[Leica] IMGs: School at Monkstown.

[don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)]

I believe the first image presented was the strongest in light of the
assignment.

On Mon, May 30, 2022, 5:38 PM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:

> I had an exercise to do for my camera club on tree shadow patterns and
> walked to a park, beside a school, about 150metres from my house.
>
> These are photos of Scoil Lorc?in - a Primary School (elementary in the
> US) in Monkstown that teaches the youngsters completely through the
> Irish language (Gaelige). It has about 500 pupils and was established in
> the 1950s, although the building was renovated and extended in the last
> ten years. My wife attended a similar intensive school, and you'd think
> that she would still be fluent in Irish at this stage, but 40 plus years
> later, it's mostly all forgotten.  As in all matters of learning, it
> depends on how it's taught. Of course, we all learnt, in our early
> years, that nothing is perfect in every school.
>
> However, at least over here, as in most countries around the world, we
> don't seem to have to worry about armed lunatics and mendacious loners
> shooting up our school pupils and teachers: we do have strong gun control.
>
> Scoil Lorcan (side entrance) from Eaton Square, Monkstown.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Local+Primary+School+1.jpg.html
>
> Scoil Lorcan (main entrance) from Belgrave Road, Monkstown.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Local+Primary+School+2.jpg.html
>
> Scoil Lorcan (inside main entrance), Monkstown.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Local+Primary+School+3.jpg.html
>
> Scoil Lorcan (contemplation benches), Monkstown.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Local+Primary+School+4.jpg.html
>
> Scoil Lorcan (side wing), Monkstown.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Local+Primary+School+5.jpg.html
>
> Seventy years of childhood manipulation shows on this hawthorn tree at
> Scoil Lorcan, Monkstown.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Local+Primary+School+6.jpg.html
> I'll have to try taking this in different light conditions as shape
> differentiation is difficult with this one.
>
> All photos were taken with my Sony A7II with a Samyang 35/2.8 FE lens,
> and all can be seen LARGER - if so desired
>
> Douglas
>
>
>
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