Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/08/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nice. TFS. Unfortunately that is the way bureaucracy works in our world. The most spectacular street art I have seen is in Sao Paulo - it is common in all urban areas of South America. In Sao Paulo, the most prominent street artists frequently get corporate commissions from the grey suits to enliven the walls of their buildings, so there are skyscrapers with graffiti tumbling down their sides. Cheers Jayanand On Tue, Aug 6, 2019 at 6:55 PM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > Thanks Lluis, Jim. Ric. Jayanand, Sonny, Don and Nathan. It is Sir David > Attenborough the naturalist and broadcaster, and is a testament to his > standing that it hasn't been defaced by a badly drawn moustache - yet! > > Subset - the artist collective - have permission from the property > owners to paint these murals which almost everyone seems to like, but > the Planning Dept of Dublin Corporation are not fans unfortunately. > Here's a link to a Youtube piece on them > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSKfqWUS8Lg > > Douglas > > > On 05/08/2019 23:08, Lluis Ripoll via LUG wrote: > > It looks great Douglas, enjoy it! > > Lluis > > > > > >> El 4 ag 2019, a les 16:21, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> va escriure: > >> > >> I went in yesterday to see the annual Liffey Swim which has been held > for the last one hundred years. Unfortunately, I managed to mislay my > Pentax adapter for my Sony, so found with the huge watching crowds that it > was hard to get into a decent position to get closer action shots with a > 55mm lens. Conversely, that size is too long for people shots in a crowd, > so as there's a good camera shop on the Liffey quays, I popped in and > bought a Samyang f2.8 35mm as Sonny had recommended it on the Lug. > >> > >> I was a bit tight for time so had no real time to use it, but spotted > this on my way to my son's house. See if you recognise who this is. > >> > >> Wall art by artist collective Subset on Longwood Avenue, South Circular > Rd, Dublin. Sony A7ii Samyang 35/2.8 > >> > >> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Dublin/Subset+Longwood.jpg.html > >> > >> Can be seen LARGE if desired. > >> > >> Douglas > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >