Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/12/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]They are photos of... (wait for it...) Biblical proportion. OK, time to go to sleep. It's only 4AM :-) On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 3:43 AM, <afirkin at afirkin.com> wrote: > I am enjoying the tour. I suppose I'd leave out some of the picture > postcard shots with too many people, and concentrate on some of the > wonderful details you have captured. > > Thanks for sharing. Its a part of the world I must visit. Looks > cleaner/tidier than I'd expected. > > Cheers > > Alastair > > > > Our first sight of Jerusalem, at dusk. Do you prefer this one, or either > > of the next two (narrower view, darker)? > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/8-BusJeru/L1007687.jpg.html > > > > > > Temple Mount, Old City and West Jerusalem, from the Mount of Olives: > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/8-BusJeru/L1007700.jpg.html > > > > > > Gethsemane, from the bus: > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/8-BusJeru/L1007704.jpg.html > > > > > > Southern Wall of the Temple Mount and Al-Aqsa Mosque: > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/8-BusJeru/L1007710.jpg.html > > > > > > Dome of the Rock and Mount of Olives, from "David's Citadel": > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/8-BusJeru/L1007725.jpg.html > > > > > > Arab schoolkids on a field trip, David's Citadel > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/8-BusJeru/L1007728.jpg.html > > > > > > Christian Quarter: > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/8-BusJeru/L1007731.jpg.html > > > > > > Russian Orthodox priest and his wife (presumably): > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/8-BusJeru/L1007733.jpg.html > > > > and their pilgrims: > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/8-BusJeru/L1007732.jpg.html > > > > > > And a tourist trap for Russian Orthodox pilgrims. The signs read, in > > part: Russian Store. Victor's Bazaar. We speak Russian. Antiques. > > Icons. Souvenirs. Etc. > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/8-BusJeru/L1007735.jpg.html > > > > > > Jewish Quarter, which was destroyed by the Jordanians in 1948-9, rebuilt > > after 1967. > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/8-BusJeru/L1007739.jpg.html > > > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/8-BusJeru/L1007759.jpg.html > > > > > > Southern and Western Walls of the Temple Mount, Dome of the Rock and > > Al-Aqsa Mosque, from the Jewish Quarter. > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/8-BusJeru/L1007746.jpg.html > > > > > > Silhouette: > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/8-BusJeru/L1007749.jpg.html > > > > > > Old city walls: > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/8-BusJeru/L1007748.jpg.html > > > > > > Boundary of the Jewish Quarter: > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/8-BusJeru/L1007768.jpg.html > > > > > > Western Wall pictures start here, and the next 14: > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/8-BusJeru/L1007770.jpg.html > > > > > > In the archaeological tunnel at the base of the buried portion of the > > Western Wall: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/8-BusJeru/L1007790.jpg.html > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/8-BusJeru/L1007789.jpg.html > > > > > > Woman praying in the tunnel closest to the spot where the Holy of > > Holies is believed to have been In both color and B&W. > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/8-BusJeru/L1007794.jpg.html > > > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/8-BusJeru/L1007794_1.jpg.html > > > > > > At the Israel Museum. Model of the city and Temple Mount as it probably > > looked during before the Romans destroyed it in 70 CE, based on > > historical sources. > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/8-BusJeru/L1007800.jpg.html > > > > > > Shrine of the Book, Israel Museum. This is where the Dead Sea Scrolls > > are kept. The roof is shaped like the lids of the earthenware containers > > in which they were found. The water flow over the roof helps cool the > > building. > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/8-BusJeru/L1007801.jpg.html > > > > > > Sunset from Ammunition Hill (see also the one before and after): > > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/8-BusJeru/L1007803.jpg.html > > > > > > Hope you enjoyed the virtual tour. Feel free to browse the whole folder. > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/8-BusJeru/?g2_page=1> > > Suggestions for pictures to trumpet or eliminate welcome. I could > > hardly be objective, especially at the Wall. > > > > --Peter > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.com/blog/> // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous replies in your msgs. ]