Carnival in Vigo
Carnival in Vigo
Thousands of people of all the ages attended not to lose the parade of carnival groups of the Saturday of carnival that this year has been celebrated around Alameda and Montero Ríos streets. More than 20 groups of carnival filled of color and humor the streets of Vigo: the traditional dances of Bolivia, the percussion of the Uruguayan of Urumundo, the elegant suits of the veneciano carnival, groups with horses, clowns, suits with plumes and lights...
DETAILS:Canon EOS 5D EF 17-40 40mm, ISO1250, f5, 1/15 seg
Cow Parade 2007
Cow Parade 2007
CowParade is one of the greatest events public of art in the world. This year is celebrated in Vigo and Milan. This participativa exhibition has been developed in cities worldwide like Chicago, New York, Houston, Dublin, Brussels, Athens, London... really, in the most important cities of the world, and this year in Vigo. The sculptures of the cow are the same ones in each exhibition but they are interpreted by the artists of each city having given its vision like art object.
DETAILS:Canon EOS 5D EF70-200 140mm, ISO160, f3.2, 1/640sec
Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand was able to fill the auditorium of Castrelos congregating more than 20,000 people. The groups Delorean and Femme Fatale were their supporting groups. This has been the week of the concerts of Vigo since in the same week they played the Gal Costa, Joaquin Sabina, Ana Torroja, Mota and X Alfonso. Sabina filled the wharf of transatlantic and Ana Torroja made us vibrate with the songs of Mecano. Sunday was the Aerial Festival that was loaded of strong emotions after an accident of helicopter without wounded.
DETAILS:Canon EOS 5D EF 70-200 IS 70mm, ISO1250, f3.5, 1/250seg
'La Oreja de Van Gogh' concert
'La Oreja de Van Gogh' concert
La Oreja de Van Gogh opened the concerts programmed in the occasion of the centenary of the Real Club Nautical of Vigo, where also it will go, the next week, Joaquin Sabina. The group jumped to the stage at 23,00 hours in the esplanade of the wharf of transatlantic, where they launched its new record work, that takes by name ' Guapa'. Only for weeks 'La Oreja de Van Gogh' published this new album in Spain and the group already goes way to break all the sales records.
DETAILS:Canon EOS 5D EF 70-200 IS 185mm, ISO1250, f3.5, 1/200seg
Concerts in Vigo
Concerts in Vigo
With the concerts of Castrelos area the celebrations of the summer are inaugurated . More than 15.000 people they flooded the auditorium to listen to "Quatro D April" and the "Dream of Morfeo". This year the concerts promise to fill to the auditorium with groups and artists like: Pet Shop Boys, Ziggy Marley, Ana Torroja, Franz Ferdinand, Helloween... But this are nothing else that the principle already the Real Club Nautical celebrates its centenary and brings to us in concert to Joaquin Sabina and the "Oreja de Van Gogh".
DETAILS:Canon EOS 5D EF 70-200 115mm, ISO1600, f3.2, 1/60seg
Imaxina Jazz Orquestra
Imaxina Jazz Orquestra
The emblematic band Art Ensemble of Chicago closed this last Sunday the festival Imaxina Sons in the Cultural Center Caixanova, occupied scene the previous day by the Imaxina Orquestra Jazz in its concert of debut. Like first production of the festival, just created formation it already watches towards his diffusion in the outside and its consolidation like pioneering initiative in Spain. We will wait for impatient the new edition of the festival in the 2007.
DETAILS:Canon EOS 5D EF 24-70 70mm, ISO400, f3.2, 1/10seg
Dominique Pifarely
Dominique Pifarely
On Monday 19 of June we could listen Dominique Pifarely in the auditorium of Marco within the Festival of Imaxinasons Jazz. Dominique began to play to the six years old and it formed in the conservatory of Montreuil. At the present time one of the great violinistas is considered trims in the music of jazz and the improvisation and turns regularly by all Europe, and also it has visited Canada, Japan, India, Latin America and Africa.
