walk tall

[marie]

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[stoneylonesome]

WOW! That has to be the largest pedistrian crossing sign (if that's what it is) I've ever seen. Love the fact you can see the reflection of the other side in the store window.

Wonderful timing getting the girl walking almost with the exact same stride as the sign.
NIce one Marie. :D

[Mike-DT6]

Nice capture Marie. :-D

How long did you have to wait there until a suitable foreground subject walked past? :lol:

Mike

[marie]

WOW! That has to be the largest pedistrian crossing sign (if that's what it is) I've ever seen. Love the fact you can see the reflection of the other side in the store window.

Wonderful timing getting the girl walking almost with the exact same stride as the sign.


:mrgreen: :mrgreen:

a fluke , thank you Sandy

here's what the new electric signs are...

http://www.hughlane.ie/

:cool: 100 years !
centenary celebrations of an artist ....... Huge Lane

http://www.hughlane.ie/spacer10.gif
" JULIAN OPIE

WALKING DOWN O’CONNELL STREET

20th January – 8th November 2008
Following the tremendously successful presentation of 2006’s large-scale outdoor exhibition of works by renowned sculptor Barry Flanagan on Dublin’s O’Connell Street, Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane will present an exhibition by Julian Opie. Walking Down O’Connell Street will respond to the central median of O’Connell Street and the Hugh Lane’s collection of figurative art with animated walking figures Sara, Julian, Jack and Suzanne. Opie’s images appear elemental, though they are amongst the most complex and sophisticated that can be found in public art today. Julian Opie is famous for his stylised figurative reproductions of photographs using computer software. In his portraiture, the human face is characterised by black outlines with flat areas of colour, and minimalised detail. One of his most recognisable works is his design for the cover of The Best of Blur album, for which portraits of the band are transformed into Opie’s style."

the woman in my first picture here walked on by alright
:lol:

but this fellow was gazing in wonderment at the beautiful electric lady :cool:
(I got another quicky gap in the crowds teeming past)

lol



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the electric lady's legs keep moving.........

mine did too
:mrgreen:

ps
glad you saw and liked the reflections too.
I loved that

[marie]

Nice capture Marie. :-D

How long did you have to wait there until a suitable foreground subject walked past? :lol:

Mike

:lol:


I was there waiting for someone for just about 10 minutes, thanks Mike
it was raining and I was sheltering on the steps of a bookstore
then saw this new lovely electric sign across from me

:shock:

(decided to take out the camera )
:p

lol

the crowds milling past cleared a little for a brief moment and just that girl walked into the picture
I didn't mind her being blurred as I was focused on the electric sign and the buildings .....across one of the widest streets in Europe.
this is it the other way
lol

difficult to walk tall in rain

http://www.pbase.com/image/91772491/original.jpg

[Brian Boru]

nice shot Marie, have'nt been in the City Centre for quite a while how long has that electric lady been there?

[Radtech1]

Very nice but just a half pace off. Would have been perfect if her stride (arm/legs position) would have matched.

Rad

[marie]

nice shot Marie, have'nt been in the City Centre for quite a while how long has that electric lady been there?

Thanks Brian

I think it only just happened as 20th January is the date of the centenary anniversary of the Huge Lane gallery in Parnell Square. I took the shots on January 17th
there are a few of them along the street. one in front of the G.P.O

happened to be on the news (showing them) on TV that very evening :eek:
seems they'll be there until November 8th.
looked really good as they move
I only saw this one by chance when I was standing on the steps of Eason's

nice name you have..... High King of Ireland :) (Brian Boru)
welcome to the forum

here are articles from the website re celebrating the centenary of the birth of the Huge Lane gallery

" JULIAN OPIE

WALKING DOWN O’CONNELL STREET

20th January – 8th November 2008
Following the tremendously successful presentation of 2006’s large-scale outdoor exhibition of works by renowned sculptor Barry Flanagan on Dublin’s O’Connell Street, Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane will present an exhibition by Julian Opie. Walking Down O’Connell Street will respond to the central median of O’Connell Street and the Hugh Lane’s collection of figurative art with animated walking figures Sara, Julian, Jack and Suzanne. Opie’s images appear elemental, though they are amongst the most complex and sophisticated that can be found in public art today. Julian Opie is famous for his stylised figurative reproductions of photographs using computer software. In his portraiture, the human face is characterised by black outlines with flat areas of colour, and minimalised detail. One of his most recognisable works is his design for the cover of The Best of Blur album, for which portraits of the band are transformed into Opie’s style."
~ quotes
"At 2pm on 20th January 2008 students from the Learning Through Arts Programme, from Larkin Community College will perform, on this the Eve of St Agnes, a work that combines dance, theatre, music and visual arts. Inspired by the Harry Clarke stained glass window in the Hugh Lane collection and the poem by John Keats, the children have worked together with professional artists and teachers at Larkin to create a vibrant and contemporary piece of musical theatre. Not to be missed!"

Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane Centenary

At 4pm on 20th January 1908 Hugh Lane opened the first metropolitan gallery of contemporary art in the world. In doing so he accomplished what he set out to achieve, a gallery of modern art for Dublin, where the best international and Irish paintings hang side by side in what the French newspaper Le Figaro described as ‘an entire museum rich in beautiful works, a museum envied by the most prosperous states…”
Now Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane houses the foremost public collection of modern and contemporary art in Ireland. The original collection donated by Hugh Lane and his supporters, is celebrated for including some of the most famous Impressionist paintings in the world most notably Les Parapluies by Renoir.

20 January 2008 marks the centenary of the opening of the Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane and as such we have planned a comprehensive programme of exhibitions and events to mark this significant event in Dublin’s history.

Our centenary programme features a huge public art work in O’Connell Street by Julian Opie, a re-hanging of Hugh Lane’s original collection of 300 paintings from 1908 and two major exhibitions featuring the work of abstract artists and artists who have made significant contributions to contemporary art in spite of their early deaths. The gallery will also host two solo shows by established Irish artists Mark Francis and Fergus Martin.

For a more comprehensive listing of exhibitions and events that celebrate Hugh Lane’s extraordinary achievement please go to our exhibitions page"


http://www.hughlane.ie/

[marie]

Very nice but just a half pace off. Would have been perfect if her stride (arm/legs position) would have matched.
Rad



yes, it would have been great :cool:
thanks Rad