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Rock, Glass and Concrete
We walked across this footbridge, passing over a busy road but what caught my eye was the apartment blocks looming ahead.
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A Soft Sunset over Alicante
The sun had already gone down over the port at Alicante when I took this, leaving a band of orange over the cranes that faded into clear blue. There were no clouds to catch the light of the sun that had already fallen below the horizon, but I was glad of the glow on the…
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Orange Against the Blue
Alicante was still hot in late September, and the shade by the port didn’t reach far. A woman stepped out of it with her orange umbrella already up, tilting it against the sun as she walked. I could have done with an umbrella TBH. Local temperatures hit 30C, and we ducked into the nearby “The…
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A Ring of Shade
Above the promenade at El Postiguet in Alicante is a walkway to the town where you can find a neat place to photograph passing people against the cubed background. Those ground tiles remind me of Q*bert or Marble Madness which I’ve only seen but never played. What I did play was Gyroscope, the first disc-based…
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Building Season in Blackrock
The sun went down behind Páirc Uí Chaoimh and turned the sky a deep orange. The construction cranes in the background are building massive apartment blocks that will change the face of the area once residents move in. A far cry from the dust coal yard of Suttons and Sheehan and Sullivan on Centre Park…
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Lines on Lines
The sun was high in Alicante, but the tall buildings and narrow streets cast deep shadows I took advantage of. The horizontal lines of this primary school had to be black and white. I looked it up on Google Maps and found it here, but if you look at Street View, the only images are…
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Everyone’s a Photographer in Óbidos
Óbidos in September was full of day-trippers, and most of them were taking photos of the same narrow street. The street is filled with people and little shops and it’s very pretty!
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A Ledge in the Sun
A moment after yesterday’s photo of Óbidos I spotted a man taking a break in the sun. There were a lot of people about so I don’t blame him for wanting to take a moment to sit down.
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In The Heat of the Day
It was very hot in Óbidos, and this couple had settled against a low parapet with their dog stretched out on the paving beside them. I would have gone looking for shade. I only noticed later that the woman was wearing a denim jacket! I love the negative space of ground, wall, and sky. The…
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I ♡ Alicante
I stayed on the roof after the sun set. There wasn’t much cloud in the sky, but a haze on the horizon caught the glow of the disappeared sun and lit up the edge of that expanse. Soon after, a neon sign lit up on the roof of a building opposite declaring its love for…
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Time to Say Goodbye
A couple were singing “Time to Say Goodbye” under the gate as we left Óbidos, which suited us since we were leaving the town.
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A Pencil Box in the Gallery
Alpino is a Spanish brand of school colouring pencils, and here the box had been blown up to the size of a door and hung in the MACA’s temporary exhibition on colour. I really enjoyed visiting the Contemporary Art Museum of Alicante, and not just because it was 30C outside. They have interesting exhibits, and…