DETAILS:Canon EOS 5D EF 70-200 IS 95mm, ISO1600, f2.8, 1/40seg
II Festival de Jazz de Vigo
II Festival de Jazz de Vigo
The second International Festival of Jazz of Vigo Imaxinasons 2006 begins. A unique opportunity from the 15 of June to the 2 of July to enjoy the live jazz and in most of the concerts free. This photo belongs to the performance of the Paolo Fresu P.A.F. Trio of Sunday 18 of June in the auditorium of the Cultural Center Caixanova. This trio is made up of the trompetista Paolo Fresu, the pianist and accordionist Antonello Salis and the contrabass of Furio Di Castri.
DETAILS:Canon EOS 5D EF 70-200 IS 95mm, ISO1600, f2.8, 1/60seg
Battle of the flowers 2006
Battle of the flowers 2006
Thousands of people accompanied the parade by the "Battle of the flowers" that by second consecutive year returned to recover the magic of the old viguesa celebration. Giant, musical mechanical insects, floats of flowers and tons of confeti and serpentines of colors. Childrens were protagonists by a day contemplating by a day as carpets multicolors. Now it touches to the turn to the summer with multiple gastronomical celebrations and all type of live festivals.
DETAILS:Canon EOS 20D EF 70-200 IS 140mm, ISO200, f5, 1/160seg
The human voice according to Lorca
The human voice according to Lorca
The 3 of June finalized the cycle of young interpreters Xeración 2000+6. "The human voice according to Lorca" it consisted of two parts formed by compositions based on creations of the poet. In first works like "Tríptico" were interpreted, of Garciía Leoz, "Three songs", of Gisela Hernandez, "Two songs", of Xabier Galegos Montsalvatge, and "Six poems", in charge of Carlso Gambeiro. The second part of concert, to which this photo belongs, included the cycle of voices songs "Ancient of children", of George Crumb on texts of Garci'a Lorca.
DETAILS:Canon EOS 5D EF 70-200 IS 173mm, ISO800, f3.2, 1/25seg
 Beyond the light. Music
Beyond the light. Music
The Portuguese Ana Pinto Jose Carrolo as soon as she exceeds the 20 years of age and plays the piano with great masters. She does not need score in the lectern due to his blindness. She initiated his musical studies to the 7 years of age and in 2003 she entered in the course of piano of the Superior School of Arts Applied of Castelo Branco. At the moment she attends 3º year, and has obtained a Honorary Mention in 1.º aid Lopes Graça. She has visited Vigo in the cycle of music Xeración 2000+6 that closing this last week of May.
DETAILS:Canon EOS 5D EF 70-200 IS 200mm, ISO1250, f3.2, 1/40seg (+1/3 EV)
Observing from the heights
Observing from the heights
It already has been almost 15 years between us observing the city from the heights. Francisco Leiro arrived under the arm of the ingenious escultor and he did not leave nobody indifferent one. From his inauguration it was praised and criticized by and others but a this hospitable and amiable city already it has adopted to this being human half, half to be aquatic. From we wished one long life to this mithological and timid being here who observes the city from the heights with easily frightened face.
DETAILS:Canon EOS 5D EF 70-200 IS 148mm, ISO100, f5.6, 1/500seg (+2/3 EV)
Opera of Mozart "Cosí fan tutte"
Opera of Mozart "Cosí fan tutte"
This opera composed by Mozart between 1789 and 1790 has been qualified in numerous occasions like a "geometric" or "symmetrical" opera, as much musically, by the disposition of its parts, like by the argument, with two pairs, the sisters Fiordiligi and Dorabella and their fiance's, the military Ferrando and Guglielmo. This representation has been prepared and developed completely by professors and students of the Superior Conservatory of Music of Vigo within the cycle of music Xeración 2000+6 (May 2006).
DETAILS:Canon EOS 5D EF 70-200 IS 200mm, ISO1000, f3.5, 1/160seg (-1 EV)
The International of the Dance Day
The International of the Dance Day
During the last week of April Vigo added to the celebration of the Day the choreographic International of the Dance with programs of performances, samples and classes in the streets, with which the Galician Association de Profesionales of the Dance wanted to spread this art between the society. For a days Vigo was a great stage where the pedestrians were the occasional spectators. A true spectacle that already we are hoping that it is repeated again.
