As my flight had gotten cancelled and I was in Madrid, I thought I may as well make the most of it. So armed with my trusty camera I went on a mission to capture buildings and monuments for the next two week's challenges.
One of the most famous buildings in Madrid is Plaza de Toros, Las Ventas (the bullring). Now I'm not a fan of bullfighting so I never went inside although I do hear it is quite impressive, the bullring that is not the fighting. Bulfighting is still popular here in Spain, although it is losing favour; especially with the younger crowd.
Churches are also very common in Spain and each town or village will lay claim that their church is the most important in the area. You really can throw a stick and hit a church in most places (please do NOT go around throwing sticks at churches!)
Madrid does have some wonderful architecture in and around it - I could probably fill a month with different shots of weird and wonderful buildings.
On the way home we found some abandoned buildings so they got in on the act too.
On the way home we found some abandoned buildings so they got in on the act too.
To see the chosen shot click HERE
WEEK 18 - BUILDINGSAt this point I am going to get a week ahead of myself, as I should be back in the UK when this week is due to be done and I still don't know about internet connections there.
So as for week 19, sculptures were the subjects.
Looking for interesting statues is not difficult they too are everywhere as are the many fountains. Spain is a great place to capture on film. What I tried to do with this subject was to capture what encapsulated Spain: religion, pilgrims, and or course bulls.
So as for week 19, sculptures were the subjects.
Looking for interesting statues is not difficult they too are everywhere as are the many fountains. Spain is a great place to capture on film. What I tried to do with this subject was to capture what encapsulated Spain: religion, pilgrims, and or course bulls.
This helped me keep a clear view of what I was looking for, rather than just random statues.
Below is the selection that I have chosen, of course like the buildings I did take more but opted for the more interesting and unusual shots.
To see the chosen shot click HERE
WEEK 19 - SCULPTURESOn top of those shots I also squeezed in some beautiful (in my opinion) pictures of Ariadna in a pretty dress she has for someone's Communion. Those shots can be found by going to my Flickr page and seeing them there, again feel free to leave comments on ANY of my photos ;)
And the clauses within this bill are even worse: clause 43 also introduces “Extended Collective Licensing”. This effectively means that anyone can use your photographs if they cannot 'find' you, does this mean ALL your work has to be watermarked or ran through some ownership process and by what means to they try to find the owners?
update: clause 43 has been removed. But that may not be the end of it as they inserted a modified clause 8: The new clause allows the secretary of state for business to order the blocking of "a location on the internet which the court is satisfied has been, is being or is likely to be used for or in connection with an activity that infringes copyright". So beware of what you say online!!!
Now dont get me wrong I'm actually in favour of the internet being policed to some degree - there is some really scary depraved sh*t out there. And also a lot of dead sites which no longer exist only to clog up the net space - surprisingly enough it is not infinite!
However my issue with this bill is its is being controlled by assholes who are not even in touch with the world outside their front door let alone a virtual one. Most MP's are old and dont get it anyway.
(now im not saying old people dont use/understand the internet, but in general it moves to fast for them to keep up with).
The reason for this bill is NOT to protect us, the public, but to protect big corporate businesses!
Obviously the record companies are backing this bill as it suits their own agendas, I wonder do the artist feel the same, I doubt it.
I prefer the approach Radiohead took when they released an album and said "pay us what you think its worth" - this is a free market and one I'm sure people will subscribe too.
There is always going to be piracy lets face it - can it be monitored and controlled sure to some degree, but even back in the 80's I was copying games on tape for my Spectrum and recording music off the radio - did it really hurt the big companies?!
To be honest I would prefer 'rip off Britain' stop taxing the hell out of everything we buy and let us have it at a reasonable tax free price - that will help.
I would prefer that they stop telling us how to live our lives and definitely stop eroding our civil liberties.
Bit by bit George Orwell's horror of 1984 is coming true:
War is peace
Ignorance is strength
Freedom is slavery
And as for those of you that say - "If you're not doing anything wrong you don't have anything to worry about". Well that all depends on the definition of "wrong" - a definition that is usually defined by those who control the information. It could be "wrong" to hold a certain political view. It could be "wrong" to have a certain sexual orientation. Perhaps it's "wrong" to hold a certain religious belief.
This is a dangerous road and one once travelled we will never return from.
This was sent to me by a friend EMMA - it may enlighten you as to what the DEBill is and how it will affect you CLICK ME