Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/03/26

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Semana Santa in Alicante 2008
From: lug at steveunsworth.co.uk (Steve Unsworth)
Date: Wed Mar 26 11:25:41 2008

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.



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