What were the three kings doing in the scene?
Again: great photos! Thanks, c.i.!
THe horse and rider in the rear in opposite directions. Wonder why. A desire for a more interesting composition?
Beautiful photos, c.i., particularly the third in your garden series.
I know that I can't afford your camera, but what do you use?
sumac, I carry around two Olympus digital cameras, because one, the C3000, is good for wide angles and taking pictures with limited light. The other (c770) has a ten time optical zoom with a four time digital, which can be used for distance pictures, but it has a very slow shutter. I put a lens adapter on this camera with a poloarizer and UV lens to get color and clouds enhanced for my photos. I like each camera for what they can do; in the future, I'm going to look for a camera that combines both advantages. The current situation is a big improvement over ten years ago when I used to carry a 35mm camera with two extra lens and a camcorder which weighed a ton.
** You need to look at the painting pretty closely to find the mystery.
c.i.
I can't believe that we were on Malta at the exact same time- it makes me want to laugh and cry.
C.I. I don't know if I have your latest email - mine is still the same - I'd like to send you my digital photos of Malta. My hobby horse is taking from four to eight photos along the horizon and putting them together. You can imagine what the view is from the Upper Barraca gardens.
I'm away from home right now, but when I get back I'll read your whole thread.
bonjour!
Patti the wayfarer
Then I must have missed the mystery in the painting? Hmm.....
Can't wait to see your photos someplace, pwayfarer.
Hi pwayfarer, Yes, it's really too bad we missed each other in Malta - prolly crossed each other's paths and didn't know it. Look forward to seeing your pictures. That Grand Harbour is really some'n isn't it?
Hi c.i.,
If I remember correctly, it is St John baptising a eunuch - but, everyone else is looking at the dog.
C.I., you are really a gourmet traveller. By comparison I'm quite a philistine. My principle objects are the food and the "feel" of the place: the smells, air, colors, etc. But history, architecture, come second. I should be ashamed to admit it, but I do so so that when I finally end up on one of these excursions with you (and I fervently hope to do so one day), you won't be too shocked.
JLN, You're welcome as a travel companion any time. My slate is pretty clear for 2006.
danon, It's not about the baptism or the dog.
JLN, thank you for your honesty. Dys and I also travel by taste, smell and "feel" of place and people. C.i.'s photos and travelogue make me want to go back now that I can pick and choose which places are worth touring. Besides, we simply don't have Tak's or, in Germany, Walter's energy level.
I travel from cafe to cafe, as it were...
Our holiday in London was more like from pub to cafe.
I protest too much with that sentence, I guess. I like it all, cafes, air, color, people and more people, architecture, art, history, dogs, cats, birds, countryside, city space, sounds, cafes...
BTW, I also love to absorb myself into the country's culture, feel, history, food and drinks. Meeting interesting people has always been an added benefit. The "world out there" never gets boring.
Hey... I'm following along and enjoying your photographs very much, CI. Thank you.
I'd like to see Pwayfarer's composite photos, too. Sometimes we do that (usually only with two or three pics). Some landscapes are so all-encircling, you need multiple shots.
I only saw two kings. I guess I'll go look again.
cicerone imposter wrote:This is a special painting by Rembrandt. Try to figure out the "mystery."
All three kings are black?
I remember a delightful summer afternoon sitting outside an Amsterdam bar in a very narrow street nursing a large bottle of beer. That was my idea of a tour. On the other hand, I regret having spent a delightful four days in Sevilla (eating and drinking wine and tapas) without going to see the famous Virgin of the Macarena worshipped especially by bullfighters. We did, however, see a lot of great authentic gypsy flamenco dancing.
