February 2018 Field Visit
Blessed with fine weather, members made their way to Portman, to visit and photograph the remains of the Ingersoll-Rand pumping engines and mine locomotives, resting on the tracks between Jose Maestre's 2.7 k.m., tunnel, built in 1957, linking the Gloria opencast quarry, on the far side of the hill with washing plant Roberto, overlooking Portman Bay.Locomotives and rolling stock, along with the rusting remains of Lavadero Roberto, provide members with good photographic locations. The grand condensation chimney from the Ocrelitana smelter can be seen on the adjacent hillside. Tele-photo., lens use was a must here. Just along the track bed, two water transfer pipes and pumping stations were observed, and photographed. These pipes transferred sea water, to another washing plant, further up the hill side. Members commented that it was good to see Portman Bay, at last receiving the clean up, promised for so many years.A well deserved lunch followed at Restaurant Vent El Descargagador, between La Union and Llano del Beal.Photo 1: Ingersoll-Rand pumping engine, manufacture in the United States.Photo 2: Mine engine, manufacture in Germany.
On 27th October the club held an additional activity event which was an outing to Murcia. Our previous workshop on Night photography was then put into practice. 5 club members attended the outing-unfortunately, Sandra Wanklin, one of our member's was unable to attend as she was recovering from an operation. We wish her a speedy recovery and hope to see her soon.
We started off at the plaza by the Cathedral and then moved on to take photos of the pedestrian bridge across the river and some other photos of the surrounding area. We all enjoyed the evening and all managed to put into practice what we had learned from the workshop.
Exposure Details for above night pictures
Ghostly Exposure 0.62 sec @ ISO 320
Palace Exposure 1/5 sec @ ISO 320
Twin Bridges Exposure 1/8 sec @ ISO 12800
Murcia Bar Exposure 1/15 sec @ ISO 800