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Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAD 28/11/2021: how does one photograph wind?
From: imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry)
Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2021 00:40:47 +0000
References: <B432093F-E3B1-4E0A-8A77-43487C12E7BD@frozenlight.eu>

Well that sand in the first one didn't get there on its own.
D

On 04/12/2021 08:08, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> Last Sunday, as I set out on my bike ride, a very strong wind was blowing 
> from the south-west. I had elected to go south to the beaches south of 
> Alicante, so it meant that the first half of my 80 km ride were against 
> the wind?character-building to say the least (the route is circular, so I 
> did not have tailwind all the way home afterwards, sometimes strong side 
> wind which always makes cycling more interesting ;-)).
>
> In any event, it was not particularly cold, somewhere between 15 and 20C,  
> but the wind kept people away from the beaches. I first stopped at 
> Urbanova, a beach about 17 km south of where I live, close to my office.
>
>  From a photographic point of view to photograph wind is harder than to 
> photograph, say, rain. Here is one attempt:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-tcr4KnP/A
>
> The only person I saw at Urbanova:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-QhtvDLW/A
> (In the distance are some ships and what appears to be a giant UFO, 
> although it could be the island of Tabarca)
>
> At the southern-most point of my route, Santa Pola, the beach was also 
> deserted, with a man looking for coins with his metal detector the only 
> human presence:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-mzPCw6K/A
>
> November is probably the quietest month around here. In December things 
> pick up again, first with the long weekend at the beginning of the month 
> (December 6th is Spain?s Constitution Day, and December 8th is the Feast 
> of the Immaculate Conception, so this year many people have a 5-day 
> weekend), and then of course Christmas and New Year, when many tourists 
> come here, especially people from Madrid who have their vacation homes on 
> the coast.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
> photo at frozenlight.eu
>
> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
> http://www.greatpix.eu
> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>
> YNWA
>
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