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   I grabbed this fetching shot last Thursday afternoon (18th August, 2011) from Grattan Bridge. As you can see I've touched it up a little by means of the Camera+ app. I think I've managed to give it a rather painterly feel. In an act of high pretension I'm calling the photograph "Upriver in the Cloudy Noon". Incidentally, for any James Joyce fans reading, the building on the right of the picture is the Ormond Hotel. The hotel is the location of the Sirens Episode in Joyce's famous novel Ulysses. Nowadays, as far as I can tell, the establishment has been closed for several years. It's almost as though a programme of refurbishment coincided badly with the dreaded economic recession of recent times. Anyway, please enjoy my picture. Your humble shutterbug, Brian:-)

I grabbed this shot today on my way back from a cycle to the Phoenix Park. That's Castleknock train station on the left of the picture and the waterway is the famous Royal Canal. It's difficult to tell from the photograph but the sky had actually been overcast and teeming down with rain a short while before I stopped and got my camera out (or should I say my iPhone?) on the top of the humpback bridge. It's been that kind of summer: sun and heavy showers. I had struggled up Chesterfield Avenue getting a face full of rain. I posted the above on Instagram too and a friend commented that the colours were very John Hinde. Maybe so but the richness is mainly down to Camera+. What a nifty little app it is! Anyway, even though self praise is no praise, I simply must say: it's a gorgeous shot. Hope you like it, too. Your humble shutterbug, Brian:-)