Jalan Espania 2012: Barcelona/Madrid/Seville/Jerez/Ronda/Mijas/Girona
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agreed, it's actually quite fascinating but the callous violence is actually quite shocking. I saw families bringing their kids to the arena, machiam like going to watch Disney on Ice, feels wrong.
#62 same thing but repeated many times
#63 poke finish mz zhao realli fast
#64 cause they'll chase u down
#65 this's what they wanna achieve
#66 can u see the tears of torment in its eyes?
OMG...Can feel the pain myself ! Nice shot
thank you all for your comments, some follow-up shots on the "bull-fighting"
#67 as u can tell from the flying sand, the bull is actually going at quite a fast speed
#68 sequence 1/4
#69 sequence 2/4
#70 sequence 3/4 - notice how he managed to get the bull to jump
#71 sequence 4/4
#67 as u can tell from the flying sand, the bull is actually going at quite a fast speed
#68 sequence 1/4
#69 sequence 2/4
#70 sequence 3/4 - notice how he managed to get the bull to jump
#71 sequence 4/4
#72 lancer - they have this dude on a horse, whose job is to kenna buang by the bull whilst taking the chance to poke it... nt really sure what's the significance but definitely adds to the brutality
#73 bangz
#74 notice also how the horse is blindfolded, so tt it doesn't shied away from the charging bull
#75 of course the horse is heavily armored, but still at such impact, sure tio "xiong-ed" 1
#76 rider oso has armored legs in stir-up
Cultural differences that we can't completely bridge, i suppose...
Anyway, they're great captures irregardless how one may feel about bullfighting.
Thank you so much for your comments, agreed tt there're certainly cultural differences, but well, abit too extreme for me (I think I was rooting for the bulls after a few mins of this).. haha
the last few shots i wanna show of the bully fights - the death throes and the killing proper (warning abit gory)
#80 it's like a ritual killing
#81 where they just stab the bull to death
#82 stab it and watch life drain away
the last few shots i wanna show of the bully fights - the death throes and the killing proper (warning abit gory)
#80 it's like a ritual killing
#81 where they just stab the bull to death
#82 stab it and watch life drain away
Justintime
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The street photos are really nice :thumbsup: , thumbs up for the courage to take them 
Really shows the culture of the city
Hmm not sure if converting some into B&W would make them nicer ?
Cannot really take the violence of the bull fight, #84 & #66 is especially disturbing... But guess its part of their culture too
Really shows the culture of the city
Hmm not sure if converting some into B&W would make them nicer ?
Cannot really take the violence of the bull fight, #84 & #66 is especially disturbing... But guess its part of their culture too
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White Wolf
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I heard they are banning the fight soon.
The street photos are really nice :thumbsup: , thumbs up for the courage to take them
Really shows the culture of the city
Hmm not sure if converting some into B&W would make them nicer ?
Cannot really take the violence of the bull fight, #84 & #66 is especially disturbing... But guess its part of their culture too
thanks for your comments, actually i was planning to do a b&W edition, but kinnda lazy abt it, haha
yup, it's banned in quite a few places, i know it's banned in barcelona and catalonia, not too sure abt the rest though
thx all for the comments, been busy with work lately so not much time to post
Seville - Damn hot - the books described the heat as the "sultry Seville heat" but my description of the 41 degrees heat is in hokkien. Overall, a really nice and chill place - fyi, we were told to be careful when we go out especially at night but well, guess we were lucky tt things were ok.
#91 the primary mode of transportation in Seville
#92 Seville in the late afternoon sun
#93 sleeping at work, looks damn shiok though
#94 close-up night shot of the Seville Cathedral
Seville - Damn hot - the books described the heat as the "sultry Seville heat" but my description of the 41 degrees heat is in hokkien. Overall, a really nice and chill place - fyi, we were told to be careful when we go out especially at night but well, guess we were lucky tt things were ok.
#91 the primary mode of transportation in Seville
#92 Seville in the late afternoon sun
#93 sleeping at work, looks damn shiok though
#94 close-up night shot of the Seville Cathedral
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#95 Seville cityscape as see from one of the towers in the Seville Cathedral
#96 cldn't help but notice the lack of skyscrapers - short and stout city is my take
#97 Seville palace
#98 dunno what this building is, but our cab stopped beside it and we started shooting (one of my fav shots of the trip)
Seville has a big long-kang (a.k.a. seville river) running thrw the city (machiam singapore river) with many bridges spanning across it at various parts of town. My hotel was nearby so decided to take advantage of the evening light whilst the rest of my pals when to find Zara
#99 briefly, Seville has significant Muslim influence a few hundred years back, hence many things in Seville, i.e. architecture looks abit "muslim" - e.g. Minarets
#100 bridge during sunset
#101 view from under
#102 bring ur kid out to see sun
#103 fishing under the bridge - fyi, there're quite some ppl and activities going on under the bridge, had abit of scare when a grp of punks were starring at me and my big, heng nothing happened
#99 briefly, Seville has significant Muslim influence a few hundred years back, hence many things in Seville, i.e. architecture looks abit "muslim" - e.g. Minarets
#100 bridge during sunset
#101 view from under
#102 bring ur kid out to see sun
#103 fishing under the bridge - fyi, there're quite some ppl and activities going on under the bridge, had abit of scare when a grp of punks were starring at me and my big, heng nothing happened
