Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/07/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I agree, Nathan, for my own enjoyment, but I can guarantee that the Persepolis photos will sell and sell forever for textbooks (as long as we still have textbooks!) Photos of city life, not so much. Tina On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 5:26 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > Nice panorama and impressive site?but at the risk of sounding like a > barbarian, I have to say that in most cases ruins like these do not do that > much for me. During the past 2-3 years, I have visited Pompei, Rome (a few > times), Acropolis etc. And every time I had the feeling of having done my > duty but then I moved on to enjoy the cities in question. This was > especially true in Rome?the Colliseum is OK, but I enjoyed the living > places like Campo di Fiori much more. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws < > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ < > http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator < > http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 05 Jul 2016, at 17:24, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > PESO: > > > > I've finally gotten to Persepolis toward the end of our trip. We had > > visited Persepolis in 1977 with our two small children and we were able > to > > roam everywhere by ourselves. Evidently, tourists have ruined that > > possibility. There are now fences and barricades and portions that are > > completely off-limits. It's still an impressive place but we were very > > disappointed in the intrusions made by the security necessities. I've > > posted a panorama of 7 vertical shots on pBase. If you hit Original, you > > can see every detail up close and personal!! > > > > http://www.pbase.com/image/163616776 > > > > I'll be posting more photos of Persepolis on my website, but I think > you'll > > see how the barriers affected the photos. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Tina > > > > -- > > Tina Manley > > www.tinamanley.com > > tina-manley.artistwebsites.com > > > http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com tina-manley.artistwebsites.com http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html