Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/04/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nice and atmospheric! Cheers Jayanand On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 4:16 AM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > A friend of mine Brendan and I went in to Dublin to see the European > Champions Cup Semi Final yesterday which featured Irish side Leinster > versus Welsh side Scarlets at the Aviva Stadium on Lansdowne Road. We had > good seats and were right behind the media corps, so, as a result, didn't > have people in front of us jumping up and screaming at every score. > > The bald guy in the press box with the cans on is Keith Wood, a former > world player of the year and known as "The Raging Potato" or "Uncle Fester" > and the match was shown Europe wide. > > The stadium is only eight years only, sleek and modern, and stuffed with > bars and food outlets if one were so inclined. We had a pint of Murphys > each beforehand, and enjoyed a match which to everyone's surprise, Leinster > won easily by 38 points to 16. I brought along my Fuji X100S which > naturally wasn't much good for action shots, but helped in catching my > local surrounds. > > Leinster now meet the French club Racing 92 (from Paris) in the final in > Bilbao in the Basque country in Spain. I won't be travelling over though. > > The images are on the link below and can be seen large > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Sport/Rugby/ > > Douglas > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >