With the Leica Akademie in Morocco-Part 4

 Part 4 of my Moroccan photos. In this set I'm still in Asilah which provided me and others in the group with plenty of photo opportunities.

 I've moved from the port area and into the town. The beggar huddled in the dooway was a great photo-no complants from him if you put a few diram in his bowl and took his photo.

However I do have doubts as to his beggar bona fides. Not visible in the photo are a set of crutches propped up in the doorway. These are obviously intended to give impression that the poor man is disabled. However some members of the group claim to have seen him walking briskly and carrying his crutches down a street later in the afternoon. 

As for the marmalade cat. Well it's a cat so it was probably just there to watch us take photos and put our dirams in the tray as as it thought "you suckers".

 The next four photos were taken at a bakery. The bakery had no obvious signage and it consisted of a small, unlit room with a very hot wood fired oven.The photo below is of the baker displaying a tray of rolls (?) which he has just pulled from the oven.

The next photo is of the baker taking a break from the heat.  And below it is one of my favourite photos from the tour. This time it was Steve Dupont from Leica Australia who suggested I stood and waited until a suitable subject passed the doorway. Quite soon this fruit seller came down the street and I caught him and his cart in exactly the right position. 

Now prior to this tour I would have cropped the photo on the right side down the line of the wall to tidy it up but I have learnt that leaving it, as taken, completes the scene. Of course using the Q3 43 with its narrower field of view than a Q2 with its 28mm lens meant that the shot was tighter anyway.

 

The next photo was taken in the same location with a local heading to the bakery to collect bread presuably for the evening meal. And she's welcome to it. One thing I did not like about Morocco was the tasteless, doughy bread. And to think that they'd had a strong French influence.What happened to the baguettes?

 

Finally my absolute favourite shot from the tour. Taken in the heart of Asilah it would have been easy to shoot the street with its wonderful light and shade without any pedestrians but it really was my lucky day when this senior citizen, in full local costume including a cap and carrying a stick, walked into exactly the right position. I swear it was not staged. Wonderful.