Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/10/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Newfy or New Found Out is a cliff jump with diving boards in Kilkee, Co. Clare. In the summer, when the place is thronged with girls and boys, it is a test of testosterone - or stupidity - as young men try to impress the onlookers with feats of daring as they dive or jump in when the tide gives the landing zone enough water to be forgiving. One misjudgement and they split their skulls: a perfect dive and they wind up with something decorous hanging on their arm. If they chicken out, it's public humiliation.... Mind you, when I was down there in September, all the youth had left, scattering back to schools and colleges, but there were a few arsing around very inelegantly on the boards. None of them dived, as the water was still at the red section of the marker boards, but, then again, I wouldn't have dived in either as I'm a fairly misshapen missile at this stage of my diving career. However, in my youth....(cue regretful sobbing into my swimming towel) Jumping from the diving boards at Newfy, Kilkee, Co. Clare. Fuji X100S. See LARGE. Three images that made me regret not bringing the Sony A7ii and a few lenses. Just to give you some perspective, the really brave go in off a wall that's at least 15 feet higher than where my camera position is, and I'm standing way above these people. Funnily enough, one of them ran after me when I was leaving and asked me was I from "the paper". People seem to think that anybody who doesn't use an iPhone must be from Magnum. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Kilkee/Kilkee+2017+Newfy.jpg.html http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Kilkee/Kilkee+2017+Newfy+Jumper.jpg.html http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Kilkee/Kilkee+2017+Newfy+Jumper2.jpg.html Douglas