Spanish Food - How To Prepare Boquerones.

Written by Linda Plummer


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The fish has to be left for a good few hours soaking inrepparttar vinegar. Again, this tends to vary, with some Spaniards leaving them overnight inrepparttar 134108 fridge and others just waiting a couple of hours. Also, some families changerepparttar 134109 vinegar/water-and-vinegar mixture once during this process, whilst others donīt bother.

Once you have thrown awayrepparttar 134110 vinegar,repparttar 134111 bleached fillets are covered with a good quality virgin olive oil, which will preserve them. You can add as much, or as little, sliced garlic as you wish, plus freshly chopped parsley.

So ... here isrepparttar 134112 actual recipe.

BOQUERONES

Ingrediants:

- 1 kilo fresh anchovies. - White wine vinegar. - Virgin olive oil. - Garlic. - Parsley. - Salt (optional).

Method:

1. Top and tail anchovies.

2. Slit along underside and discard innards.

3. Open out fish.

4. Remove central bone by lifting from tail end upwards.

5. Rinse well.

6. Place a layer of anchovy fillets in a shallow dish.

7. Sprinkle with salt (optional) and pour on plenty of vinegar.

8. Repeat with another layer, changing direction.

9. Leave to soak in vinegar for a few hours or overnight.

10. Pour off vinegar.

11. Very gently rinse fillets.

12. Cover fillets in virgin olive oil.

13. Add slices of garlic and chopped parsley.

It is so pleasant to find something in life that is a delight to repparttar 134113 senses, affordable, healthy and does nobody any harm (apologies to any vegetarians out there and, also,repparttar 134114 little anchovies ...). So ... do makerepparttar 134115 most of fresh anchovies whilst you are in Spain and enjoy!

Linda Plummer is English and has lived on the Costa Blanca in Spain for 20 years. She is webmistress of the information- rich site: http://www.top-tour-of-spain.com with its FREE monthly newsletter, "The Magic of Spain".


Travel and Scenic Photography 101

Written by Seth Lutnick


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Now, I was a tad dishonest in saying that you can't capture all ofrepparttar elements of a scene. You can hint at them. For starters, motion. Yes, even in a still picture, there is motion. Something happened before, during and after your picture. In a mountain vista scene, you may find something that hints at motion, whether it be a branch of a tree that has been swaying inrepparttar 134107 breeze, or a river flowing throughrepparttar 134108 valley below. These add a sense of motion.

Then there'srepparttar 134109 "rule of thirds." When you placerepparttar 134110 main object ofrepparttar 134111 picture smack-dab inrepparttar 134112 middle, it is static and boring. Place it one third ofrepparttar 134113 way from either side, and you IMPLY motion. Putrepparttar 134114 horizon in a landscape photo a third ofrepparttar 134115 way up or down, not acrossrepparttar 134116 middle.

Remember, when a person looks at a picture, their eyes move. You want to frame your photo to help that movement. If you can find some lines inrepparttar 134117 scene, such as a skyline, cloud formation, path throughrepparttar 134118 forest, etcetera, use it interestingly, and withrepparttar 134119 rule of thirds to draw your viewer's eyes intorepparttar 134120 picture.

Avoid "summit syndrome." You get torepparttar 134121 top of Mount Washington and shootrepparttar 134122 majestic vista. Great. The pictures come out ... boring! How? No PERSPECTIVE. Big vistas will be flat unless you have an object inrepparttar 134123 foreground, such as a rock or a tree, to give them perspective. Thenrepparttar 134124 eye really grasps how big this scene is. People enjoyingrepparttar 134125 view is a real winner, becauserepparttar 134126 viewer may identify with their emotions, givingrepparttar 134127 image real impact.

Cheese! Yes, you do have to takerepparttar 134128 family photos. It's obligatory. But when you do, make sure that they showrepparttar 134129 LOCATION ofrepparttar 134130 photo. Otherwise, you might as well do it on your driveway. Framerepparttar 134131 scene in context, with landmarks as part ofrepparttar 134132 picture. Find a way to tell as story inrepparttar 134133 picture, such as little Sara climbing uprepparttar 134134 rocks byrepparttar 134135 waterfall.

Finally, any element inrepparttar 134136 picture that hints at more senses than justrepparttar 134137 visual will make it remarkable. Actor headshots for example, tell a story aboutrepparttar 134138 subject. You can almost hear them saying their next lines. If you photograph a garden,repparttar 134139 viewer may experiencerepparttar 134140 aroma ofrepparttar 134141 flowers. A tourist street with an accordion player onrepparttar 134142 corner may have your amazed friends whistling "Dixie."

In summation, picture taking on travel is recordingrepparttar 134143 experience in a satisfying way. Use motion, perspective, sensory, storytelling and so forth, to bring your photos to life. Oh, and needless to say, make your job easy and go to great places! See you atrepparttar 134144 overlook!

Seth Lutnick is a photographer, composer, and performer. He has taken thousands of scenic photos, recorded two albums of original music, and appeared on stage, TV and film. Visit his website - http://www.getitdone.biz - for more detailed plans on photography, music, health and education, and extensive product links for the resources to fulfill your goals.


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