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HEIF FORMAT

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A QUICK VISIT TO DUBLIN CASTLE – SHOT USING HEIF FORMAT

I normally shoot in RAW but I am currently experimenting with an Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max and I used [by accident] HEIF and Lightroom Classic did not like the format and crashed a few times which has not happened for at least a year.

Sometimes colours [especially yellow] and skies can look a bit odd.

High Efficiency Image File Format (HEIF) is a container format for individual images and image sequences. The standard covers multimedia files that can also include other media streams, such as timed text, audio and video. A HEIF image using High Efficiency Video Coding, HEVC, requires only about half the storage space as the equivalent quality JPEG.

HEIF also supports animation, and is capable of storing more information than an animated GIF or APNG at a small fraction of the size.

HEIF files are a special case of the ISO Base Media File Format (ISOBMFF, ISO/IEC 14496-12), first defined in 2001 as a shared part of MP4 and JPEG 2000. Introduced in 2015, it was developed by the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) and is defined as Part 12 within the MPEG-H media suite (ISO/IEC 23008-12).

HEIF was adopted by Apple in 2017 with the introduction of iOS 11, and support on other platforms is growing

VIKING LONGBOAT SCULPTURE

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VIKING LONGBOAT SCULPTURE ON ESSEX QUAY

The immediate area is a bit run down at the moment because many of the nearby shops and restaurants are closed or have been closed for an extended period.

This piece of public art by Betty Newman, representing a Viking Boat, was created by Dublin Corporation on Essex Quay in 1988 because a Viking long ship was found at Wood Quay during archaeological investigations for the Civic Offices, which was used for a foundation for a jetty or wharf. The piece reflects area’s Viking history.

SIGN IN THE CROPPIES ACRE PUBLIC PARK

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SIGN IN THE CROPPIES ACRE PUBLIC PARK THIS IS A KNOWN SPOT FOR ROUGH SLEEPERS

This sign was recently placed in Croppies Acre near Heuston Station, which is a known spot for rough sleepers.

This park has been closed for extended periods because of anti-social behaviour and then a few years ago it reopened as an always open park so I was a bit surprised to see a notice that one was not allowed within the park after dark.

Although many reports have highlighted the problem of anti-social behaviour in Dublin’s parks, many public representatives believe that more should be done to tackle the root causes of this rather than simply directing people away from frequenting parks.

Within the park there is a memorial and a plaque which refers to the “Croppy’s Acre” but the official name is the “Croppies Acre 1798 Memorial Park”. This park on the north side of the Liffey is considered to be the burial site of so-called “croppies” who took part in the United Irishmen Rebellion however recent investigations indicate that the mass burial may have been at a different location.

The name ‘Croppy’ was used in Ireland in the 1790s and was a reference to the rebels who closely cropped their hair to mimic the French Revolutionaries of the period who cut their hair in contrast to the aristocracy who wore powdered wigs.

Historically the Croppies Acre was located on land under common pasturage and part of what was termed ‘Oxmantown Green’.

In the 17th century, a portion was later presented to the Viceroy, the Duke of Ormond to build a palace, however this was never built and the site was sold to the City Authorities for a Barracks. Built in 1704, it served as a military base for 250 years, it was formally the Royal Barracks and later Collins Barracks.

The Esplanade where the Croppies Acre is located today was fully constructed by the 1850s, complete with boundary walls and ornate railings. During the Great Famine, the Esplanade was the site of a food kitchen. By the 1900s, the land was levelled to form two football pitches for the military. In 1997, the Decorative Arts Section of the National Museum was opened in Collins Barracks and the Memorial Park was subsequently designed and laid out in 1998.

PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE GRANGEGORMAN CAMPUS

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PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE GRANGEGORMAN CAMPUS – I USED AN iPHONE XR

Today I used an Apple iPhone XR and the Halide App. Unfortunately, I had no end of problems including unusual lens flare and inconsistent focusing and exposure – some images were totally black and some totally white and I could decide if it was a software or hardware issue.

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