Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/03/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan - The more I look at your pictures, the more I appreciate the skill you show in "covering" an event like this, even when the event just your daily routine. I always feel your story of what happened comes through the screen clearly. Nice job! Regards, Dick On Mar 26, 2008, at 3:16 AM, Nathan Wajsman 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. > > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > nathan@nathanfoto.com > General photography: > http://www.nathanfoto.com > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.frozenlight.eu > Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > Book: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/128276 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information