Madrid, Spain | Day 1 Part 3 | Duane Pandorf Photography

This is the final part of my first day in Madrid. We finally made it to the Plaza Mayor. Unfortunately, they have erected a large structure in the middle of the plaza and there really was not much of an opportunity to get a wide shot that would do the plaza any justice.

We walked in and among several shops and actually continued through the plaza on out to the west to the Palacio Real and then back the plaza for dinner.

Entry from the east to Plaza Mayor | Ricoh GXR, Leica Summicron-C 1:2/40mm

Artists | Ricoh GXR, Leica Summicron-C 1:2/40mm

Early Dinner on the Plaza Mayor | Ricoh GXR, Leica Summicron-C 1:2/40mm

Visiting the Plaza Mayor | Ricoh GXR, Leica Summicron-C 1:2/40mm

Teatro Real | Ricoh GXR, Leica Summicron-C 1:2/40mm

Monument at the Plaza de Oriente | Ricoh GXR, Leica Summicron-C 1:2/40mm

On an errand | Ricoh GXR, Leica Summicron-C 1:2/40mm

Comfortable | Ricoh GXR, Leica Summicron-C 1:2/40mm

An arrangement | Ricoh GXR, Leica Summicron-C 1:2/40mm

The camera turned my direction:

Self Portrait waiting for dinner | Ricoh GXR, Leica Summicron-C 1:2/40mm

Our restaurant | Ricoh GXR, Leica Summicron-C 1:2/40mm

It was getting late by the time we finished our evening meal and we had to get back to the bus station as the last scheduled run to the hotel was 2300. So we jumped on the metro at the Opera Station on the Red Line.

Opera Station | Ricoh GXR, Leica Summicron-C 1:2/40mm

And a final shot in the metro on our way back to the hotel:

Metro | Ricoh GXR, Leica Summicron-C 1:2/40mm

Madrid, Spain | Day 2

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Love your pictures! Especially ‘comfortable’

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Thanks Peter!

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absolutely superb photos – and so much better for being b/w

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Duane Pandorf

Thursday, May 31, 2012 at 08:59

Thanks smackedpentax!

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The teatroreal and the restaurant click is outstanding. The detail you capture is worth a novel in each frame. No need for fancy lenses, if the subject speaks so much through detail alone.

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Duane Pandorf

Friday, June 1, 2012 at 16:59

Its true one does not really need fancy lenses, but once you see the difference in how the Leica glass draws even on my Ricoh, adding this lens to my kit has been a game changer.

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