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Night shooting – The Boyne Bridge

I took a drive to Drogheda late last night to get a shot I’ve been wanting to take for a long, long time. I couldn’t tell you how many times I’ve driven over the Boyne Bridge at Drogheda and wished I had my camera with me. Finally though, with the weather just right I packed the camera, tripod and all important flask of coffee in the car and set off for some night shooting.

I wanted to get some shots of the bridge that I haven’t really seen before. That ruled out any shots from the motorway, the N51 roundabout or from any of the nearby housing estates. So instead I drove to the road that runs right underneath the bridge. I think it’s called the Glen Road (isn’t named on google maps or on my sat nav). It was the perfect spot.

I spent about half an hour there trying different exposures and lenses and came away very happy with the results.

As the bridge is lit so beautifully in glowing pinks and blues I have included both the colour and black and white conversions in the slideshow.

Click here to see the shots from the night.

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Lights! Camera! Bray!

A trip to Bray anytime between now and August 10th and you’ll come across a pretty decent funfair at the top end of the seafront (dart end). It’s all part of the Bray Summer Festival.

There’s the usual bumper cars, ferris wheel, roller coasters but there is also a couple of rides for those of you who like to feel as though imminent death is approaching.

If you do go down, take someone with you who doesn’t really like ‘that sort of thing’ and persuade them to go on the Frisbee with you. Trust me, it makes it all the more fun to watch their facial expressions as they try to hold down everything they’ve ever ate…

click on the picture to open the slideshow.