately happy with, although I think I need to read up on post-processing, seeing as I'm using the defaults.












I had a blast. And am looking forward to taking more snaps.

twomers

Some more from here on... our hallowed leader, buildings and some buoys.

twomers

And how the hell do you do the thanks thing?!

FoxT

@ Twomers - I really like th high-contrast PP you did on #3 above , the buoy. Would you mind sharing how you did that?

And, click on the 'thumbs up' button on the bottom right of the post you want to thank..

Cheers, FoxT

Tin Foil Hat

@ Twomers - I agree with Fox T. Your PP work is top class. I love your pics of the rowers and of the wrecked boat in your first set. Same goes for the one of the creepy looking guy with the glasses.

Edit:- No. 2 on your second set is my favourite pic on the thread. PP tips would be much appreciated.

@ Fox T - Great colours from your market shots.

Re the thanks thing - I think you need about 25 posts first. I would suggest a bit of sh!t stirring in the religion and politics fora to get your numbers up. It's great fun.

Necronomicon

Niall, the photo of the old steam train is top class, I love the high contrast you achieve in your post-production.

And you need 10 posts to thank, n00b

twomers

FoxT wrote: »

@ Twomers - I really like th high-contrast PP you did on #3 above , the buoy. Would you mind sharing how you did that?

Glad you like it!
That took a bit more than post processing to get. I got in that position on front of that buoy (?) with the sun doing a bit of a starburst sunlight by the end of the buoy. Sorta positioned myself to get the result, if you know what I mean. Afterwards...
I imported it to Lightroom (which I use to organise all my photos. It's pretty good), and did some basic processing (probably auto buttons). I then exported it to Topaz Adjust to give the shot a bit of pop/depth. After that reimported lightroom and blew out the highlights with the slider.
Lemme know if you need more info.
All my processing is done in Lightroom and with Lightroom plugins. Others that I use are the topaz bundle, silver efex pro, nik software stuff, imtoo toolkit. Mostly silver and topaz though. They're excellent.

Tin Foil Hat wrote: »

Edit:- No. 2 on your second set is my favourite pic on the thread. PP tips would be much appreciated.

Not entirely sure about what I did in this one... probably auto'd in lightroom, adjusted for pop in topaz... I think I then brought it into silver efex pro (great black and white editing software, do all my portrait work in that), I might have also put it into hdr efex pro and enhanced the reflectiveness of it. Back into Lightoom, and sepia'd it... I then blew out the 36 to make it stand out against the black train.

Necronomicon wrote: »

Niall, the photo of the old steam train is top class, I love the high contrast you achieve in your post-production.

And you need 10 posts to thank, n00b

Tanks

twomers

Last two now (I think).
Third iteration of the set.





Full set.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/niallotuama/sets/72157626156763896/with/5499411219/

I'm going through a black and white editing phase, as might have been noticed

colblimp

twomers wrote: »

Some more from here on... our hallowed leader, buildings and some buoys.

I'M NOT THE LEADER!!! :mad:

FoxT

@twomers - lovely shots there! They would probably look better on boardsie if you put a bit of whitespace between the 2...



@ Colblimp - Hope you got the glands well drained in Nenagh! And, of course, you are OUR LEADER! We Salute you, Sir Colonel!
And, check the tags - its official

colblimp

FoxT wrote: »

@twomers - lovely shots there! They would probably look better on boardsie if you put a bit of whitespace between the 2...



@ Colblimp - Hope you got the glands well drained in Nenagh! And, of course, you are OUR LEADER! We Salute you, Sir Colonel!
And, check the tags - its official

I presume she'll be on the next photowalk...? :cool:

11811

Anyone up for another one of these? Was good crack the last time!

colblimp

11811 wrote: »

Anyone up for another one of these? Was good crack the last time!

Oh absolutely, I'm up for anything, all the time lol! However, I can't think of a location at the moment - Cobh or Kinsale spring to mind maybe...?

foxy123

I would definitely be interested! name the time and place!

colblimp

foxy123 wrote: »

I would definitely be interested! name the time and place!

OK - this Friday, 06:30 in Cobh. The liner 'Minerva' (PAX 352) is arriving I'll be down there to catch her as she arrives. I'll also be around afterwards for a few hours to take all sorts of pics, if anyone else comes down.

11811

AM? might be a tad too early for me anyways!

colblimp

Er, yes AM! Why, is that a problem? You know as well as I do that the light is better at that time of day, and better getting a ship on the move, rather than moored.

colblimp

OK, there's been an update to Minerva's arrival time on Friday - it's now 8:00am, so if anyone's interested, we could meet at 7:30am in Cobh. Let me know.:cool:

11811

Leave it with me, I might be able to make it. Twould be good alright!

colblimp

OK, there's another change to Minerva's arrival time - it's gone back to 07:00 tomorrow morning. However, she departs Cobh at 16:00 tomorrow evening, that might be a better option for all you tardy photographers?!

I'll be down there first thing in the morning, but if it transpires that a Boardsie wants to join me in the afternoon, I'll give the morning a miss and get down there for her departure.

11811

Ack, afraid I have to do some work tomorrow and won't be able to make it. Might be floating about the city on Saturday for a few hours...

foxy123

Sorry won't be able to make it I am working until 5.30. Looking forward to seeing the photos though.

colblimp

No probs folks, maybe another time.

foxy123

Am thinking of doing some night shots on Tuesday night in city centre if anyone interested?

colblimp

foxy123 wrote: »

Am thinking of doing some night shots on Tuesday night in city centre if anyone interested?

Tuesday's a bad night for me - track night. I've got to do my speed work lol!

foxy123

No problemo!

foxy123

Hey all!

Thinking of putting out the feelers for another photowalk! Anyone with ideas? Kinsale has been mentioned Sundays always suit me. My day off during the week changes week by week but I can try and work around everyone else.

colblimp

foxy123 wrote: »

Hey all!

Thinking of putting out the feelers for another photowalk! Anyone with ideas? Kinsale has been mentioned Sundays always suit me. My day off during the week changes week by week but I can try and work around everyone else.

Damn, I've only just seen this now - would have suggested tomorrow, er, today lol. OK, maybe next week?