Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/05/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Beautiful compositions, Nathan. But the colorful dog in Plaza de Colon was a great catch. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 5/6/2016 10:16 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > I had an appointment at the Danish consulate in Madrid today. I went by > high-speed train, and I bought the tickets so as to have some time to walk > around Madrid a bit. Even though it was raining on and off, it was very > enjoyable. I first walk through the Retiro park from the Atocha station > (where trains from Alicante arrive) to Plaza Col?n, where the consulate is > located. The park was wet but pretty, and the rain made for some > photogenic scenes. > > After my business at the consulate was done (all of 10 minutes), I walked > back towards Atocha along the Paseo Recoletos and Paseo del Prado, > thinking that I would drop in at the Prado to say hi to Hieronymus Bosch. > But there was a long queue to get in, so instead I ended up at the > Fundaci?n Caixa a bit further down, where to my delight there was a nice > exhibition of paintings and sculptures by Joan Mir?. And the building > itself, which I have passed many time but never visited, turned out to be > a work of art in itself. > > Thus fed spiritually, I went to a bar near the station recommended to me > by a colleague who used to live in Madrid, and I was not disappointed?I > loved both the ambiance and the food. The local specialty, a sandwich with > calamari, turned out perfect, and it was cheap too. > > Then I got to Atocha, took some more pictures there, and got on the train > back to Alicante, from where I am posting this small gallery of 15 images: > > http://www.greatpix.eu/A-rainy-walk-in-Madrid/ > > This is quick editing, but it gave me something to do during the 2-hour > train journey, and it allows me to share my day with you in almost real > time. > > Equipment-wise, I travelled ultra light, taking only the Ricoh GRII. > Still, I get more than 100 decent images, even after culling the losers. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator > <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >