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The Giants

            As they discoursed, they discovered some thirty or forty windmills, that are in that field; and as soon as Don Quixote espied them, he said to his squire, “Fortune doth address our affairs better than we ourselves could desire; for behold there, friend Sancho Panza, how there appears thirty or forty monstrous giants, with whom I mean to fight, and deprive them all of their lives, with whose spoils we will begin to be rich; for this is a good war, and a great service unto God, to take away so bad a seed from the face of the earth.” 

“What giants?” quoth Sancho Panza. 

“Those that thou seest there,” quoth his lord, “with the long arms; and some there are of that race whose arms are almost two leagues long.” 

“I pray you understand,” quoth Sancho Panza, “that those which appear there are no giants, but windmills; and that which seems in them to be arms, are their sails, that, swung about by the wind, do also make the mill go.” 

“It seems well,” quoth Don Quixote, “that thou art not yet acquainted with matter of adventures. They are giants; and, if thou beest afraid, go aside and pray, whilst I enter into cruel and unequal battle with them.” 

And, saying so, he spurred his horse Rozinante, without taking heed to his squire Sancho’s cries, advertising him how they were doubtless windmills that he did assault, and no giants; but he went so fully persuaded that they were giants as he neither heard his squire’s outcries, nor did discern what they were, although he drew very near to them, but rather said, so loud as he could, “Fly not, ye cowards and vile creatures! for it is only one knight that assaults you.”

Taken on: July 1, 2022

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Camera: Canon EOS REBEL T5, f/16.0, 1/2500 sec, 37mm, ISO 1600 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS REBEL T5
Lens:	17-70mm F2.8-4 DC MACRO OS HSM \| Contemporary 013
Aperture:	f/16.0
Exposure Time:	1/2500 sec
Focal Length:	37mm
ISO:	1600
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
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