[Leica] IMG: Siurana

[jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)]

A very nice set of images, Nathan.  The larger images work well for me.  
In such a colorful place, the color images overpower the B&W ones, in my 
opinion.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 8/24/2016 12:58 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> Quoting from Wikipedia:
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> 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_Reservoir&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&action=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/
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> 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
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