Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/05/06

[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]

Subject: [Leica] IMG: a rainy walk in Madrid
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Fri, 6 May 2016 11:09:47 -0500
References: <1A05ED5B-B16E-4E28-94AD-670073532585@frozenlight.eu>

Beautiful compositions, Nathan.  But the colorful dog in Plaza de Colon 
was a great catch.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 5/6/2016 10:16 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> I had an appointment at the Danish consulate in Madrid today. I went by 
> high-speed train, and I bought the tickets so as to have some time to walk 
> around Madrid a bit. Even though it was raining on and off, it was very 
> enjoyable. I first walk through the Retiro park from the Atocha station 
> (where trains from Alicante arrive) to Plaza Col?n, where the consulate is 
> located. The park was wet but pretty, and the rain made for some 
> photogenic scenes.
>
> After my business at the consulate was done (all of 10 minutes), I walked 
> back towards Atocha along the Paseo Recoletos and Paseo del Prado, 
> thinking that I would drop in at the Prado to say hi to Hieronymus Bosch. 
> But there was a long queue to get in, so instead I ended up at the 
> Fundaci?n Caixa a bit further down, where to my delight there was a nice 
> exhibition of paintings and sculptures by Joan Mir?. And the building 
> itself, which I have passed many time but never  visited, turned out to be 
> a work of art in itself.
>
> Thus fed spiritually, I went to a bar near the station recommended to me 
> by a colleague who used to live in Madrid, and I was not disappointed?I 
> loved both the ambiance and the food. The local specialty, a sandwich with 
> calamari, turned out perfect, and it was cheap too.
>
> Then I got to Atocha, took some more pictures there, and got on the train 
> back to Alicante, from where I am posting this small gallery of 15 images:
>
> http://www.greatpix.eu/A-rainy-walk-in-Madrid/
>
> This is quick editing, but it gave me something to do during the 2-hour 
> train journey, and it allows me to share my day with you in almost real 
> time.
>
> Equipment-wise, I travelled ultra light, taking only the Ricoh GRII. 
> Still, I get more than 100 decent images, even after culling the losers.
>
> 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
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Leica Users Group.
> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information
>



Replies: Reply from tmanley at gmail.com (Tina Manley) ([Leica] IMG: a rainy walk in Madrid)
In reply to: Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] IMG: a rainy walk in Madrid)