[Leica] IMG: Siurana

[Gene Duprey]

Beautiful scenery, thanks for the visit.  Size of the images are nice.

gene


On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 8:33 AM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
wrote:

> A very nice set of images, Nathan.  The larger images work well for me.
> In such a colorful place, the color images overpower the B&W ones, in my
> opinion.
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> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
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> On 8/24/2016 12:58 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
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>> Quoting from Wikipedia:
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>> Siurana is a village of the municipality <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
>> /Municipalities_of_Spain> of the Cornudella de Montsant <
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornudella_de_Montsant> in the comarca <
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comarca> of Priorat <
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priorat>, Tarragona <
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarragona_(province)>, Catalonia <
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalonia>, Spain <
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain>. Located just outside the Montsant <
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serra_de_Montsant> region, it is just east
>> of main town of the municipality Cornudella de Montsant <
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornudella_de_Montsant> and consists of a
>> small village at the top of an escarpment <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
>> /Escarpment> in the Prades Mountains <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
>> /Prades_Mountains> overlooking the Siurana Reservoir <
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Siurana_Reservoi
>> r&action=edit&redlink=1> and is often visited by tourists to the area
>> for its historical relevance and excellent views of the Embalse <
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Embalse_River&ac
>> tion=edit&redlink=1> and surrounding valley. Cliffs around the village
>> are popular among climbers <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climbing> due
>> to the abundance of excellent climbs up to grade 9b.
>>
>> I had never heard of the place until last week. My friend Lluis, whom I
>> had visited in his summer home, Sitges, suggested that I make the detour on
>> my way home to Alicante and visit this village. I did, and I did not regret
>> it. These were some of the most beautiful landscapes I have seen in Spain,
>> and as icing on the cake, I bought a couple of excellent bottles of local
>> wine and a bottle of local olive oil for a grand total of 21 €. Here is a
>> small gallery of 20 images:
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>> http://www.frozenlight.eu/siurana2016/
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>> Compared to my previous galleries on Frozenlight, I have done two new
>> things here. First, I increased the size from the usual 1000 pixels to 1200
>> pixels on the long side. I think these days everyone has monitors that
>> accommodate that size. Second, among the 20 images, most of which were
>> taken with the Fuji X-T1 and 27mm Fuji lens, there are four B&W medium
>> format film images, where I have juxtaposed the scene in colour with the
>> same scene on MF black & white film (in this case, Ilford SFX shot in a
>> Fuji 645 rangefinder).
>>
>> Comments on the images and on the technical changes are welcome and
>> appreciated. And if you ever find yourself in Catalonia, a visit to this
>> place is a must IMO.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
>>
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Alicante, Spain
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