Dave, Interesting coverage of the protest march. I liked the 3 fishermen and kaiakers photos best, and the dragon(?). And were those pre-printed protest signs? Looks mighty civilized to me, and not very angry about it. Regards, Bob S.
On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 1:17 AM, David Mann <[email protected]> wrote: > A protest was held here today to oppose an irrigation scheme that's being > put in on the Hurunui River in North Canterbury. Dairy farming is making > massive amounts of foreign exchange for our country but there's a bit of > resentment about its environmental impact, so damming up a river for an > irrigation project isn't the most popular of ideas. > > The protesters were mostly made up of kayakers, fishermen and environmental > advocates. The march ran along the Avon River from the Bridge of > Remembrance to Victoria Square in Christchurch City. > > <http://www.multisport.net.nz/photos/459-2009-10-16-dambusters-hurunui-protest.html> > > I don't consider this to be my best work but I did what I could given the > conditions. Sorry about the small size of the pics, I'm limited to a > certain width & height and most of the photos were portrait orientation. > > The K10D showed itself once again to be a robust camera. It wasn't fazed by > the rain, and it came out muddy but undamaged when I slipped on the > riverbank and landed sideways. The hood broke off my lens (FA 24mm) and > separated into two pieces. Not the first time I've done that so I'll just > glue it back together again. My right arm still feels a bit strange and I'm > expecting it to bruise tomorrow. > > Cheers, > Dave > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
