Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/08/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wonderful! What a gem Lluis suggested. These are great images that do a terrific job of conveying this ancient and quiet spot. I have to admit I'm partial to the BW images as well as the detail from the 645! At first I liked the color image of the Road to Siurana, but going back and forth between them, I saw detail and depth not in the color one. That would make a really lovely big print! Thanks Nathan for taking me to such a unique place and conveying it as a lovely read. Really well done, IMO. Hope all is well. Best, Bob Bob Adler www.robertadlerphotography.com *"Capturing Light One Frame At A Time"* On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 10:58 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > Quoting from Wikipedia: > > 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: > > http://www.frozenlight.eu/siurana2016/ > > 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 > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > _________________________________________________________________ > Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus > Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/ > Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/ > >