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Dublin City Maraton 2014

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Taking photographs of the Dublin City Maraton has been a little bit of a tradition for me in the past. Whilst I haven’t been out to photograph it for a few years, the fact that a good friend of mine was participating in it, gave me the impetus I needed to head out this year.

I parked myself in the same spot as previous years, close to mile 8, by the Chapelizod gate in the Phoenix Park. The runners are well into the run at this point, so the pack is a little more spaced out. But more importantly, from a photographic point of view, they are running into the light, so are front lit, with just a background of trees behind them. Plus they’re running downhill towards me, so I’m not dealing with any sky or bright spots in the background (apart from some amateur photographer, that decided to wear a bright luminous yellow cycle jacket, and stand in front of me in the distance :!: :?: )

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Setup wise, I used continual focus, shot wide open and used a high enough ISO to keep my shutter speeds at a point where everything should be sharp. That said, my attention dropped at times, as did the light, so some shots are a little blurred due to subject movement because the shutter was too slow. But c’est la vie. The light this year also wasn’t as pretty as previous years, so the colours are a little more subdued, but they’re OK shots from someone that shoots no sports what so ever.

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These are just a sample of some of the shots from the day. For anyone interested in photographs of this years 2014 Dublin City Marathon, then follow the links to these galleries: (Gallery1, Gallery2, Gallery3, Gallery4, Gallery5), where most of the shots I took on the day are displayed. They are low resolution images, which people can use/copy/distribute freely, although I would REALLY appreciate appropriate credit, linking back to my blog here. For anyone that is interested in higher resolution versions, I am happy to make them available for free for anyone that ran for charity (must be displayed on their t-shirt), or for a small fee (€5) which will be donated to charity, if you didn’t run for one. Sadly, there’s no way to search for bib numbers, but the images are chronological, so that should help you find yourself or your friends.

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