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Subject: [Leica] Bocairent Moros y Cristianos fiesta 2008
From: michiel.fokkema at wanadoo.nl (Michiel Fokkema)
Date: Fri Feb 8 17:44:52 2008
References: <E0CE4F89-7342-4585-A7F8-0E03A0899B7E@nathanfoto.com>

Hi Nathan,

Great pictures. Amazing to see how fast you blend in with the locals.

Thanks for showing,

Michiel Fokkema

Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> Last Saturday, we were invited to a party in the small town of 
> Bocairent, about 100 km from Alicante, to attend a party celebrating the 
> beginning of the town's annual Moros y Cristianos fiesta, the biggest 
> event of the year in that small town of about 4500 inhabitants. The lady 
> in the striped shirt performing a dance with a sword is the hostess; the 
> particular group we were with were Moros (whether one is a Moro or 
> Cristiano in these fiestas is something that is passed on through 
> generations).
> 
> The pics are really just party pictures, and I made the gallery mainly 
> for the people involved, but thought I might show them to a broader 
> audience as well:
> 
> http://www.greatpix.eu/gallery/4301077
> 
> All taken with the E3, with IS turned on, nominally at ISO 800 but given 
> the amount of exposure correction I had to do in Lightroom, I was really 
> shooting at ISO 1600. The IS was somewhat useful when people were not 
> moving, but overall I think it is suited mostly to photographing 
> buildings at night, not people having a good time.
> 
> Nathan
> 
> Nathan Wajsman
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