I grew up in Dublin and lived there for nearly thirty years and I don’t think I ever took a photo of the place!

Similar story. I’d only take pictures of people. The digital camera has changed all that (I’m even taking pics of my commute now), but I’m not living in Dublin any more.
Unusual places? Weeeeelllll

Next time you’re coming to Dublin, map where you’re going. Map all the places you have to go to, and see if you can make a single loop of them all. No doubling back on to the main streets (avoid the main streets if you can and use the buildings back doors, I know that Pennys hate me for cutting thought their shop.
If you’ve going in to a shopping centre, ignore the shops and head straight for it’s multistroy car park and peek through the windows / shutters etc
Don’t take the lift (if possible). The stairs might have different views. For example, instead for that wide shot of O’Connell bridge, take the boardwalk and try to take a shot of the underside.
From that shot of the GPO, see if you could have taken it from
a) Pennys beside it
b) Cleary’s across the road (or a reflection in their windows if there is a good juxtaposition (focus might make it pointless)
c) A reflection of he potocllo (?) in the window with the Fionn McCoole Statue
d) A photo of the raven in the foreground with the city behind it
e) A reflection of the GPO in a passing bus (I do reflections a lot don’t I)

I think the next photowalk should be of that nature… pity I can’t make it

@Will

So much to learn there. I have a long way to go!

Million thanks.

If its any help remember the perl mantra

There is more than one way to do it

So when presented with something that has appeared on countless postcards, look around it for other angles of approach.

Even buildings have personalities, and personal quirks. See if you can find them?
Look carefully and you might find an angle where the dour faced statue looks like its smiling.

@Will Knot – thanks for that – some really great advice there. I shall be sure to think about it all next time i’m shooting something, something that everyone else has already shot thousands of times…

in dublin since 6 months, and I began to search around me the culture in Dublin. in fact there is lots of things to do and see, so I began to build a map with all the statues in Dublin (only 4 for the moment, but adding one everyday), I already taken lots of pictures…. and molly malone, I just discover she doesn’t exist!!!, she came from a song : http://www.awaycity.com/wiki/Dublin/Tourism/Statues