DETAILS:Canon EOS 5D EF 70-200 IS 200mm, ISO400, f2.8, 1/1250seg
The Colombina
The Colombina
During the first week of April the Cycle of Sacred Music 2006 under the subtitle of "Encontros místicos". Four performances during four days followed in a beautiful scene: the Church of Helping Maria. In this cycle of music we could listen free in live "the Colombina", "Peñaflorida Chapel", "Group of Music Antiga Martín Códax" and "Ensemble Vigo 430". Sopranos, tenors, baritones, harps, violins, zanfoñas, flauts... made the delight of public concurring.
DETAILS:Canon EOS 20D EF 70-200 IS 120mm, ISO800, f3.5, 1/250seg (-1 1/3 EV)
The nymph and the dragoon
The nymph and the dragoon
The 31 of March a new monument in the Alfonso XII Street was inaugurated. The monument at issue is dedicated to the "poets, singers and trovadores of Ria of Vigo". The copper sculpture rests on a great granite column of four meters of height. His author Jaime Quessada makes reference to so rich Galician fantastic mythology more or than the Anglo-Saxon. He represents the figure of a nymph on a dragoon that according to says vió in dreams a day in Ria of Vigo.
DETAILS:Canon EOS 20D EF 70-200 IS 200mm, ISO200, f7.1, 1/200seg (+1 EV)
Abraham Chelanga
Abraham Chelanga
New record of participation for the average maratón Vig Bay that already accumulates his seventh edition. Abraham Chelanga was the winner of the present edition being distanced of the squad and completing in solitaire most of the 21 kilometers that separate the viguesa beach of the center of Baiona. The great local protagonist was vigués Rescuing Elías Domínguez, that next to Pau Guillén at some moment surpassed the African and fought in esprint final by the third seat of podio.
DETAILS:Canon EOS 20D EF 70-200 2.8L IS, ISO200, f4.5, 1/320seg
Urban riders
Urban riders
Vigo is full of surprises for the visitor in its streets and buildings. In the street Policarpo Sanz we can contemplate how two horses seem to undertake the flight at the top of the Cultural Center Caixanova. Two magnificent sculptures that the escultor Juan Oliveira did already ago more than 20 years. New sculptures already prepare in the city later the magnificent sculpture of Julio Verne like whom it is about to to discover in the street Alfonso XII.
DETAILS:Canon EOS 20D EF 70-300 150mm, ISO400, f9, 1/640seg (+1/3EV) (WB Tugsteno)
NAU 2006
NAU 2006
The International Nautical Vigo Hall has beaten record of visits and it is put to the height of the great nautical fairs of country confirming to Vigo like referring in the world of the international nautical. Vigo has been the front sight of great nautical events in the 2005 and will continue being it in the coming years. In the photo we can see the car that the nautical company "Oassive Custom Yachts", dedicated to luxury yachts, exposed in its enclosure.
DETAILS:Canon EOS 20D EF-S 10-22 17mm, ISO400, f10, 1/80seg (Flash)
"Enterro do Meco"
"Enterro do Meco"
In the carnival of Vigo takes a special meaning the Meco, personage of the carnival, that every year is represented by a satirical reason related to the celebration. His it burns in fault form and the burial of their ashes marks the end of a celebration that lasts one week. The parade of the aid of comparsas crosses downtown dismissing a celebration that every year receives more importance and to that it is animated to participate to all the town.
DETAILS:Canon EOS 20D EF-S 10-22 10mm, ISO800, f3.5, 1/20seg (Flash)
Carnival
Carnival
The week of carnival in Vigo with the performance of five of the nine participants in the carnival song aid begins that this year has been celebrated in the square of the Constitution. Seven holidays and celebration under the disguise. The word carnival has its origin in the Latin meat-will weigh or the celebration "to leave the meat" then was the Christian celebration that preceded to cuaresma. Although also it is spoken of his origin as "carrus navalis" or car with ship form that mounted in old Rome to celebrate the Baco deity.
DETAILS:Canon EOS 20D EF 70-200 2.8L 153mm, ISO800, f2.8, 1/160seg
International equestrian championship of jumps
International equestrian championship of jumps
The Austrian Thomas Frümann won with his horse "The Sixth Sence". By fifth consecutive year Vigo he vibrated now with the equestrian spectacle in his new fairground before more than 6,000 people. The spectators could enjoy in addition to the fabulous spectacle "International Horse Show of Lorenzo" who still surprises every year to us with the "most difficult one". Cheerleaders from Vigo and the long-legged contributed to the spectacle.
