Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/02/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I appreciate the art highlight on public art. The close up on the creche was enlightening. On Sun, Feb 21, 2021 at 11:27 PM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > I cycled to Jijona yesterday, a moderate ride of about 45 km in total, > climbing up to 470 meters where the town is located. The day was strangely > hazy, the sun could barely be seen. It turns out that the culprit is not > the typical morning haze we sometimes have in the winter, but dust that has > been carried up here from the Sahara desert by the southerly winds and is > now suspended in the air over us before it falls down and changes the > colour of our cars and houses, temporarily. A bit of a nuisance, except > that it provided some nice, soft light for my photos this weekend. > > At the beginning of the ride, on a rather boring main road, I noticed > something that looked like proper street art on the otherwise > uninterestingly tagged underpass wall: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-xKSwwxw/A > > Once I arrived in Jijona, I discovered to my surprise that the towns > famous outdoor nativity scene, which is usually taken down shortly after > Three Kings? Day in January, was still on display. I have no idea why it > has been left for several additional weeks, must be Covid-related in some > way. But no matter; I was happy to be able to shoot some photos of it in > this soft light rather than the bright sunshine which is the more usual > type of light and which generates harsh shadows and blocked highlights. > Three images. > > The overall setting: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-GtWjhD3/A > > The centerpiece: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-sXLh6VL/A > > A shepherd. This is one of those images where in bright sun the detail in > the sheep tends to disappear: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-rmjFg9h/A > > 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 > > "I?m not arguing, I?m just explaining why I?m right" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Don don.dory at gmail.com