The Bull surveys his field

I was lucky enough (thanks Alan) to get along to Croke Park on Saturday, 22nd December to see Ireland take on Argentina in a friendly international (although there was, and is always an edge to matches against the Puma’s due to the recent history between the two teams). Here are some photo’s from the match…

I must admit that the match was a little underwhelming after the excitement of the Munster – All Blacks match on the previous Tuesday. It was an ill tempered match, due to the recent history between the two teams, Argentina suffered the loss of two of their most influential players before kickoff. After 60 minutes of a slug fest, Ireland opened up a lead in the last quarter to win 17-6. Here are some more shots from the match:

And finally, here is a panorama created from 14 shots. I originally tried this in Photoshop CS3 but found too many “merge” artifacts. I then tried Microsoft Research ICE (Image Composite Editor) and it did a fantastic job on it. This is the small size, the full size on is 56 Megapixels!

You can also check them out on Flickr here.

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Susan sneaking out...

I have tinkered with getting into Wedding Photography from time to time, and have gone as far as doing a wedding photography course, buying wedding photography books, and attending a wedding photography trade show.

It might surprise you that for something that looks so easy, it is possibly one of the most difficult photographic assignments:

• Sometimes difficult clients
• An event which is a once in a lifetime occasion (mostly, here in Ireland)
• Low light environment with plenty of fast movement (the Church)
• The Competition (i.e. people like me in the crowd who have the equipment and by god, they are not afraid to use it!)

Congratulations Gary & Susan!

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