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Hello! I shot this picture of Pelegrina’s Castle the day before yesterday. I filled my backpack for the first time with an A100 and my old Mamiya 645 lenses (together with a Mirex adapter). Any comments would be welcome (especially about colour and contrast: I am never sure of getting them right). (...

Dr. Harout, I was disturbed by the crop, so I decided to check the image in your gallery. And then... Oh, beautiful picture!

‘Hola’ Sean. It seems you have visited Madrid. Beautiful city! (Well, as many others, but, you know, I was born there…) Now I still work in Madrid, but live in Sigüenza (130 km away by train). If I can manage to get some decent pictures of Madrid, I’ll post them here. And… Thanks for the welcome!

Thanks for asking, Dr. Harout. But no, nothing of general interest (snaps of family members). I have been shooting landscapes for ten years with non-Minolta film cameras (that’s the reason why I don’t link to my small gallery) and only family snaps with digital alphas for the last two years. I think...

Thanks, Dr. Harout!

Sigüenza Medieval Days, July 2008 A700, Tamron 55-200mm http://lh6.ggpht.com/alfake74/SLlM_d6zD5I/AAAAAAAAAiE/3Cue5NKvhd8/s400/Siguenza-cotidiana_01.jpg A100, CZ 16-80mm. (The man in the middle is also shooting an A100: Crossfire!) http://lh3.ggpht.com/alfake74/SLlNA6h6i6I/AAAAAAAAAiM/O-eh9j7wk1E/s4...

David, Dr. Harout: Thanks for the welcome! We have had a rainy spring, but (unfortunately) not too much rain this summer… I love rain and storms. It seems we all love what we lack (human nature...).

Hello to all from Sigüenza, Spain, a small town not far from Madrid. I teach philosophy (although I have never known what’s that: keep my secret…) for a living. I used to shoot Nikon (from EM in the 80’s to F75) as well as medium format (Mamiya 645 and Fuji GSW690III) film cameras. I shot mainly lan...