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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Semana Santa in Alicante 2008
From: len-1 at comcast.net (Leonard Taupier)
Date: Wed Mar 26 06:27:52 2008
References: <5EAD4176-A48A-45C7-889E-0E81BEB34FC2@nathanfoto.com>

This is quite a spectacle which you captured beautifully. To me the  
mass of onlookers add to the importance of this holy procession and  
holiest of days. Nice work in capturing the feeling of the event.

Best Regards,
Len


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
>
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