Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2024/03/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I had the pleasure?nay, privilege?of visiting this magnificent place in 2019. I look forward to seeing it again in May. Ireland is a small country but it is a cultural superpower. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman photo at frozenlight.eu http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.frozenlight.eu ????? ???????! ?????? ?????! > On 8 Feb 2024, at 01:57, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > > My wife and I went into central Dublin today to visit Trinity College > Dublin's Library and its Long Room. It is being renovated for conservation > purposes, so most of its shelves are empty. Instead there is a temporary > art installation of one very large item. The globe dominating, is Luke > Jerram's "Gaia" which being displayed during the renovation and > conservation of the library fittings and contents. The 1712 structure and > all its contents are being minutely checked for actual and potential > issues. > > The library contains the Book of Kells and many other literary treasures, > so my wife's culture group decided to visit to see the state of things. I > must admit I hadn't been it it for nearly 50 years, to my shame. Now they > have added on a huge annexe and lots of digital cultural gee-gaws. It was > certainly worth the admission fee, and I must go back again next year. > Luckily, as my wife is an alumnus, she can bring me in for free. That > said, as a photographic challenge, it is very problematic - no flash, no > tripods and plenty of wandering people in the harsh contrasts. > > I took a number of photographs, but here is one for starters. > The rotating Gaia installation at the library's Long Room > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Dublin/The+Long+Room+Trinity+College.jpg.html > Sony A7II with Zeiss 35/2.8 lens. Can be seen larger if desired. > > It's huge and well away from me and my camera: probably 40 odd metres of > the 65 metres of the Long Room. Incidentally, for any sci-fi fans out > there the Long Room was used as the inspiration for a library in a Star > Wars film. > > Here a Wikipedia link which has a proper photo of the room taken when > properly lit by its splendid windows. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Trinity_College_Dublin > > Douglas > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information