Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/08/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Beautiful scenery, thanks for the visit. Size of the images are nice. gene On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 8:33 AM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote: > 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: >> >> 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 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >