RE: [Leica] Nathan's PAW 30: Costa Blanca, Spain

["Steve Unsworth" <mail@steveunsworth.co.uk>]

Nathan

Now it's my turn to say that you picked the wrong shot for your PAW :-)

The one I would have chosen is the cat, maybe the background is a little
cluttered but I still think that it works ok.

In Alt 1 I assume you were using either an orange or a red filter.

Steve


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From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Nathan
Wajsman
Sent: 11 August 2002 10:38
To: LUG
Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAW 30: Costa Blanca, Spain


We spent week 30 on holiday in Spain, in a rented house in the town of
Moraira about midway between Valencia and Alicante. The town (indeed the
whole coast) is very touristy, and you are more likely to hear German,
Dutch or English than Spanish when walking down the street. I made it a
habit to walk around the town early in the morning to try to capture the
athmosphere while most tourists were still sleeping off the previous
night's bar and disco visits. First, a couple of landscapes.

The coastline just south of Moraira: http://www.wajsman.com/2002_30.jpg
(M3+50mm Summilux, Maco 820IR)

Driving inland, the countryside looks wild and barren, and it is
littered with old abandoned structures like this one (in the background
you can just make out the resort of Benidorm):
http://www.wajsman.com/2002_30alt1.jpg
(M6+24mm Elmarit, Fuji Acros)

Early morning street in Moraira, empty except the cat and the woman in
the distance: http://www.wajsman.com/2002_30alt2.jpg
(M6+50mm Summilux, Fuji Acros)

A guy fishing on an otherwise empty beach:
http://www.wajsman.com/2002_30alt3.jpg
(M6+35mm Summilux, Fuji Acros)

The first tourists emerge (although they were most likely not the ones
dancing the night before...): http://www.wajsman.com/2002_30alt4.jpg
(M6+50mm Summilux, Fuji Acros)

Two fishermen doing the painstaking work of going through their nets to
retrieve the catch: http://www.wajsman.com/2002_30alt5.jpg
(M6+50mm Summilux, Fuji Acros) http://www.wajsman.com/2002_30alt6.jpg
(M6+90mm Apo Summicron, Fuji Acros)

and finally one of the many stray cats that hang around the harbour,
apparently living off fish scraps and restaurant leftovers:

http://www.wajsman.com/2002_30alt7.jpg
(M6+50mm Summilux, Fuji Acros)

The complete PAW index is at: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm
and comments and critique are always welcome and appreciated.

Nathan

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