Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/04/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wonderful portrait,and you description of the place makes me positively thirsty! Cheers, nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog YNWA On Apr 25, 2011, at 2:36 AM, Douglas Barry wrote: > A casual portrait of Aongus Collins - Irish political cartoonist and > member of Bray Camera Club - taken in the pub with my littlish Canon G9. > With the economy tanking/bumping along the bottom here, he's not short of > subjects to graphify. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/portraits/Aongus.jpg.html > > As you'll note I live in Bray, Co. Wicklow - home of many fine pubs > including the Harbour Bar which was recently ranked the World's Best Pub > by Lonely Planet. However, the pub in which this shot was taken is Duffs > on Main St., Bray. Ah yes, Duffs! Duffs is a truly excellent emporium and > contains a vast amount of cycling memorabilia, images, and ephemera > including bicycles used by Stephen Roche and Sean Kelly. I think I can > honestly say there is nothing decorative in it that isn't cycling related. > The street outside the pub itself was a hot spot sprint finish when the > Tour de France visited Ireland some years ago. It's a wonderfully peaceful > place to relax in and doesn't have a television to annoy you. The pints > there are rather wonderful too. > > Douglas > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >