Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2023/07/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You are correct, there is a lot of artistry in the decoration and construction of the Hogueras just to burn them a few days later. Still, very nice to see them so well worth your time to go into the center of the city. On Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at 12:30?AM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > Most of the photos for the 3rd week of June were taken during a walk in > the centre of Alicante to look at the large statues called Hogueras, that > are put up in preparation for the midsummer celebration on June 24th, when > they are burned at midnight. There is something uniquely Spanish (and > strange) about investing all this effort into mounting quite impressive > installations, just to burn them a few days later. Of course, as with every > walk in the city, there is a generous sprinkling of people pictures too, > along with an interesting Civil War episode at the end of the walk. There > are also landscapes and grapes seen while cycling, and lovely Eri makes an > appearance too. > > It is all here: > > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws/?page_id=4013 < > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws/?page_id=4013> > > And as always, comments and critique are welcome and appreciated. > > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > photo at frozenlight.eu > > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.frozenlight.eu > > ????? ???????! ?????? ?????! > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Don don.dory at gmail.com