2013 Project 52, Weeks 10-12: Catch-Ups and Recaps

Even though I put up my two "What I Did On Vacation" posts (Barcelona here; all other locations here), they don't really count as Project 52 entries...

[A quick programming note: I'll just come out and say that I missed Week 13 altogether. I was swamped from catching up on work and going through vacation photos that it just didn't happen. It's too bad, since it is the quarter pole for 2013, but I won't lose any sleep over it. I have two entries for one week, as you'll see below, so it can take the place of Week 13. Week 14's entry is already shot, so I am back on the horse.]

Week 10: March 5-11
These two photos (I can't choose between them both) from our first two days of the trip turned out to be my favorite and possibly my best. I think I've said before that I turn photos to B&W when I run out of ideas or options or just can't figure out the color. But both of these shots had such great lines/curves to go with the textbook high contrast conditions for B&W that I think I knew I would go this direction as I was shooting it (could this be... am I learning? :D).

10mm (DX) : ISO 200 : f/4 : 1/50s
The platform at the Glories metro station in Barcelona, the closest to our hotel

10mm (DX) : ISO 200 : f/4.5 : 1/15s
Passageway in the Castel Montjuic

Week 11: March 12-18
There were so many memorable sights from the Lanzarote trip, but as soon Sharon and I walked into town in Arrecife and saw the sky and the water, we knew it would be gorgeous. I'm still learning to use this wide angle lens properly, and I don't think sticking it at 10mm is quite the answer all the time, since it sucks out so much at that focal length... but that doesn't mean I can't get off some great captures with it.

10mm (DX) : ISO 200 : f/8 : 1/2000s
Lowtide in Arrecife

(Did I say I am going to try to learn shooting at something other than 10mm? I just realized every photo in this post is at 10mm. Oh well.)

Week 12: March 19-25
Malaga was beautiful and interesting; I only wish the weather had been better especially while we were exploring the Castle Gibralfaro. I ducked into a turret when it began drizzling and decided to try shooting through one of the windows that faced the Mediterranean.

10mm (DX) : ISO 800 : f/8 : 1/200s
Through the lookout hole in the Castle Gibralfaro

2013 Project 52 entries:

Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | 

Week 8 | Week 9 | 

Barcelona in Photos

Our vacation began in Barcelona. I went into our trip armed with only a modicum of information about this city where we were about to spend a few nights- I went mostly with the attitude of "let's just see what we find." What we found was an incredible city. Barcelona was beautiful, vibrant, but laid-back and full of interesting things to see and delicious things to eat.

It was also quite photogenic. After the jump, I've posted several of the photos taken that I consider "keepers" (with a few others mixed in); the full "keepers" set can be found on my Flickr page. The entire album of presentable photos strictly from Barcelona has been posted to Google+. (There is another post to describe the other places we visited, coming next).