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Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Siurana
From: Tina Manley <tmanley@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2016 11:24:27 -0400
What a beautiful place!  It looks like they are suffering from a drought,
too.  The water level in the reservoir is way down.  The grapes look
healthy, though!

Tina

On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 1:58 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Quoting from Wikipedia:
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> Siurana is a village of the municipality <https://en.wikipedia.org/
> wiki/Municipalities_of_Spain> of the Cornudella de Montsant <
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornudella_de_Montsant> in the comarca <
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comarca> of Priorat <
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priorat>, Tarragona <
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarragona_(province)>, Catalonia <
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalonia>, Spain <https://en.wikipedia.org/
> wiki/Spain>. Located just outside the Montsant <https://en.wikipedia.org/
> wiki/Serra_de_Montsant> region, it is just east of main town of the
> municipality Cornudella de Montsant <https://en.wikipedia.org/
> wiki/Cornudella_de_Montsant> and consists of a small village at the top
> of an escarpment <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escarpment> in the Prades
> Mountains <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prades_Mountains> overlooking
> the Siurana Reservoir <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Siurana_
> Reservoir&action=edit&redlink=1> and is often visited by tourists to the
> area for its historical relevance and excellent views of the Embalse <
> https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Embalse_River&;
> action=edit&redlink=1> and surrounding valley. Cliffs around the village
> are popular among climbers <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climbing> due
> to the abundance of excellent climbs up to grade 9b.
>
> I had never heard of the place until last week. My friend Lluis, whom I
> had visited in his summer home, Sitges, suggested that I make the detour on
> my way home to Alicante and visit this village. I did, and I did not regret
> it. These were some of the most beautiful landscapes I have seen in Spain,
> and as icing on the cake, I bought a couple of excellent bottles of local
> wine and a bottle of local olive oil for a grand total of 21 €. Here is a
> small gallery of 20 images:
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> http://www.frozenlight.eu/siurana2016/
>
> Compared to my previous galleries on Frozenlight, I have done two new
> things here. First, I increased the size from the usual 1000 pixels to 1200
> pixels on the long side. I think these days everyone has monitors that
> accommodate that size. Second, among the 20 images, most of which were
> taken with the Fuji X-T1 and 27mm Fuji lens, there are four B&W medium
> format film images, where I have juxtaposed the scene in colour with the
> same scene on MF black & white film (in this case, Ilford SFX shot in a
> Fuji 645 rangefinder).
>
> Comments on the images and on the technical changes are welcome and
> appreciated. And if you ever find yourself in Catalonia, a visit to this
> place is a must IMO.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/>
> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu
> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <
> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <
> http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/>
> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <
> http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator>
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