[Leica] IMG: Jerusalem!

[photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)]

Hi Peter,

I find it easier just to click through the gallery rather than on the 
individual links in your post. Jerusalem is always magic. Photographically, 
I like this one best:

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/israel/8-BusJeru/L1007711.jpg.html

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
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YNWA







On Dec 13, 2010, at 10:24 AM, Peter Klein wrote:

> 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
> 
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