[Leica] Nathan's PAD 20/8/2016: Siurana, film and a whiff of history

[Gene Duprey]

Really nice, the B&W Film really makes this.

Gene


On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 3:59 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
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> Very nice shot of a rugged spot.  That's a long way down.............
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> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
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> On 8/22/2016 3:36 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
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>> On the way home from Sitges, I made a detour to the mountaintop village
>> of Siurana near Tarragona. It is a truly magnificent place, and has great
>> historical significance too, as it was the last Moorish fortress to fall to
>> the Christians during the reconquista of Catalonia in the 12th century.
>> Legend has it that the last Moorish queen (more precisely, the wife of the
>> local Moorish lord) committed suicide to avoid falling into the hands of
>> the invaders by jumping off the cliff on her white horse.
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>> To stay on the historical theme, I shot this picture on film, to be more
>> precise, Ilford SFX in my Fuji 645 rangefinder:
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>> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-qQPMwP4/A
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>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
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>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Alicante, Spain
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