Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2022/05/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Good documentation of life getting back to normal. Seeing your son in person twice in under a year, how wonderful. On Sun, May 1, 2022, 5:21 AM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > The long flight across the Atlantic the other day gave me time to finally > process my images from Semana Santa. This year was the first time since > Easter 2019 that the usual processions could take place, and this was > something that many people really anticipated. These celebration are a mix > of religious devotion and local tradition (and fiesta), I suspect that for > many people the latter aspect is more important than the former. Certainly > this is the case for me. > > This year, I went to the centre in the evening of Good Friday, the most > important part of Easter week since this was the day of the crucifixion, > arguably the most important day in the Christian calendar. I took the tram > to the city, knowing that parking and driving would be a major challenge, > and indeed it was even more crowded than in a normal year. I went early, > and so the first part of the gallery is in colour, but once darkness fell > and the processions began, I switched to B&W because I think those images > are better that way. A gallery of about 40 images is here: > > https://www.greatpix.eu/Viernes-Santo-2022/ > > Regarding the headgear, my son (who lives in New Jersey and whom I will > see on Tuesday) had this comment: ?This is the time of year when everyone > looks at Spain and asks WTF?? > > Comments welcome and appreciated as always. > > 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