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Amateur photographer Martin Zalba has captured many
beautiful scenes of the Spanish countryside at night. He took up
photography as a hobby a little over two years ago. The high school
music teacher from Navarra, Spain, said his images of storms in the
Spanish desert owe as much to luck as they do technical skill. "Storms
are frequent in Navarra in August and September," he said. "I had never
taken photos of lightning before and these were my first attempts. To
watch the storms is amazing because you can feel the power of nature and
you feel very weak and small."
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A lightning bolt strikes near a house in the Bardenas of Navarra, Spain.
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Storms are frequent in Navarra in August and September.
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Martin's work also features sunsets and star speckled night scenes over
dramatic Spanish landscapes.
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"With my pictures I try to express my respect towards nature and convey
the idea that human beings are only one part of the world, and that each
part is as important as the rest," he said.
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In September Martin took his camera equipment to Bardenas Reales de
Navarra in the south of the country and spent three hours watching the
storms unfold. "I had to be careful as it is dangerous," he said. "It's
not good to get too far away from the car. There was certain danger
because a tripod in a storm is like a lightning rod."
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Cantabrian Sea coast of Spain.
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A windmill against a starry sky in Castille.
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Lightning is pictured in the Bardenas of Navarra.
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A house belonging to shepherds in the Bardenas of Navarra.
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Lightning is pictured in the Bardenas of Navarra.
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