Shot no.43

Photo taken at O'Connell Street, Dublin, Ireland in March 2018 with Canon EOS 77D with lens Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 and Sigma lens 10-20mm F3.5 EX-DC.

[EN]

There is no much to say about this shot. Basically I thought about taking a very specific photo with my Benfica jersey. The result was very very close to what I planned which made me happy. Now I just hope that someone from my team, the best football team in the world, Benfica, sees the photo and put it outside the stadium! That would be fantastic!

I knew that would never happen so I kept shooting and trying different things with different lenses and I got 2 photos that I liked! Please, have a look and tell me which one is your favorite photo!

[PT]

Não há muito a dizer sobre esta pequena sessão. Basicamente, pensei em tirar uma foto muito específica com a minha camisa do Benfica. O resultado foi muito próximo do que tinha planeado, o que me deixou feliz. Agora só espero que alguém da minha equipa, a melhor equipa de futebol do mundo, o Benfica, veja a foto e a coloque do lado de fora do estádio! Isso seria fantástico!

Eu sei que isso nunca aconteceria, então continuei fotografando e tentando coisas diferentes com lentes diferentes e consegui duas fotos que eu gostei! Por favor, veja e me diga qual é a sua foto favorita!

Solo Shot 24

Photo taken at Temple Bar, Dublin, Ireland in October 2018 with Canon EOS 77D with lens Canon EF 50mm f/1.8.

Solo Shot 9

Photo taken at Anne's Lane, Dublin, Ireland with Canon EOS M10 with lens Canon EF-M 15-45mm.

Shot no.34

Shot no.34 (Canon EOS 77D with lens Canon EF-S 10-18mm)

EN

Photo taken in Dublin City, Co. Dublin, Ireland in February 2018.

In Shot no.33 I justified why I haven't posted more regularly and I said that I had done a few things during that length of time. One of them was a one day photography course with Canon ran by a professional photographer. I won that free course when I bought my Canon EOS 77D in December and I was delighted! Also, I didn't know that by buying a Canon camera I would have a huge range of free Canon software avaliable like mobile apps, cloud service specifically for photograpers and the best one, a photography editor for raw files and all that I need is my camera serial number! I really enjoyed!

The course finished in the evening so I was planning to go home but decided to stay for a few hours and practice what I had learnt. It wasn't meant to be a blog mission but I found these 2 picutes very interesting. The first one is the Ha'penny Bridge with the colours of the Irish flag reflecting on the Liffey. The second one is a photo of the most known Dublin's symbol, Molly Malone statue in front of St. Andrew's church.

I hope you like them!

PT

Foto tirada em Dublin, Co. Dublin, Irlanda, em Fevereiro de 2018.

No Shot no.33, eu justifiquei porque é que eu não postei mais regularmente e eu disse que tinha andado ocupado durante esse período de tempo. Um desses motivos foi um curso de fotografia de um dia com a Canon conduzido por um fotógrafo profissional. Ganhei esse curso gratuito quando comprei a Canon EOS 77D em Dezembro! Além disso, eu não sabia que comprando uma câmera Canon eu teria disponível uma enorme variedade de software gratuito da Canon, como aplicativos para dispositivos móveis, serviços Cloud específicos para fotógrafos e o melhor editor de fotografia para arquivos RAW e tudo o que eu preciso é o número de série da minha câmera!

O curso terminou ao fim da tarde, planeava ir para casa, mas decidi ficar pela cidade por algumas horas e praticar o que aprendi. Não era para ser uma missão de blog, mas acabei por tirar 2 fotos que achei interessantes. A primeira é a Ponte Ha'penny com as cores da bandeira irlandesa reflectindo sobre o Liffey. A segunda é uma foto do símbolo mais conhecido de Dublin, a estátua de Molly Malone, em frente à igreja de Saint Andrew's.

Espero que goste!

Info:

• Learn more about Molly Malone: 
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjjh5EmkKCA
• (english) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molly_Malone
• (português) https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molly_Malone

Shot no. 21

Shot no. 21 (Canon EOS M10)

Photos taken at Phoenix Park, Co. Dublin, Ireland in September 2017.

Another rainy Irish day in September... was planning to go out in the afternoon to take pictures somewhere but didn't work that way. Clouds were very dark, thunder decided to make some noise so I completely gave up on that idea. However, about 18.30h, the sun started to show up again,  the clouds were not that heavy anymore, I actually could see a bit of blue sky every so often and believe it or not,  it stopped raining. That was time to capture shots but where to go? Being lucky to live close enough to Phoenix Park, drove to a little corner called The Furry Glen. Never explored much of that part of the park, decided to go there because I was hoping the deer would be around there and I was right! Had probably around 1h of proper sun light and then the sun set. The clouds kept appearing so the light wasn't the best but this is Ireland and I'm starting to get used to it!

Phoenix Park is a huge park attached to Dublin city centre, I still have many, many hours to spend taking shots over there!

Info:

• Phoenix Park: 
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_Park
• http://www.irelands-hidden-gems.com/phoenix-park.html
• http://phoenixpark.ie/

Shot no.6

Shot no.6 (Olympus SP820)

Photo taken at Dame Street, Dublin, Co. Dublin (IRL) in September 2013.

Let me have the pleasure of introducing you to the one of my favourite Dublin streets... Dame Street, tcharaam! Ok, the traffic is mad, extremely busy day and night but so what? Each way leads you to two of Dublin's most beautiful buildings, Trinity College and Christ Church Cathedral (is not located on Dame Street but is very close), on both sides you can see beautiful buildings from the 19th century, you can enjoy a gig in the Olympia Theatre and then go for drinks and live music at the Mercantile or in Temple Bar where you have a huge range of pubs to entertain you. If you are up for a more quiet plan you can visit (besides Trinity College and Christ Church Cathedral) the Dublin Castle or the Irish Whiskey Museum (located in the junction with Grafton Street) and then have a meal in the best brazilian restaurant, the "Taste of Brazil". After all this, if you have some spare time (and money!), you can walk south of Trinity College, towards Grafton Street and go for some shopping!

Well, I could keep going and tell you more things to do on Dame Street but...maybe another day! This post was just meant to explain why Dame Street is my favourite Dublin street, I hope I did the job!

Info:

• Dame Street:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dame_Street
• Trinity College: https://www.tcd.ie/
• Christ Church Cathedral: http://christchurchcathedral.ie
• Olympia Theatre: http://www.olympia.ie/
• The Mercantile: http://www.dublintown.ie/business/the-mercantile/
• Temple Bar: https://theculturetrip.com/europe/ireland/articles/the-best-bars-and-pubs-in-temple-bar-dublin/
• Dublin Castle: http://www.dublincastle.ie/
• Irish Whiskey Museum: http://www.irishwhiskeymuseum.ie/
• Taste of Brazil: http://tasteofbrazilireland.weebly.com
• Taste of Brazil- TripAdvisor: https://www.tripadvisor.pt/Restaurant_Review-g186605-d2419134-Reviews-Taste_of_Brazil_Cozinha_Brasileira-Dublin_County_Dublin.html
• Taste of Brazil - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TasteOfBrazil