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For our homework we have to do as many pictures as we can using the sight measuring technique we learnt. This is my first effort in chalk.
The navigator of the Nautilus sights the sun to determine latitude. Hand-painted scene on the Jules Verne carousel in Lyon.
This is my small cousin who managed to sit still long for me to take this. I rather like the emptiness of the eyes.
Edinburgh Castle on it's hill with the Princes Street gardens below it - the tour guide told us that the Princes Street Gardens used to be a loch and when it was drained many years ago, at the bottom a number of skeletal remains of women were found. Where did they come from? Well, apparently, they're from the Witch trial times when if a woman was accused of being a witch, her thumbs would be tied to her big toes and she would be thrown into the Loch. If she drowned and sank to the bottom, she would be cleared of being a witch and her family would be apologised to. If she floated and lived, she would be taken up to the castle and burned at the stake for being a witch. No-win situation there!
The beautiful town of Karlskrona, with its many archipelagos...
The beautiful town of Karlskrona, with its many archipelagos...
from an uncut roll of 120 film. there was a piece of paper with the word "lyons" tucked in the roll. i'm not sure if it was intentionally placed there or the result of things shifting in the cigar box. i have marked these images "lyons 6x4.5."
This week: Spotting St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna would be easy, as its 136m high south tower is a dominant element of Vienna's skyline. Sometimes it can be covert, sometimes the line of sight is obvious.
Exploring the different views is an exercise of strolling along downtown Vienna, discovering lines of sight from unexpected locations.
The album can be found here: 2021 | 52 projects.
(Wien/Heldenplatz)
Taken while visiting Howard Creek Ranch, near Westport in California.
© John Krzesinski, 2012.
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These photos are from another short walk around Goreme and also a horse ride to the Rose Valley area.
We loved the Cappadocia area but couldn't shake the feeling that we were being ripped off, shortchanged, and lied to on a daily basis. The horse ride is a classic example. My wife is an expert horse rider, I'm an amateur. She found a great tour that met her desires - small group, nice area, and the horses looked well cared for. We made a reservation for the following day. Later we noticed the forecast took a turn for the worst so we tried to contact the stable owners online to change the ride today but no answer. We asked our hotel to call the stable. They did, spoke to someone, and told us everything was taken care of, we were going riding that day.
A taxi came to pick us up. The hotel owner introduced us to the driver, her cousin. Bad sign. We left for the ride and noticed we were going in the wrong direction. We ended up at a field with a large group of people, horses that were not well cared for, and the business name was not the same. We were pissed and felt ripped off. We had no wifi reception so we were pretty much stuck there. The ride was boring. The horses were about 6 inches apart in a long line, no free riding. The only good thing were the views at the turnaround point.
On the way back to the hotel a bunch of messages came in - from the original stable - apparently they came to the hotel about 5 minutes after we were picked up and wanted to know where we were. My wife so disappointed and irritated.