DETAILS:Canon EOS 20D EF 70-200 2.8L 130mm, ISO800, f2.8, 1/200seg
The sales finish...
The sales finish...
Last days of sales...The fashion changes and the bookcases already are full of the designs of the new season. To buy, to buy, to buy... the Principe Street has become the lung of the fashion of Vigo. He can that the textile industrialist in Vigo begins to take force with the construction of a dedicated industrial zone: TexVigo. New an attractiveness for one already of by himself beautiful city.
DETAILS:Canon PowerShot S70 30mm, ISO100, f3.5, 1/40seg (-2/3 EV)
Vigo cultural...
Vigo cultural...
There is something is changing in Vigo. The cultural supply is in continuous growth and this is the reflection of the change in the own society. In the last years three new museums have been created (MARCO, Verbum and Museum of the Sea), was inaugurated the Social center Caixanova, the rooms of Caixa Galicia and the Pedro Barrié of Maza. The Photo Musseum of Pacheco has been put into operation and new festivals of music like the Festival of Jazz have been created. That it follows the spectacle...
DETAILS:Canon EOS 20D EF 10-22 11mm, ISO100, f18, 20seg (HDR en 6 tomas) (trípode)
New Year, new life and sales
New Year, new life and sales
After dismissing Kings Magos the lights of Christmas already have been extinguished and a new year it is ahead to try to remove the maximum benefit to it. Once we have been left back the excesses of Christmas, the streets fill again with the excesses of the sales. Thousands of vigueses, Portuguese and people of the metropolis approached Vigo to walk by their streets in search of the best sales. Luck to all with the purchases.
DETAILS:Canon EOS 20D EF-S 10-22 19mm, ISO100, f29, 30sec (Tripod)
Merry Christmas and New Year.
Merry Christmas and New Year.
We closed the year by third time from Vigoenfotos. We have fulfilled already 3 years in Internet taking the image of the city everywhere. We hoped that to follow other three years more and those than they make lack. A strong hug to all the Galicians who are outside their home in these dates and to all those that visit to us. With this Christmas stamp of the vestibule of Bethlehem right in the center of Vigo we wished to all Merry Christmas and New Year you 2006.
DETAILS:Canon EOS 20D EF-S 10-22 10mm, ISO100, f16, 1sec (Tripod)
Opera Cosí Fan Tutte
Opera Cosí Fan Tutte
Within the cycle of Lyric of Autumn promoted by the "Friends of the Opera of Vigo" the opera of W. Mozart imagined the past Friday 16 of December "Cosí fan tutte" that was released in Vienna the 26 of January of 1790. The tie professors and students to the Superior Conservatory of Music of Vigo have been the ones in charge of their putting in scene. Next year we will be able to again see the opera with the putting in definitive scene.
DETAILS:Canon EOS 20D EF 70-200 90mm, ISO1600, f2.8, 1/160sec
The art of the window-dressing.
The art of the window-dressing.
Window-dressing is a true art. In it elements are mixed that exist in other disciplines like the illumination, the composition, the cromatismo, the search of new materials... an art that looks for the attention of the consumer and who does not allow the indifference in the spectator. In the photo we can see a showcase near the Principe street, it seems to look for the 'angel and demon' antithesis.
DETAILS:Canon Powershot S70 ISO100, 50mm f5, 1/80sec (-1EV)
At the end of the rainbow...
At the end of the rainbow...
After a summer of blue sky the rain arrive at Vigo to give back the greenness to the nature. Not only the summery landscapes are impressive in the environs of the ria of Vigo. In autumn the deciduous forests fill of color and it is a true spectacle for the visitor. This week we showed the double rainbow to you that we could contemplate on the ria days ago.
DETAILS:Canon Powershot S70 ISO100, 50mm f5, 1/60sec
The Titanic arrives at Vigo
The Titanic arrives at Vigo
After the Volvo Ocean Race and the acts of the centenary of the death of Julio Verne the Titanic docks in Vigo. "Titanic The Exhibition" is the visited traveling exhibition more of the world. This exhibition surprises the visitor during a visit of more than two hours in which it can contemplate to original objects and documents as well as scale reconstructions or furnished staterooms.
