[Leica] IMGs x 4: The CoVid Chronicles 36

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

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
>
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