Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/12/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well that sand in the first one didn't get there on its own. D On 04/12/2021 08:08, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > Last Sunday, as I set out on my bike ride, a very strong wind was blowing > from the south-west. I had elected to go south to the beaches south of > Alicante, so it meant that the first half of my 80 km ride were against > the wind?character-building to say the least (the route is circular, so I > did not have tailwind all the way home afterwards, sometimes strong side > wind which always makes cycling more interesting ;-)). > > In any event, it was not particularly cold, somewhere between 15 and 20C, > but the wind kept people away from the beaches. I first stopped at > Urbanova, a beach about 17 km south of where I live, close to my office. > > From a photographic point of view to photograph wind is harder than to > photograph, say, rain. Here is one attempt: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-tcr4KnP/A > > The only person I saw at Urbanova: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-QhtvDLW/A > (In the distance are some ships and what appears to be a giant UFO, > although it could be the island of Tabarca) > > At the southern-most point of my route, Santa Pola, the beach was also > deserted, with a man looking for coins with his metal detector the only > human presence: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-mzPCw6K/A > > November is probably the quietest month around here. In December things > pick up again, first with the long weekend at the beginning of the month > (December 6th is Spain?s Constitution Day, and December 8th is the Feast > of the Immaculate Conception, so this year many people have a 5-day > weekend), and then of course Christmas and New Year, when many tourists > come here, especially people from Madrid who have their vacation homes on > the coast. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > photo at frozenlight.eu > > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.frozenlight.eu > > YNWA > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information