Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/03/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Nathan, I good set. I once ran across something similar in the evening when I was in Spain at Easter once - Torremolinos of all places. Very odd to a Northern European, but very photogenic. Steve On 26/3/08 07:16, "Nathan Wajsman" <nathan@nathanfoto.com> wrote: > I went to see the Semana Santa celebrations on Wednesday, Friday and > Sunday. This is one of the most important events of the year in every > Spanish city, and Alicante is no exception. I shot around 400 > pictures, and frankly had a hard time editing them down to the 51 I > chose for the gallery. In any event, the results are here: > > http://www.frozenlight.eu/semana_santa > > Just to pre-empt comments about the KKK-style hoods in some of the > processions: these traditions go back centuries and so precede the > KKK. According to what some friends in Seville once explained to me, > the faces are covered to symbolize that all are equal before God. > > As always, comments are warmly welcome and appreciated. All images > with the E3, and either the 25mm 1.4 Leica/Panasonic (nighttime > shots) or the 12-60mm Olympus.