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Detail from the triumphal arch in the Roman city of Jerash, in Jordan. I think they were trying to make a point.
Can’t imagine it would be much of a photo without light (unless perhaps you were using a D4), but there you go. Here are a couple of images captured at a fireworks display in Abu Dhabi:
Wasn’t expecting to encounter these gentlemen in the foyer of a smart hotel in Abu Dhabi:
Here is another picture from Petra, showing the sandstone layers from which the monuments were carved. You can find more in this other post.
Somehow the bird adds to the sense of menace created by the looming stonework. Taken in Chauvigny, a fortified medieval town in the Vienne department of France.
A long exposure , the turn of a zoom lens and there you are rushing headlong into infinity.
With ‘Vivid’ settings or Photoshop, of course it’s possible to saturate any picture. But isn’t it better when Nature does the job for you?
It’s often hard to say where lines become patterns. One answer could be ‘hotels’. The images in this post all feature hotels in either Abu Dhabi or Dubai.
There are cogent arguments both for and against zoos. But this picture, taken a few years ago, doesn’t do the pro lobby any favours.
This week’s Photo Challenge looks for an unusual point of view. Our grandsons were blowing bubbles in our garden and one of them captured this image of the back of our house. It reminds me vaguely of some seventies prog-rock album cover.
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