Every Easter, a series of processions are held around the streets of Salamanca. This was the final one on Sunday, 16 April 2017.
Shot with Fujifilm X100F
Semana Santa Salamanca 2017
Author: andy townend
build it of gold
I tell you, money can’t build your spire for you. Build it of gold and it would simply sink deeper
― William Golding, The Spire
It’s been a while since I have posted on any of my blogs, for many reasons.
This shot was taken with my Nikon D700 and Nikkor 70-200mm f/4 lens (at 175mm,ISO200, f/9 and 1/80s). I was leaning precariously out of a window at the time and the lens was unsupported other than by my less than steady hand. Given that, I was quite happy with the result of the shot with only modest tweaking in Lightroom CC.
I really must get out, and shoot, more.
mirror
Every man carries with him through life a mirror, as unique and impossible to get rid of as his shadow.
– W.H. Auden, The Dyer’s Hand
For WordPress weekly photo challenge – mirror
Shot with iPhone 6s, no edits.
frame
To the complaint, ‘There are no people in these photographs,’ I respond, There are always two people: the photographer and the viewer.
― Ansel Adams
For WordPress weekly photo challenge – frame
*Shot with Nikon D700 and AF 80-200mm f/2.8 D lens, ISO200, 100mm f/2.8 1/800s, edited in Lightroom CC and Analog Efex Pro 2*
See also my contribution at andytownend
sardines
Sardines, paella and humanity
In Valdelagua
We ate well and cheaply and drank well and cheaply and slept well and warm together and loved each other
― Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast
iced
stirred
tapped
salted
burned
queued
smoked
shovelled
seated
forked
deserved
served
consumed
All shots taken with Nikon D700 and Nikkor AF-S 50mm f/1.4 lens in Manual mode and ISO200. All other settings made on the fly using the camera’s on board exposure meter, plus I confess to drinking and shooting.
Huevos fritos (fried eggs)
Huevos fritos in Valdelagua.
A photo essay in black and white.
What happens when people open their hearts?
They get better
―Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood
fingered
(three)legged
resigned
seated
poured
stacked
seated (again)
cooked
spotted
branded
pulled
fried
wired
bugged
A social event involving fried eggs, a certain suspension of disbelief, and a bug.
And, the additional application of manual settings.
This was a tough test of my manual aspirations, I had to adjust ISO, aperture and shutter speed. These images are far from perfect but they were an interesting challenge.
All images were made with my Nikon D700 and Nikkor AF-S 50mm f/1.4 lens.
This time out I chose to shoot in JPEG (fine) and use the Nikon monochrome picture control. Yes, it was an experiment. The images were processed in Lightroom CC but all I did was to make some crops and apply the lens profile adjustments that I referred to in an earlierpost.
And you, what do…
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strawberry fields
living is easy with eyes closed
misunderstanding all you see– lyrics from strawberry fields forever, the beatles
The third in a series of photographic posts featuring a group of friends hiking in the beautiful countryside in the province of Salamanca, Spain.
El tercero de una serie de publicaciones fotográficas que ofrecen un grupo de amigos en excursiones en el hermoso campo en la provincia de Salamanca, España.
out in the midday sun | 2
The second of a series of weekly essays documenting life as an Englishman living in Spain.
The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain.
How could a weekly blog post about the life of an Englishman living in Spain not include a reference to those words spoken by Audrey Hepburn paying the part of Eliza Doolittle in the movie My Fair Lady which in turn was based on George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion?
Often misquoted as ‘the rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain’, or is it just me that constantly misquotes it? Probably. So much for that expensive private education and my success in English Literature examinations which included, as it happens, studying Pygmalion. But, as I said in my opening essay, I like to think my education taught me to think, not to remember things. So there you are.
Anyway, I think it is a reasonably well established fact that English people, at home and abroad, like to talk about the weather. A…
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face me (!)
Mirandome?
Fighting for peace, is like f***ing for chastity
― Stephen King, Hearts in Atlantis
I took this shot today during a photo shoot in Salamanca which I think will give me material for two more posts – featuring pianos and the work of Henry Moore.
But, for now, take a look at that face!
for wordpress weekly photo challenge – face
*shot with nikon d700 and nikkor 70-200mm af-s f/4G lens, no edits*
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