Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/06/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The dog looks...well, I don't know what to say! (-: Cheers Jayanand On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 3:43 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > Midsummer is celebrated seriously in Alicante, in what is known as > Hogueras de San Juan. Together with Christmas and Easter, this is one of > the major holidays of the year. Basically, a week-long party has been > going around the city, and it culminates today. Three images to give a > flavour of the day. > > On the eve of San Juan, June 23rd, people make fire on the beaches, using > whatever they care to bring. These are not large bonfires, just small ones > like this one. This goes on until the wee hours (in fact, this picture was > actually taken around 1 a.m., so it was already the 24th): > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=3339739569&k=zqvNhhh&lb=1&s=O > > This afternoon I went for a walk in the city to look at the Hogueras (huge > statues built for the fiesta all over the city), and met this Flamenco Dog: > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=3339739631&k=m4mzvBx&lb=1&s=O > > And here is an example of a Hoguera. It is topical to the part of town > where it is placed: > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=3339739702&k=4rqG8XP&lb=1&s=O > > Like all other Hogueras, it is stuffed with explosives and will be set on > fire after midnight (i.e. within the next half hour as I write this). > > I look forward to being able to walk my dog again from tomorrow on. She > hates fireworks and it has been impossible to get her out the last 3-4 > days. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information