Grazalema through the Windshield was photographed in one of the picturesque White Villages of southern Spain. We were travelling in a torrential downpour that day. I noticed that at a certain point after the wipers were shut off, the film of water built up to give just the right amount of diffusion not too clear and not too fuzzy. I experimented with a few shots and then on the way out of town we approached the village square where beautiful trees were blossoming in front of the church. I stopped the car in the middle of the street, shut the wipers off, pressed the camera to the windshield and snapped one shot before we had to move on. Since I usually set up the camera on a tripod and take a lot of time with each image, this was quite a divergence from the way I typically work. There are lessons everywhere.
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