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Zigzag
"I see that the path of progress has never taken a straight line, but has always been a zigzag course amid the conflicting forces of right and wrong, truth and error, justice and injustice, cruelty and mercy."
--Kelly Miller
A handrail casts a shadow on concrete steps.
Day 357 of 365
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moda jelly roll and vintage sheets. used a moda pattern by Amanda Jean of crazymomquilts blogged here
ZigZag Wall Complex, Exterior View of the Fourth Room, various Connections have been mounted on the Wall.
Finished! Three strands of tube beads with Ikat cane detailing - shades of teal/aqua.
Polymer Clay, no glaze, no varnish, just handsanded and polished.
Yesterday I hopped on my bike and cycled the Culture Weekend route : 10 locations in and around my town opened their doors to local artists and public. The 20km route leads you past sculptures, photographs, paintings, music, dance, offering a chance to speak to the artists and visit places you otherwise had no reason to go :)
I spent more time enjoying the art than taking photo's, but I just couldn't resist these shiny zigzags!
Sorry I missed the guided tour.......It's the inside of a huge polished kettle at our local brewery Klein Duimpje.
1. Madison
2. form
3. emphasis
4. basic edit + reduce noise + gradient
5. infinite
6. west
7. shes so paaaale
Ambling out of Jaisalmer train station in late morning, we were immediately accosted by the throngs of drivers – mostly working for specific hotels – who were trying to pick us up. Since I’d booked a room at the Roop Mahal, this wasn’t an issue. It took a minute to find the guy, but he was there to drive us the whole 1-2 km to the hotel, which was at the base of the fort on the west side.
The biggest reason to come to Jaisalmer, the Golden City (since most places are primarily built of sandstone) is to see the fort, which is on a bit of a hill overlooking an otherwise flat desert. As it’s in the desert, the temperatures in the day, even in late September, were close to 40 degrees Celsius (a little over 100F).
According to Lonely Planet India, the fort was built in 1156 by the Rajput ruler Jaisal and reinforced by subsequent rulers. It “was the focus of a number of battles between the Bhatis, the Mughals of Delhi and the Rathores of Jodhpur.”
Nowadays, it’s a living fort. Jaisalmer Fort has plenty of residents, restaurants, souvenir stands, havelis (old-style housing with ornate architecture: carved stone doorways, lattice screens, balconies, and turrets). The havelis are often hotels now, and almost every hotel here has a rooftop restaurant to enjoy the surrounding view. Our hotel, the Roop Mahal, also had a rooftop restaurant where I ate a few times. The food was…not great, but certainly not bad.
In addition to the havelis, there are also quite a few temples. Specifically, there are seven Jain temples (that you can tour for 150 rupees/15 RMB/$2.50USD). These temples were visually quite attractive inside – some more than others – and also had plenty of worshippers coming in and out. I was impressed by the intricacy of the details and sandstone carving, the intimacy of the art, and the way natural light was used in the temples. I don’t believe tripods were allowed inside the temple, which made a lot of shooting quite difficult, but not impossible. The only other rule is that you have to take your shoes off outside and pay someone (usually about 100 rupee) to “watch” your shoes.
After having a meal in the fort (and, excitedly, finding a spice shop where I bought the first of many Indian spices to bring back to China with me), my travel partner arranged for us to go out to the desert and ride camels. (The hotelier also offered something similar, but was a bit expensive.)
Later in the day, around 5:00, if I recall correctly, a guy came to pick us up at the hotel in a jeep and four of us – me, my travel partner, and two Israeli women – started our drive out to Sam, about 50 km west of Jaisalmer (and less than 100 km – maybe less than 50 – from the Pakistani border to the west).
En route, we had to make a few required stops (per our drivers). The first place was so forgettable that I can’t even recall the name of it or what it was. The second place was just to see a small village (really, two buildings) and a whole lot of kids running up to you begging for money in exchange for pictures.
After that, we finally made it out to the desert, where we rode camels for about half an hour and then stopped at a rather random place where we were eventually given a home-cooked Indian meal, vegetarian, that consisted of dal, naan, and a few curries. It was delicious, and had to be eaten completely in Indian style (no utensils of any kind).
While watching the sunset and the subsequent moonrise, we eventually bade our Israeli friends farewell (as they were spending the night in the desert) and headed back to town. Along the way, I caught a glimpse of a late night cricket match, and it was the only time during this trip I’d see that. When we got back to the hotel, we just needed to wait there for an hour or two before they were kind enough to drive us to the train station around 11:00 p.m. so we could catch our midnight train to Jodhpur…the Blue City.
A ruined house overlooks Ardvreck Castle on Loch Assynt in north west Scotland. Leica CL, 18-56, 1.6 sec, f/7.1, ISO 100
Camera: SONY A6000
Number of Images: 77
Panorama Y Axis: 11 Images
Panorama X Axis: 7 Images
Individual Image Size: 6000x4000
ISO: 100
Shutter Speed: 2"
Light Source: Ring Light
Overlap: 50%
Microscope Objective: 4X
Microscope Eyepiece: DSLR Mount (2X)
Grid Used: 4x4 (Panning Movement Aid)
Capture Motion: Zigzag (Top->Bottom)
Stitching Software: Microsoft ICE
Other Software: GIMP for scaling, de-skewing, and sharpening.
Image Type: JPG
JPEG Quality: 97%
Street through the Dadès Gorges (Gorges du Dadès), September 2014.
Shot with a Canon 70D, f/8, ISO 100, 1/320, 17 mm (Sigma 17-50 mm).