Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/05/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Interesting collection and a great idea to put together different Posters, it would be very interesting collect them from the diferent elections since some years ago. lluis > El 28 maig 2018, a les 1:08, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> va escriure: > > The last few months have seen the Irish airwaves stirred up to fever pitch > with heated rhetoric from the Pro-Choice and Anti-Abortion sides as > Ireland ran up to a single question referendum on changing the Irish > constitution. In addition to the cacophony of voices, every single lamp > post was decorated with posters, while committed people were wearing > t-shirts, badges, and hats proclaiming their views. After voting myself on > Friday, I hopped into the car and took photos of the variety of political > posters that festoon the area I live in. The No or N?l (No in the Irish > language - anti abortion pro life) were very well funded and had posters > up from the get go. They also had vigorous social media campaigns which > appeared to be funded from outside the state. The Yes or T? people were > slower off the mark, but seemed to have more momentum towards the end. > > Here are 22 images starting with a leaflet on my doormat from the No side. > I'll have to buy a new doormat as this one looks tatty in the image... > Anyway, the pictures are all taken with my Sony A7ii and kit zoom. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/politics/Referendum+May+2018/ > > The following day, I went into the Dublin city count centre in the Royal > Dublin Society as I got a pass through a connection. News teams from > around the globe were present, and I tried out the new Nissin flash for > the Sony. I'll post photos later when I have a look at them. > > Douglas > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information