DETAILS:Canon EOS 20D EF 24-70 63mm, ISO100, f22, 25sec (-1/3EV) (tripod)
Vigo towards the Sky....
Vigo towards the Sky....
Vigo continues being the center of the great world-wide events. From Vigo the Volvo Ocean Race has started and from Vigo the Cutty Sark will leave Atlantic in 2009. A race of more than 60 great sailboats and training ships and with more than 4000 people between crew and organization. The next appointment already is ready for the greater city of Galicia.
DETAILS:Canon EOS 20D EF 70-200 165mm, ISO100, f20, 4sec (-2/3EV) (WB Flash)
Comienza la Volvo Ocean Race
Comienza la Volvo Ocean Race
Por primera vez, un destino no británico albergó la salida de la Volvo Ocean Race, la regata transoceánica más prestigiosa de cuantas se disputan en el mundo. Vigo fue el lugar elegido como punto de partida de la novena edición de la VOR. Miles de personas se acercaron a la ría de Vigo para despedir y arropar a los participantes.
DETAILS:Canon EOS 20D EF 70-200 2.8 IS 80mm, ISO400, f4, 1/800seg
Semana de la Volvo...y la moda
Semana de la Volvo...y la moda
El domingo 6 ha sido el Certamen Internacional de Jóvenes Diseñadores de Vigo y el día 10 será el certamen de nuevos diseñadores de moda 'Tesoira 2005' en el Centro Cultural Caixanova y un día antes el Corte Inglés presentará un espectáculo de moda luz y sonido con motivo de su 30 aniversario y la Volvo. (La foto es del pase del diseñador Fernando Zubikoa en Vigoferia).
DETAILS:Canon EOS 20D EF 70-200 2.8 IS 175mm, ISO400, f3.5, 1/250seg
El mar de Nemo
El mar de Nemo
Esta foto pertenece a la muestra del Verbum '80 fotos alrededor de Verne', un trabajo realizado por 8 fotógrafos vigueses que ofrecen su visión personal sobre la obra del escritor francés. Los autores son Ramón Vaquero, Javier Albertos, Emilio Cendón, Alexandre Santorio, Xurxo Ventos, Misha Bies Golas, Emilio Curra y Pablo Fontenla.
DETAILS:Canon EOS 20D EF 24-70L 66mm, ISO200, f18, 30seg
Viaje al centro de la Tierra
Viaje al centro de la Tierra
Esta foto pertenece a la muestra del Verbum '80 fotos alrededor de Verne', un trabajo realizado por ocho fotógrafos vigueses que ofrecen su visión personal sobre la obra del escritor francés. Los autores son Ramón Vaquero, Javier Albertos, Emilio Cendón, Alexandre Santorio, Xurxo Ventos, Misha Bies Golas, Emilio Curra y Pablo Fontenla.
DETAILS:Canon EOS 20D EF 100 2.8 Macro, ISO200, f7.1, 1.6seg (-2/3 EV)
Julio Verne se queda en Vigo
Julio Verne se queda en Vigo
Después de 100 años de su muerte, el autor de novelas visionarias, misteriosas y extraordinarias, se queda a descansar en Vigo, donde ya estuvo hace más de un siglo(1878). El escultor vigués José Molares ha logrado captar la esencia de Verne representándolo sobre los enormes tentáculos del calamar gigante que luchaba con Nemo en el Nautilus.
DETAILS:Canon EOS 20D EF 70-200, ISO200, 125mm, f4, 1/600seg
Escuela de Robinsones
Escuela de Robinsones
Cada fin de semana salen a la ría de Vigo traineras, remeros, optimis y otras embarcaciones de asociaciones nauticas. El mar se convierte en una plataforma de disfrute y relax para todos aquellos que se atreven a meterse en sus tranquilas aguas al abrigo de las Islas Cíes.
DETAILS:Canon EOS 20D EF 70-300, ISO200, 230mm, f10, 1/800seg
Eclipse de Sol anular (Secuencia)
Eclipse de Sol anular (Secuencia)
Mostramos en 12 fotogramas el eclipse anular del 3 de octubre de 2005. Geometría y astronomía se unen de la mano en uno de los fenómenos naturales más bellos de la naturaleza. Durante unos 4 minutos (a las 10:53 de la mañana) la Ría de Vigo quedó fría y bajo una luz ténue. No podremos disfrutar de otro eclipse anular en España hasta el año 2028.
