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Pátzcuaro At Night

Some moody photos of the streets of Pátzcuaro, Michoacán:

 

 

Pátzcuaro, Michoacán

Each year I travel to a different part of Mexico to observe and photograph Day of the Dead activities.

This year I returned to Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, which has an especially strong tradition.

Over the next week or two I'll share photos taken in Patzcuaro or its neighboring communities.

One afternoon I had a meal on a lovely side street near the town square.

I had my camera ready in case anything of interest transpired in front of me.

This trip was different from previous trips in that a high percentage of my shots were taken with my iPhone (15 Pro).

I found that, aside from the ease of using the phone as a camera, the quality of the pictures is much higher than those from my previous phone (the 12 Pro). While I'm not replacing my high-end Nikon for bird and sports photography, the phone's quality as a camera (especially at night!) means that many travel and food photos posted here are iPhone pictures. The small, compressed images in this blog, of course, make if hard to discern the differences, anyway.

A delicious tortilla soup:

A passerby:

Another:

Bernal, Queretaro, III

Bernal, Queretaro, Pueblo Magico:

Bernal, Queretaro

Bernal, Queretaro is one of many Pueblos Magicos in Mexico.

Unlike many, this Pueblo Magico lives up to its name.

While not large, Bernal has plenty to do for a nice day's visit.

There is a Mask Museum, and a very small museum dedicated to cinematographer Rosalío Solano, who worked on one of my all-time favorite comedies, Escuela de Vagabundos, starring Pedro Infante.

The town is dominated by the Peña de Bernal, a huge monolith (rock), which New-Agers like to think has magical qualities, but certainly gives the town a distinct personality.

I've always wanted to visit Bernal, and it was my first stop on a recent trip through central Mexico.

A few random shots around town:

 

 

Allegory of Virute and Nobility

Now for something completely different!

A young girl contemplates "Allegory of Virtue and Nobility," a painting by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, an Italian painter of the 18th Century.

Photographed at the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, California, in March of this year.

More Aguascalientes

Shoe Repair Shop:

Tuba and Shadow, Plaza de Toros San Marcos:

Motel at night:

 

More Colors of Aguascalientes

Merriam-Webster's second definition for palimpsest:

Something having usually diverse layers or aspects apparent beneath the surface.

Photographers like the word for it describes a wall like this:

Plaza de Toros San Marcos:

Plaza de Toros Monumental de Aguascalientes:

Aguascalientes

The town of Aguascalientes is in the geographical center of Mexico, and is where I spent the last week of October of this year.

Wandering the streets of almost any town in Mexico, I always enjoy the colors visible everywhere.

Here are a few random scenes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jose Duran mural

Yesterday's post featured artist Jose Duran in front of one of his beautiful murals in Ajijic, Jalisco.

I featured his work in a previous post in March of this year.

Here is another of his tromp-l'oeil murals in Ajijic, photographed in October of this year. The light streaks on the mural are reflections from a window across the street. (click or tap to enlarge)

 

Coatepec, Veracruz

Three generations await the parade in Coatepec, Veracruz.