BROADSTONE AREA – CONSTITUTION HILL USING AN APPLE iPHONE 12 PRO MAX
I used an Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max and the Halide Mark II photo app. During the post-production process I used the new Adobe Lightroom “Super Resolution” option to see if it made a difference. All that I can say is that the images are now 8064 X 6048. However, I think that noise has been added.
I must admit that in general I am impressed by the performance of the 12 Pro Max as a camera but I do not get any real enjoyment from using it. I really do need to use a EVF rather than a screen that can be difficult to see in strong sunlight.
THE SAMUEL BECKETT BRIDGE – FREQUENTLY PHOTOGRAPHED
A tourist once asked me how to get to the “harp bridge” and it took me a few minutes to realise that it was the Samuel Beckett Bridge that she was seeking. Apparently her hotel was near the bridge and she was heading in the wrong direction as someone had assumed that she was trying to get to the Guinness brewery.
Samuel Beckett Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge in Dublin that joins Sir John Rogerson’s Quay on the south side of the River Liffey to Guild Street and North Wall Quay in the Docklands area.
Architect Santiago Calatrava was the lead designer of the bridge. He was assisted with the civil and structural aspects of the design by Roughan & O’Donovan consulting engineers.
This was the second bridge in the area designed by Calatrava, the first being the James Joyce Bridge, which is further upriver.
Constructed by a “Graham Hollandia Joint Venture”, the main span of the Samuel Beckett Bridge is supported by 31 cable stays from a doubly back-stayed single forward arc tubular tapered spar, with decking provided for four traffic and two pedestrian lanes. It is also capable of opening through an angle of 90 degrees allowing ships to pass through. This is achieved through a rotational mechanism housed in the base of the pylon.
The shape of the spar and its cables is said to evoke an image of a harp lying on its edge. (The harp being the national symbol for Ireland from as early as the thirteenth century).
WOLFE TONE STREET AND PARK IS CURRENTLY BEING RECONFIGURED
The next time you visit you may not recognise the area.
Wolfe Tone Park & Street Environmental Improvement Scheme offers a new destination point for all, as an ever-changing civic space where daily life and spectacle collide. The contextual design offers a thriving and inviting multi-use urban space for all ages and abilities, to be treasured by residents, workers and visitors. The design consists of two phases:
Phase one, the redesign and refurbishment of Wolfe Tone Street to create a more pedestrian friendly environment with new public lighting and street furniture and the use of a historic materials palette, creating both a high quality environment and character area.
Phase two involves the refurbishment of Wolfe Tone Park, everything within the park has been designed with intent: from the proposed new feature lawn, the retention of the existing mature trees, the proposed horticulture, to conservation and recognition of the parks history as a graveyard.
The new design for Wolfe Tone Park & Street Environmental Improvement Scheme will provide a green oasis and destination point in the heart of Dublin’s bustling city centre.
I would describe it as a laneway rather than a street. I once lived on Grand Canal Street Lower and until today did not know the Upper street was.
The Apple 12 Pro Max has serious problems with lens flare so I had to photograph most of the street art on display at a very shallow angle. Next time I will bring along a more suitable camera or else visit on an overcast day.
PROJECTED IMAGES NEAR SUNLIGHT CHAMBERS PHOTOGRAPHED WHILE CROSSING GRATTAN BRIDGE
Unfortunately because of my skill level and because of the limitations of an iPhone I could not exactly capture what I saw. The sunlight was so intense that it highlighted the contents of the plastic bag being carried by the man on the left and also over-exposed the captured image. There was also a lot of lens-flare at the top right of the image.
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