DETAILS:Canon EOS 20D EF 70-300 IS ISO100, 300mm, f32, 1/8000seg (2 filtros polarizadores + neutro)
Lugris conoce a Verne
Lugris conoce a Verne
Ambos genios de la pintura y la literatura tuvieron algo en común: La Ría de Vigo. Ambos se dejaron cautivar por la belleza de sus paisajes. Verne llevó al mismísimo Nemo a recoger tesoros de Rande y Lugris plasmo el espíritu de Verne en sus pinturas. Esta foto podría ser una nueva inspiración para ambos: pinturas para Lugris y tinta para Verne.
DETAILS:Canon EOS 20D EF 24-70 2.8L ISO100, 52mm, f18, 6seg
El faro al farero
El faro al farero
Este pequeño faro en la entrada de la estación marítima homenajea a "Pepe" o Don José García Carro, que dedicó gran parte de su vida a la conservación y cuidado de los faros de la Ría de la Vigo. Faros que a su vez cuidaban de los marineros que se hacían a la mar cada noche.
DETAILS:Canon EOS 20D EF 70-300, ISO100, 180mm, f6.3, 1/625seg
A vista de pájaro
A vista de pájaro
La isla Sur y el "Faro da Porta" a vista de pájaro. No hace falta ir en avión para hacer esta foto, basta con subir hasta el Monte del Faro, a 178 metros de altitud, para contemplar estas fabulosas vistas en directo. Este camino era hecho antiguamente por los niños que habitaban la isla para asistir a las clases que daba el maestro farero.
DETAILS:Canon EOS 20D EF-S 10-22, ISO100, 22mm, f11, 1/100seg
Pareja de cormoranes en Cíes
Pareja de cormoranes en Cíes
Unas 1500 parejas de cormoranes moñudos nidifican en Cíes y Ons constituyendo más del 33% de la población nidificante española, siendo la colonia de cría más importante en toda Europa. Esta es la última semana que salen barcos de pasaje a las islas, después habrá que esperar hasta Semana Santa para poder pisar estas bellas islas.
DETAILS:Canon EOS 20D EF 70-300 IS, ISO200, 240mm, f6.3, 1/1000seg (-1 EV)
El lince de Vigozoo
El lince de Vigozoo
Este felino observa con paciencia el ir y venir de los visitantes del zoo. Zoológico que está sufriendo importantes cambios como la creación de un nuevo espacio para los primates: "La isla de los monos". Más de 100.000 personas visitan cada año este zoo vigués que es el único de Galicia.
DETAILS:Canon EOS 20D EF 70-200 2.8L IS, ISO400, 120mm, f3.5, 1/200seg
Amaral en Castrelos
Amaral en Castrelos
El grupo zaragozano Amaral clausuró en el parque Castrelos el ciclo de conciertos de las fiestas viguesas del Cristo de la Victoria. Miles de personas llenaron el recinto del auditorio para escuchar a este dúo que deleitó a los presentes con sus letras cuidadas en un espléndido directo y un fabuloso escenario lleno de luces y pantallas de plasma.
DETAILS:Canon EOS 20D EF 70-200 2.8L IS, ISO1600, 200mm, f2.8, 1/200seg (-1/3EV)
Esperando el eclipse
Esperando el eclipse
El 3 de octubre la Ría de Vigo se oscurecerá en pleno día a causa de un eclipse de sol anular. El último de la península fue en el año 1777 y el próximo no será antes de enero de 2028. Una oportunidad única para contemplar uno de los fenómenos naturales más bellos y espectaculares. (Foto de la puesta del sol del 16 de agosto bajo la bruma)
DETAILS:Canon EOS 20D EF 70-300 IS, ISO100, 300mm, f8, 1/800seg (Av) (-1 2/3EV)
Procesión del Cristo de la Victoria
Procesión del Cristo de la Victoria
Miles de fieles acompañaron a la imagen del Cristo de la Victoria por las calles de la ciudad en muestra de su devoción en la procesión más multitudinaria de la ciudad. Ofrendas florales y miles de velas encendidas en una procesión que siguió al Cristo durante más de tres horas.
