Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/05/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The first one appeals to me Cheers Jayanand On Sun, May 24, 2020 at 3:27 AM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > We hop forward a few days to the 19th May when Ireland started to relax > some of its restrictions and opened its beaches. I took a very short > walk down to have a look at the local swimming area at the Martello > tower at Seapoint, and found that all the high fencing put there by the > council had been taken away. Social distancing of two metres is still > supposed to be maintained, but, as expected, foolhardy youth crushed > this hope. > > As usual, I was taking these photographs wearing one of my masks. It > turned out to be essential as some of the young men were just brushing > past unconcernedly. When I'm back to full health and I resume swimming, > I might just have to bring a sword with me :-) > > Motherhood with part of crowded beach behind. Seapoint, Co. Dublin. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/CoVid-19/CV19_1R+Motherhood.jpg.html > > People enjoying the beach despite the dull day and low tide. There are a > lot more people out of the frame on the landward side. Seapoint, Co. > Dublin. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/CoVid-19/CV19_1R+Seapoint+beach.jpg.html > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/CoVid-19/CV19_1R+Seapoint+beach.jpg.html > > > > There's supposed to be no hanging around afterwards, just "Swim and Go!" > Needless to say, with no police about, it was "Swim and Hang Around with > Your Friends Afterwards". Seapoint, Co. Dublin. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/CoVid-19/CV19_1R+Swim+and+Go.jpg.html > > A newly painted door at Belgrave Square, Monkstown. The brasswork has > yet to put back. You can see they are swimmers too. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/CoVid-19/CV19_1R+New+paint+and+towels.jpg.html > > All taken with Sony A7II and Sony FE 28-70/3.5 lens, and all can be seen > larger if desired. > > Douglas > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information