The view from the back

We've had some luck in a way, a good word from our gardener resulted in a new friend , a friend who is familiar with the NIE process at our local office having successfully helped others over the years and more to the point this year post the changes. So A look over our submission papers and several cups of coffee revealed where good to go ! A minor change to the photocopy form was all that was needed , so the lovely wife run some more off and re did them , so at least now were waiting with hope of a positive out come, But there's still time for some one to change the law or have a poor start to the day and reject the submission after all as every one seems to say    " it's Spain ". 

As part of my photography course I had an assignment to take 36 unique images of an outdoor subject, so it was yet another nice day yesterday ( back in England this trip would probably be called off due to weather a few times ! ) so I grabbed my kit and the lovely wife and set off to " El Castillo de Macenas " a early 18th century cannon fort on the beach at Macenas. When we arrived there was hardly any body about which suited me as I'm a bit conscious still of the whole David Bailey routine , so the lovely wife found a spot on the beach with her kindle, she's reading book 3 of some popular trilogy for the third time funny enough , the name escapes me but it's about some millionaire bloke called grey . I set about snapping what was turning out to be a very un photogenic pile of stones on all bar one side, should I change subject ? Nar I tried hopefully to find the inner beauty in its resilience and presence. What a crock of , but that's going with my home work LOL . Whilst I was deeply involved with a composition challenge, juggling F stops , fractional seconds  and ISO settings a few cars had arrived , not to photograph this stone block but to have a dip during the afternoon siesta. Feeling the heat I went to sit with the lovely wife and take a few situation shots, whilst reviewing what I'd got so far the lovely wife said OMG he needs more lotion, yeh what ever , it's a bit leathery looking, what ? When I looked up there was a group of 50 something's just a few metres away completely in the buff , looking closer at the ones who were already there in the distance it seemed that they too where getting an all over tan ! Now it's of no bother to us and I wouldn't want to inflict Spain with big lads tanning issues but sitting there fully dressed with a camera around my neck seemed a bit inappropriate so I pulled out my long lens it's 400mm you know , and took some close ups from near the car ( of the Castillo , filth I don't know )  This must be a popular spot as another guy turned up got out in the car park and clothed off 8m from us . So I got what I wanted and apparently the lovely wife got what she wanted , as for Mr grey he's on the factor 12+