Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/06/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Excellent catch! 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 8 Jun 2018, at 22:59, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > > The opening night of the Royal Hibernian Academy's Summer Exhibition was > held on the 21st May at its impressive gallery in Ely Place, Dublin. The > RHA has been established since 1823 to promote art in Ireland and was an > offshoot of the British Royal Academy. Almost every artist - both amateur > and professional - in Ireland tries to get into the Summer Exhibition, and > this year, 1,400 artists submitted 2,600 entries which were eventually > whittled down to 350 works to be shown to the Irish public over the summer. > > Luckily enough for myself and my wife, we get an invitation to the opening > which gives us a chance to get a work that might appeal before most. We > don't necessarily buy every year, but it's nice to have the option of > first dibs. I do always bring a camera, but the lighting is pitched for > mood and ambiance, and not with the amateur photographer in mind. Here is > one where the both painting and subject appear to be present. > > Tony with blue hat attends the RHA's Summer Exhibition which happily has a > painting of him wearing a blue hat by his brother - the artist Neil > Shawcross. > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Interiors/RHA/RHA+Summer+Exhibition+2018/RHA+ON+2018+-+1+-+Tony+in+a+Blue+Hat+x+2.jpg.html > > Fuji X100S. Can be seen LARGE. > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information