Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/08/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nice shots, Nathan, and nice senoritas. I've got two saxophones in the attic. Maybe I should consider this sport.................. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan Wajsman" <photo at frozenlight.eu> To: "lug Group" <lug at leica-users.org>; "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus at thomasclausen.net> Sent: Monday, August 06, 2012 1:08 AM Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAD 5/8/2012: Spanish crisis is suspended > Two for one this morning, since I took around 150 pictures yesterday. > > My son and I drove to the town of Almorad?, 50 km from Alicante, > yesterday, to partake in the final day of the 3-day Moros y Cristianos > festival. It was, to put it mildly, a wonderful and photogenic occasion, > and the crisis was far, far away, at least this Sunday. > > I witnessed the birth of what will surely be an Olympic event some day. It > is certainly as legitimate as beach volleyball: > <http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=2008855144&k=zBCBGNr&lb=1&s=O> > > The audience of enthusiastic se?oritas liked what they saw: > <http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=2008855380&k=8pJJnLQ&lb=1&s=O> > > Those Moros y Cristianos festival occur in almost all Spanish towns (at > least in this region) throughout the year. As the name implies, they > commemorate the Moorish occupation in the early middle ages and the > Reconquista in the late middle ages. This is not a "bad vs. evil" kind of > image, though. Both sides are portrayed in a favourable light, and indeed > we were in Almorad? as guests of the Moors. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > 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 > >