Tag: Day

August 25, 2022 (day 23 of 24)

In the spotlight

613 km / 381 miles 🚗 🚶

Parked for the night 🇪🇸

The gear

Cameras:
Fujifilm X-T3 ¹
Google Pixel 6 Pro ²

Camera lens:
Fujinon XF 16-80mm f/4 R OIS WR ¹

Camera lens filters:
Tiffen Black Pro-Mist Filter 1/4 ¹
NiSi True Color ND-VARIO Pro Nano 1-5 stops Variable ND ¹

Film simulation recipe:
Ektachrome E100GX ¹

The pictures

Château de Commarque, Les Eyzies 🇫🇷

In the Périgord, an ancient region of France that corresponds roughly with the modern Dordogne department, the Château de Commarque constituted an important strategic location during the Hundred Years’ War. It was also the site of one of the conflict’s most brutal battles, the tragedy of which has echoed down the ages. During the fight, the young love of the Earl of Commarque’s daughter was beheaded. However, it is not the ghost of the young man that wanders the ruins, but that of his horse, locked in a perpetual search for its master.

The gear

Camera:
Fujifilm X-T3

Camera lens:
Fujinon XF 16-80mm f/4 R OIS WR

Camera lens filters:
Tiffen Black Pro-Mist Filter 1/4
NiSi True Color ND-VARIO Pro Nano 1-5 stops Variable ND

Film simulation recipe:
Ektachrome E100GX

The pictures

August 24, 2022 (day 22 of 24)

In the spotlight

752 km / 467 miles 🚗 🚶

Fuerte de Alfonso XII / San Cristóbal, Navarre 🇪🇸

The mysterious Fortress of San Cristóbal near Pamplona was a military fortress built during the reign of Alfonso XII to defend the city against attacks. However, its main use was as a military prison, in which the prisoners lived in horrible conditions.

On May 22nd, 1938, over 700 prisoners tried to escape en masse and more than 300 died while doing so. To this day, people claim to see have seen all kinds of paranormal phenomena around the fortresses, even though it remains closed to the public.

The gear

The pictures

On the road 🇪🇸

The gear

Camera:
Google Pixel 6 Pro

The pictures

August 23, 2022 (day 21 of 24)

In the spotlight

407 km / 253 miles 🚗 🚶

On the road 🇵🇹

The gear

The pictures

Sanatório de Valongo, Valongo 🇵🇹

Being a Sanitarium from 1910, it was built to hold 50 patients who suffered from tuberculosis. Unfortunately this number rapidly grew to 150, as the epidemic known as the ‘white plague’ grew. This number then grew to 500, where these patients roamed the halls, lost, as there was no cure for this disease, and one by one they all died.

These souls are said to haunt the corridors, with visitors and passers-by said to hear the hallow cries of pain and see swift movements in the shadows.

The gear

The pictures

Parked for the night 🇵🇹

The gear

Camera:
Google Pixel 6 Pro

The pictures

August 22, 2022 (day 20 of 24)

In the spotlight

271 km / 168 miles 🚗 🚶

Cabo da Roca 🇵🇹

Cabo da Roca is a cape which forms the westernmost point of the Sintra Mountain Range, of mainland Portugal, of continental Europe, and of the Eurasian land mass. It is situated in the municipality of Sintra, near Azóia, in the southwest of the district of Lisbon. Notably the point includes a lighthouse that started operation in 1772.