DETAILS:Canon EOS 20D EF 70-200 2.8L, ISO1600, 130mm, f2.8, 1/80seg (Av)
The Prodigy en Concierto. Vigo
The Prodigy en Concierto. Vigo
"The Prodigy" ha sido uno de los grupos estrella de los conciertos de verano de Vigo. Un espectáculo de luz y sonido que hizo vibrar la noche del primer lunes de agosto a todos los presentes en el Auditorio al aire libre de Castrelos.
DETAILS:Canon EOS 20D EF 70-200L IS , ISO1600, 150mm, f2.8, 1/250seg (Tv)
Museo MARCO de Vigo
Museo MARCO de Vigo
El Museo MARCO o Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Vigo, es un buen ejemplo de la perfecta integración entre lo clásico y lo moderno. Un edificio de corte ecléctico de finales del siglo XIX que fue carcel y juzgados y que ahora es un centro de arte y difusión de la cultura contemporánea.
DETAILS:Canon EOS 20D EF-S10-22 , ISO100, 15mm, f16, 5seg (Av) (+1/3EV)
Groupama-2. Ganador de la regata
Groupama-2. Ganador de la regata
El Groupama-2 se impuso con claridad en el Gran Premio Galicia 2005 de Catamaranes Multicasco 60'. El Groupama 2 pertenece a la última generación de multicascos con la estructura más ligera de la flota y se presenta como favorito para ganar el mundial.
DETAILS:Canon EOS 20D EF 70-200 2.8L, ISO200, 130mm, f5.6, 1/1600seg (Tv)
Patrulla Águila
Patrulla Águila
Este domingo 10 de julio se pudo disfrutar en la playa de Samil de una exhibición aérea a cargo de la patrulla Águila, la unidad de paracaidistas EADA, un F-18 y un hidroavión. Un espectáculo digno de verse como lo es también el buque escuela Juan Sebastián el Cano que nos ha visitado este fin de semana.
DETAILS:Canon EOS 20D EF 70-200 IS 2.8L, ISO100, 170mm, f6.3, 1/600seg (Av)
Catamaranes en la playa del Vao
Catamaranes en la playa del Vao
El 1, 2 y 3 de Julio se celebró en la Ría de Vigo el II Raid Rías Baixas de catamaranes a vela. En la foto vemos la salida desde la playa del Vao hacia las Islas Cíes y Baiona. Una competición deportiva que cada día tiene más adeptos en nuestra ría.
DETAILS:Canon EOS 20D EF-S 10-22, ISO100, 12mm, f11, 1/200seg (Av)
Hogueras de San Juan
Hogueras de San Juan
La noche de la Ría de Vigo se volvió a iluminar con cientos de hogueras por todo su litoral. Una noche mágica que da la bienvenida al verano en la noche más corta donde se eliminan las malas vibraciones con tradiciones ascentrales como el salto de hogueras y la quema de lo viejo para ser renovado con el fuego purificador.
DETAILS:Canon EOS 20D EF 24-70L, ISO800, 70mm, f5.6, 1/125seg (M)
Festival de Jazz ImaxinaSons
Festival de Jazz ImaxinaSons
Del 16 de junio al 3 de julio la ciudad de Vigo ofrece en su oferta cultural el Festival de Jazz ImaxinaSons. En la foto vemos a Gary Cambell al Saxo en el concierto del Miroslav Vitous Quartet del viernes 17 de junio en el Centro Cultural Caixanova. Desde aquí animamos a todos a escuchar jazz en directo en los conciertos de ImaxinaSons.
DETAILS:Canon EOS 20D EF 70-200 2.8L IS, ISO1600, 200mm, f2.8, 1/25 seg (-1 1/3EV)
Arte funerario en Pereiró
Arte funerario en Pereiró
El cementerio vigués de Pereiró cuenta con un patrimonio escultórico de artistas tan ilustres como Asorey, Julio González Pola, Nogueria o J. Arnal. Destaca también el monumento de Concepción Arenal realizado por el arquitecto Manuel Gómez Román.
