Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2022/04/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The Irish have endured a fair bit of invading as well. On Sun, Apr 10, 2022, 7:54 PM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > I went over to my youngest son with food supplies as he has gone down > heavily with the current plague, delivered them, and then coming back > decided to drive past the Russian Embassy in Rathgar, Dublin. All the > neighbouring houses had Ukrainian flags and banners flying from them. > > There were a small group of protestors across the road from the well > protected gate, and they were quiet and restrained, but became jovial > when they saw my camera. The paint daubed gate was guarded by a Garda > patrol car with two Garda? in it, as it has been rammed before. There > was a large back up Garda command and control van behind a wall to the > rear of the protestors. > > While I was there, a female Garda, taking instructions, got out of the > patrol car and moved closer to the gate. The protestors tensed > themselves and became more serious. Then the Garda swiftly opened the > barricade as an anonymous black Mercedes swept up quickly and headed > inside to a strident chorus of the loudest and finest accusatory foul > language and gestures that I have heard and seen for some time. > > As the car vanished into the vipers' nest, the protestors subsided, and > I waved goodbye and headed back to my parked car. Close to it, there was > another car, quite obviously owned by one of the protestors. > > Protestors outside the barbarians' embassy > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/RE+Rathgar+10_04_22+1.jpg.html > > A car approaches the embassy past the flags of Ukraine on neighbouring > houses > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/RE+Rathgar+10_04_22+2.jpg.html > > Garda patrol car blocks the embassy gate > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/RE+Rathgar+10_04_22+3.jpg.html > > Barbarian child murdering nation's officials sweep up in Mercedes to > opened barricade > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/RE+Rathgar+10_04_22+4.jpg.html > > I guess it must be a car belonging to one of the protestors :-) > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/RE+Rathgar+10_04_22+5.jpg.html > > All shots taken with my Sony A7II with the Sony kit zoom 28-70 at too > low a speed. I hadn't checked my settings: my bad.... > > Douglas > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information