[Leica] Two images from back a bit

[imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry)]

Scrambling through files, I found a couple of old photos I don't think 
I've posted before.

I was a member here back when I was a kid - Half Moon Swimming Club on 
the Great South Wall, Dublin - with an appropriate half moon behind it. 
The Wall was once the longest sea wall in the world, back in the day. 
Taken with a Nikon D200 a fair few years ago. Can be seen larger.
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Half+Moon+SC+Dublin.jpg.html

This is Gateway by Michael Warren, a deeply unpopular sculpture in Dun 
Laoghaire before it was removed. Taken with a Nikon D200 in 2007. It, 
and the grafitti, can be seen larger.
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Grafitti+on+Gateway+by+Michael+Warren.jpg.html

Of course, the reason it was unpopular with most of the public, and of 
course the politicians, is because it wasn't sited properly. Had it been 
in one of parks in the town, and away from clashing buildings and paint 
splashing kids, it would have settled comfortably into the environment 
despite its deliberately rusty looks. It appeared in 2003 and was 
removed in 2009 to an audible sigh of relief. That said, Warren's other 
work is generally well regarded.

Douglas