Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/08/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Landing in a bog can be hazardous to your undercarriage. On Thu, Aug 5, 2021 at 3:34 PM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > Just back from a week down in Connemara in the west of Ireland. > > Here's a shot I took down there. It's a sort of homage to Herbert List's > 1937 photograph. > > A honeysuckle slip in a bottle beside the outdoor eating area of Baid?n > restaurant in Clifden, Co. Galway overlooking the Atlantic. The Alcock & > Brown 1919 landing site for the very first non-stop transatlantic flight > is about 4km from this bottle. They flew eastwards across the ocean in a > Vickers Vimy and saw what they thought was a verdant green landing strip > beside the Marconi radio station. Unfortunately, it was a bog. Luckily > they weren't hurt. > > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Honeysuckle+in+bottle.jpg.html > > Can be seen larger. Sony A7 and 55/1.8 Sonnar. > > Douglas > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Don don.dory at gmail.com