DETAILS:Canon EOS 20D EF 70-200 2.8L IS, ISO100, 70mm, f14, 1/10 seg (+2/3EV) (Trípode)
Ascenso a primera
Ascenso a primera
Con esta bella foto hecha desde un avión en un vuelo Vigo-Madrid celebramos que el Celta de Vigo ha logrado este domingo remontar el vuelo a primera división. Desde Vigoenfotos transmitimos la más sincera enhorabuena a todos los vigueses y seguidores del Celta de Vigo.
DETAILS:Canon EOS 20D EF-S 18-55, ISO200, 22mm, f8, 1/800 seg
Batalla de las Flores 2005
Batalla de las Flores 2005
Después de más 30 años las carrozas de la batalla de las flores desfilaron otra vez por el centro de la ciudad. Estallidos de confeti y serpentinas de colores fueron los protagonistas junto a zancudos y carrozas multicolores. Una fiesta que congregó a más de 80.000 vigueses y que es candidata a repetirse un año más.
DETAILS:Canon EOS 20D EF 24-70 2.8L IS, ISO100, 32mm, f5.6, 1/125 seg
Xeración 2000+5. Ópera Dido y Eneas.
Xeración 2000+5. Ópera Dido y Eneas.
Los días 5 y 6 de mayo se representó la ópera "Dido y Eneas" de Henry Purcell por Atelier de escena lírica en el auditorio "Martín Codax" del Conservatorio Superior de Música. Un espectáculo perteneciente al programa del cíclo musical Xeración 2000+5 que impulsa el Concello de Vigo y que se celebra en mayo hasta el 3 de junio.
DETAILS:Canon EOS 20D EF 70-200 2.8L IS, ISO1600, 200mm, f2.8, 1/60 seg (-2/3EV)
Museo de Vigo Quiñones de León
Museo de Vigo Quiñones de León
Es el primer museo de Vigo y en él se pueden contemplar unas magníficas colecciones y exposiciones de arte gallego y europeo, arqueología e historia de Vigo. Se alberga en un pazo señorial del siglo XVII que cuenta con unos magníficos jardines de tipo francés e inglés. Punto de obligada visita. Entrada gratuita.
DETAILS:Canon EOS 20D EF-S 10-22, ISO200, 10mm, f14, 5 seg(Tv) (Trípode)
Iglesia Nosa Señora das Neves (Teis)
Iglesia Nosa Señora das Neves (Teis)
La parroquia de Teis cuenta con una de las obras maestras del magnífico escultor José Bar Boo: La iglesia de Nosa Señora das Neves. Bar Boo demuestra el dominio del espacio y de los nuevos materiales de construcción con la ejecución de esta iglesia. Una verdadera obra de arte de la arquitectura moderna.
DETAILS:Canon EOS 20D EF-S 10-22, ISO200, 13mm, f16, 1.6 seg(Tv) (+1/3 EV)
Derribo de la puerta de Gamboa
Derribo de la puerta de Gamboa
El 27 de marzo de 1809 se inicia el derribo de la puerta de la Gamboa de la muralla de Vigo. Al día siguiente los franceses se rinden y son apresados por la refriega popular. Vigo se convierte en la ciudad gallega que inicia la Reconquista. 196 años después se sigue conmemorando este día.
DETAILS:Canon EOS 20D EF-S 10-22, ISO100, 22mm, f4.5, 1/40 seg(Tv)
Mirando hacia el mar
Mirando hacia el mar
Así va a vivir Vigo este año, de cara al mar. La Ría de Vigo se preprara para la Volvo Ocean Race 2005. Ya falta poco más de medio año y la cuenta atrás ha comenzado. Veleros de todo el mundo surcarán nuestras aguas rumbo hacia África, Australia, América y de nuevo Europa.
DETAILS:Canon EOS 20D EF 70-300 DO IS, ISO200, 210mm, f8, 1/800 seg (-1EV)
Exposición cetrera en Baiona
Exposición cetrera en Baiona
Baiona a vuelto a ser el centro de atención con la celebración de la Fiesta de la Arribada que conmemoraba la llegada de la carabela "La Pinta" al puerto de Baiona con la noticia del descubrimiento de América. Las aves rapaces surcaron el cielo como así lo hicieron en época de los reyes Fernando e Isabel.
DETAILS:Canon EOS 20D EF 70-300 DO IS, ISO200, 285mm, f5.6, 1/800 seg
41 Concurso-exposición de la Camelia
41 Concurso-exposición de la Camelia