Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/06/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nice documentation, and well done to Ireland. I happen to agree with the outcome, but even more, I agree with the method, as opposed to letting a court decide, as happened in the US. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> YNWA > On 30 May 2018, at 02:17, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > > After the vote on Friday in Ireland on the Woman's Right to > Choose/Abortion referendum, I went in the following day to the Dublin City > count centre in the RDS (the Royal Dublin Society) to see the count, and > take pictures of the hordes of political wonks (OK, I'm one too) that > assemble there. As my cousin is the City Sheriff and Official Returning > Officer for Dublin city, at least I had no trouble in getting one of the > limited tickets. There are loads of people shots here, and I used the Sony > A7ii with kit 28-70 lens and my new Nissin i40 flash. That said, I still > had to do a bit of post shot manipulation in PSE as they looked a bit > bright due to my lack of practice with the flash beforehand. > > To the surprise of both sides, the vote was an overwhelming Yes to pass > the amendment by 66.4% to 33.6%. Management of abortion here will now rest > with Oireachteas (Irish parliament) and they will have to pass legislation > over the coming months to clarify the legal position of abortion here. > However, it appears that it will be permitted up to twelve weeks. > > Here are 40 shots of the activity in the RDS which was packed with Irish > politicians, and the world's and the Irish media. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/politics/Referendum+May+2018/Count+Cantre+RDS/ > > All can be seen LARGE. > > Comments and criticism welcome. > > Douglas > > ps I've done a separate link to the the poster pictures I put up earlier, > so the link in the old message is dead. Here is the new one. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/politics/Referendum+May+2018/Posters+leaflets+etc/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information