Colblimp Posted June 4, 2018 Author Share Posted June 4, 2018 Malaga is approaching - I fly this Friday. Any other suggestions as to what to shoot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 Presumably you've seen this http://www.visitcostadelsol.com/culture-lovers/whats-on?con=&ini=08/06/2018&fin=15/06/2018 St. Anthony of Padua festival if you're still there on the 13th. Effigy paraded through the streets and all that. http://www.visitcostadelsol.com/culture-lovers/whats-on/san-antonio-fair-frigiliana-p99228 But no bullfights apparently so moral dilemma avoided. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colblimp Posted June 4, 2018 Author Share Posted June 4, 2018 53 minutes ago, spacecadet said: Presumably you've seen this http://www.visitcostadelsol.com/culture-lovers/whats-on?con=&ini=08/06/2018&fin=15/06/2018 St. Anthony of Padua festival if you're still there on the 13th. Effigy paraded through the streets and all that. http://www.visitcostadelsol.com/culture-lovers/whats-on/san-antonio-fair-frigiliana-p99228 But no bullfights apparently so moral dilemma avoided. That's brilliant - thank you. Even better that there's no bullfights! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Hatton Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 Don't forget to pack warm jumpers and a brolly,I am in Salamanca now and it is wet and cold much like most of Spain at the moment! this time last year was 35deg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colblimp Posted June 4, 2018 Author Share Posted June 4, 2018 31 minutes ago, Nick Hatton said: Don't forget to pack warm jumpers and a brolly,I am in Salamanca now and it is wet and cold much like most of Spain at the moment! this time last year was 35deg. No way?! In West Cork today it must have been 50-60 C - so it must be hotter in Malaga Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rodgers Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 13 hours ago, Colblimp said: No way?! In West Cork today it must have been 50-60 C - so it must be hotter in Malaga Isn't it great. I was there a few years ago and there is some amazing architecture in Malaga. Moorish, Gothic, Baroque, it has it all. Also I believe you can go into the bullring and museum even if there are no fights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colblimp Posted June 5, 2018 Author Share Posted June 5, 2018 1 hour ago, John Rodgers said: Isn't it great. I was there a few years ago and there is some amazing architecture in Malaga. Moorish, Gothic, Baroque, it has it all. Also I believe you can go into the bullring and museum even if there are no fights. Now that's very interesting - pics from the actual bullring... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskerke Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 13 minutes ago, Colblimp said: Now that's very interesting - pics from the actual bullring... Only 1,983 other images for Malaga Bullring. Not all as good as these. wim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colblimp Posted June 5, 2018 Author Share Posted June 5, 2018 1 minute ago, wiskerke said: Only 1,983 other images for Malaga Bullring. wim Don't try and put me off, Wim, I'm determined! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskerke Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 2 minutes ago, Colblimp said: Don't try and put me off, Wim, I'm determined! I somehow deleted half the message. The images are back now, ;-) wim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colblimp Posted June 5, 2018 Author Share Posted June 5, 2018 3 minutes ago, wiskerke said: I somehow deleted half the message. The images are back now, ;-) wim Uggggh, it would have been better if you'd left those images out... Not pleasant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 4 minutes ago, wiskerke said: I somehow deleted half the message. The images are back now, ;-) wim Well if someone stuck a skewer in my neck he'd get more than a head butt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rodgers Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 44 minutes ago, wiskerke said: Only 1,983 other images for Malaga Bullring. Not all as good as these. wim I had a bit of a look and they seem to portray Bullfighting as heroic or glamorous. When I go to Madrid in July I hope to go to a bullfight and take photos that hopefully show the cruel and nasty side of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskerke Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 37 minutes ago, John Rodgers said: I had a bit of a look and they seem to portray Bullfighting as heroic or glamorous. When I go to Madrid in July I hope to go to a bullfight and take photos that hopefully show the cruel and nasty side of it. A bit like soccer you mean? Sorry, I'm no vegetarian. A real Spanish bullfight is a highly stylized affair and worth at least one visit. But make sure you understand what's going on or go with a local. However I concur with the Portuguese that in Spain the fight with the bull itself is a lame affair. With harassed bulls that are impaired by the picadores and which seldom pose a severe threat to the matador. If you ever have the chance: go to a real Portuguese bullfight where the bulls are real heroes and live on after the fight. Nowadays also in Portugal there are Spanish style bullfights, probably for the tourists. Killing or even wounding a bull used to be forbidden, but that ban has alas been lifted years ago. So beware. wim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rodgers Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 55 minutes ago, wiskerke said: A bit like soccer you mean? Sorry, I'm no vegetarian. A real Spanish bullfight is a highly stylized affair and worth at least one visit. But make sure you understand what's going on or go with a local. However I concur with the Portuguese that in Spain the fight with the bull itself is a lame affair. With harassed bulls that are impaired by the picadores and which seldom pose a severe threat to the matador. If you ever have the chance: go to a real Portuguese bullfight where the bulls are real heroes and live on after the fight. Nowadays also in Portugal there are Spanish style bullfights, probably for the tourists. Killing or even wounding a bull used to be forbidden, but that ban has alas been lifted years ago. So beware. wim Some good points Wim and I have read a couple of books on Bullfighting so I know a little of the skill and process involved, but I guess that is the juxtaposition of it. Even the bullfighting aficionado Hemingway admitted that it is a cruel sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay D Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 On 4/8/2018 at 14:49, Abiyoyo said: Never, ever. Sorry Ed I against of that cruel Spanish "tradition", at least not mine. I was going to keep quiet on this but 100% agree, for the chance of a little commission hell will freeze over before i contribute to one of the cruelest spectacles on earth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colblimp Posted June 8, 2018 Author Share Posted June 8, 2018 Well my first Malaga picture was a bit unexpected! r Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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