[Leica] Nathan's PAD 21/2/2021: bicycle ride with art

[RicCarter]

the whole world—on big softbox

nice stuff

ric



> On Feb 22, 2021, at 12:27 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:
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> 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. 
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> 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
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> 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.
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> The overall setting:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-GtWjhD3/A
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> The centerpiece:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-sXLh6VL/A
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> 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
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
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> Alicante, Spain
> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/>
> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu
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> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator>
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> YNWA
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