Barcelona Harbor: Las Golondrinas Sightseeing Boat

This is a closer look on a very similar scene that I featured in my post Barcelona Harbor Cruise: A City Teaser. This time I added some extra effects to enhance the picture. Notice the Columbus Monument and the Harbor Authority building mentioned in the past and seen here from a shorter distance.

The boat is one of the older Golondrinas (sightseeing boats company) cruising the harbor and I am taking the picture from a modern vessel run by the same company sailing not just the harbor but going along the coast till the Forum Area on the other part of the city.

One of these in the image costs you around 7,70 € adults and 2.80 for kids and that entitles you to go inside the harbor for around 40 mins.

Check rest of the offers here: Barcelona Sightseeing Boats

Human or Living Statue: Goblins in Las Ramblas, Barcelona?

The Mystery of the Silver Silhouette

Some days ago, I posted about a mysterious character in Las Ramblas, asking if he was an Elf or a Vulcan. Well, I am back with another angle on the same mystery.

Generally speaking, it is not very attractive to capture a person's nape in photography. The back of someone's head is usually boring unless the faceless silhouette is expressive enough against the background. But this time, I think it works. The living statue was just as stunning from behind as he looked in the side profile picture.

Goblin, Elf, or Alien?

I still don't know if this is a goblin, a space traveler, or what. But looking at the detail—the silver fabric gathered at the point of the hat, those oversized pointed ears painted to match the skin—the man was definitely well disguised. The silver paint creates this great metallic texture that pops against the blurred city street behind him.

Some Photography Recommendations

Since we are dealing with people photography today, I am going to suggest a few links that are worth your time:

• A Flickr set about the inhabitants of Papua, New Guinea by Eric Lafforgue. It is absolutely stunning work.
• My own set about Human Statues or Street Artists on Flickr.

Chaos Machine at Cosmocaixa, Barcelona

The Chaos machine as I call it, can be found at Cosmocaixa Science Museum in Barcelona. Propelled into space by two powerful fans on the floor of the box, the balls simulate what could be the erratic movement of particles in an apparent disorder state, that is, chaos, although it is said that there is order inside this mess! Hmm, let's leave this to Maths geeks. I used autofocus in continuous mode to obtain these sort wormy shapes and added some violet overlay effect to make it more attractive.

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