[Leica] IMGs: School at Monkstown.

[Aram Langhans]

Nice series, and Amen to your paragraph before the photos.  Our solution 
to shootings seems to be more guns.  I hope your "luck" continues.

Aram

On 5/30/2022 3:38 PM, Douglas Barry 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 Lorcáin - 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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-- 
Aram Langhans
(Semi) Retired Science Teacher
& Unemployed photographer
  
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