A trip to Barcelona (Spain), with a "very good" compact: the P7100!

I went to Barcelona (Spain) for a short trip with my wife and children.

I've been there many times, and I know the city rather well. But I'm always glad to go back.

Took some pictures. Nothing special. The P7100 did the job very well.

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This is Santa Maria del Mar, a beautiful church. You see one of the weaknesses of the P7100. I think I forgot to dial in some negative exp comp, and highlights are blown. No HDR mode on the P7100. I should have shot several pictures, and blend them in post to get a correct exposure…But I never use a tripod, so, it would have been a bit difficult.

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I like the colors in this one ( kind of Olympus look !!!)

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This is a very interesting ecological building. I didn't knew it, and discovered it thanks to a friend spanish architect who lives in Barcelona.

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Another building I found interesting, for other reasons.

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Another view of the ecological building above:

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An original gate:

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There are lots of modern buildings in town (I know…for americans fellows, this is common, but for us, frenchies, it's interesting)

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Another interesting gate:

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I find this tower is beautiful. My friend architect contributed to its building. I've done my best to correct distorsion, but I'm not really satisfied with the result: the tower looks larger at the head than at the foot…

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The color and texture of the façade of this building were of a deep blue. I liked it (my friend architect didn't).

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This is an interesting structure, built for the Olympics in 1992.

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I liked the light on this manufacture, close to the Olympic village

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This is Casa Terrades, a beautiful building.

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Don't remember if this was shot on Paseo de Gracias, or if it's part of Casa Terrades…

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A nice house, on avenida Diagonal

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I can't remember the name of this palace. Unfortunately, it was closed…

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This is a gate designed by Gaudi, the illustrius architect of Barcelona

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I like this one. Don't know exactly why…

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End of the trip. I hope you liked the pictures.

C&C welcome.

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André
http://a.barelier.free.fr/