Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/10/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wonderful images. But to jump into the Irish sea at any time of the year, you have to be nuts?spoken from a Mediterranean perspective ;-) Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> YNWA > On 11 Oct 2017, at 22:39, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > > 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information