Guggenheim Spider

Pentax K5, Sigma 10-20mm, 1/180, f5, ISO80

I absolutely love Spain for countless reasons.  One of them being that most Spanish cities are liberally & randomly scattered with delightful works of art to lift the spirit.  This less delightful & more ominous spider (with a nest of eggs) prowls the promenade with the Guggenheim museum in the background

I know this image doesn't follow the 2/3rds rule and I have placed the spider centrally, but you know what they say about rules...

Pentax K5, Sigma 10-20mm, 1/180, f4.5, ISO80

Here is the same spider, but shot in the opposite direction with a rather busy bridge in the background, this image is probably not as effective as the one above.

Guggenheim - Bilbao

 Pentax K5, Sigma 10-20mm, 1/100, f7.1, ISO80

  

 Pentax K5, Sigma 10-20mm, 1/50, f7.1, ISO80

We recently spent a few weeks in the south of France on the Atlantic coast, St. Jean de Luz to be precise, and what a wonderful holiday it was.  Situated on the French & Spanish border, we were only 15 minutes away from Spain.  So we made a day trip of Bilbao and I finally had an amazing opportunity to photograph the acclaimed Guggenheim Museum.  Built in the 90's, and covered with a skin of titanium, this is claimed to be one of the finest structures on the planet and I don't believe many would dispute that. I was in my element and spent hours photographing while our hosts' good humour slowly dwindled with each shutter release.  I don't blame them since I did get carried away, but it was a dream come true and I'm very grateful.  Now I just need to print them onto canvas.......