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Re: [OM] Nathan's PAD 20/8/2016: Siurana, film and a whiff of history

Subject: Re: [OM] Nathan's PAD 20/8/2016: Siurana, film and a whiff of history
From: ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2016 06:26:58 +0100
Yes, that composition makes it feel like a mountain fortress, Nathan.

Chris

> On 22 Aug 16, at 21:36, Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> On the way home from Sitges, I made a detour to the mountaintop village of 
> Siurana near Tarragona. It is a truly magnificent place, and has great 
> historical significance too, as it was the last Moorish fortress to fall to 
> the Christians during the reconquista of Catalonia in the 12th century. 
> Legend has it that the last Moorish queen (more precisely, the wife of the 
> local Moorish lord) committed suicide to avoid falling into the hands of the 
> invaders by jumping off the cliff on her white horse. 
> 
> To stay on the historical theme, I shot this picture on film, to be more 
> precise, Ilford SFX in my Fuji 645 rangefinder:
> 
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-qQPMwP4/A 
> <http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-qQPMwP4/A>

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