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19 Jul

The Galway Races- BallyBrit racecourse (Running On Empty)

In a. Galway,h. Sport by admin / July 19, 2013 / 0 Comments

The Galway Races

Galway in the summertime equals festivals. And the biggest is festival is The Galway Races which over 132,000 people attended in 2012. It’s a mammoth of a horse racing festival that spans 7 days of racing and 7 days and nights of partying & drinking all around Galway. In the past many large companies in Galway used to close for the week of the races. “It’s not about the racing” is a commonly heard saying around town.

This photograph shows an empty and silent racecourse, the total opposite of what the Ballybrit race track will be like very soon. I’ll try to take another photography from the exact same location during the races.

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Running On Empty is a song by Jackson Browne

03 Aug

Horsey, Horsey don’t you stop, Just let your feet go clipity clop

In a. Galway,h. Sport by admin / August 3, 2011 / 0 Comments

Here’s some photos from the Galway Races Summer Festival. It was only my second outing with my Sigma 70-200 f2.8 sports lens so I’m still getting to grips with it.

They’re far from great, not even that good. I was there for 2 races only (free in for last two races) so I didn’t have much time to plan where to stand etc. So most of the photos are from the same vantage point.

15 Jun

Walk Into The Ocean (Galway Triathlon- mating ritual?)

In a. Galway,d. People & Animals,h. Sport by admin / June 15, 2010 / 1 Comment

mating ritual

26 May

Bicylce Race (Cycling abstract)

In b. Abstract/Arty,g.Colourful,h. Sport by admin / May 26, 2010 / 1 Comment

cycling abstract

26 May

I want to ride my bicycle (FBD Insurance bicycle race)

In h. Sport by admin / May 26, 2010 / 0 Comments

The FBD Insurance RÁS Cycle Race is an 8 Day International Cycle Race around Ireland. I took these pictures at the Galway leg of the race but found photographing them tougher than I expected- the riders were grouped and ‘gone in 60 seconds’ (or less). So I didn’t really have much time for trial and error, seeing what the best settings were, where to stand etc. I took a lot of photos and was happy with these ones.

I shot with a 55-300 standard lens and stood in a roundabout at the cresent of a hill, which was good for when they were coming up the hill and not racing as quickly as normal. Ideally, it’d be great if they were doing a few circuits and if I had a 70-200 f2.8 lens (someday).

I want to ride my bicycle

FBD Insurance bicycle race Galway 2

02 Aug

All The Pretty Little Horses (Galway Races)

In a. Galway,h. Sport by admin / August 2, 2009 / 0 Comments

(Galway Races 2009): These are my best action photos from the Galway Races. The Galway Races are a massive social event in Galway and the town turns into a party zone for the week with many people not even visiting the races, just partying.
For these photos I was using my bridge camera (Panasonic FZ28) so i had a great zoom but the trade off was a low-ish aperture. This year (2011) I’ll have my Dslr (Pentax K-7) and a range of lenses but no ‘sports lens’ (70-200 f2.8 lens) so I’ll either have to use my 17-50mm f2.8 or the standard 18-250mm lens.

I’m looking forward to the Galway Races this year already; I have better equiptment so I’ll be able to compare some photos with these ones and see if there’s any improvement. Hopefully in a year or two I’ll have a sports lens and then won’t have any excuse not to capture the ‘perfect’ action photo.

One of these photos was featured on livesport.ie website.

Galway Races final besd

Galway Races- here they come

Galway Races- off they go