I went with a couple of friends to El Parque Regional de la Cuenca Alta del Manzanares (The Regional Park of the High Basin of Manzanares). Note that the ´z´in Manzanares is pronounced ´th´... ManTHanares. The óh, so confusing´Spanish accent. For short, everyone calls this hike, La Pedriza´{La PedriTHa} --- (The Heap of Loose Stones).
You should first meet Queca ... the ´c´ sounds like a ´k´. She belongs to Ruth and Sergio. She´s young and very, VERY active. As I spent the day with her I missed Kiara (back in Los Angeles) more and more. I now realize I will have a dog at some point in my lifetime. It´s necessary.
This is the first shot of the day, Queca having the time of her life:
(fast shutter speed)
Here are my hiking buddies. From left to right: Ruth, Sergio, Raul & Fernando.
Look at how blue and clear the sky is ... ah, fresh air!
Here I am. My hiking buddy didn´t realize that my camera was in Manual mode. So as you can see the image is underexposed. Thankfully I discovered the EXPOSURE tool in Photoshop CS3. I can´t wait until the school actually starts to teach us Photoshop. They gave us a textbook and everything! See the corrected image below.
Fernando and Raul, pretending they know how to rock climb. ; P
Final shot of thge day. Queca, finally relaxing a bit.
Fun times were had by all.
