Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/12/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Nathan and Lluis. I really liked Granada. The Alhambra is almost unbelievable in scale, scope and beauty. We'll get there in my next couple of batches. In some ways, I preferred King Pedro's Palace in Sevilla, which has similar architecture, but is an "alive" place rather than a ghostly museum. Anyway, while it was hard to photograph with the hoards of people, it was a "bucket list" place for me, and I'm very glad finally saw it. Nathan, the vantage point is a restaurant called Huerto de Juan Ranas. The have a terrace that looks out over the ravine between the old city and the Alhambra. That's where both the views of the Alhambra I've posted were taken, one outside the gate, and this later one inside. That immense kabob Katya demolished with my help was ordered there. It's a little pricey, but you can't beat the view. --Peter On Sun, Dec 6, 2015 at 11:29 AM, lluisripollphotography < lluisripollphotography at gmail.com> wrote: > Peter, > > Nice photos, Granada is beautiful! I didn?t saw the guitarist, is a very > nice picture > > Cheers > Lluis > > > El 4 des 2015, a les 4:03, Peter Klein <pklein at threshinc.com> va > escriure: > > > > While based in Seville, we took a bus tour to Granada and the Alhambra. > Being with a tour group has its advantages and disadvantages. We didn't > have to drive, deal with multiple forms of public transit or hassle with > the labyrinthine ticketing procedures. And we had two wonderful, > informative guides. But we were always in a large group of people. Getting > a decent picture sometimes involved maneuvers worthy of news photographers > at a major event, which went against my usual code of politeness. Even so, > I still sometimes had to clone out a person who pushed in front of me just > as I tripped the shutter, or do a Hand of God burning-in. I guess I'll > never work for Reuters. > > > > The "old town" is built on a very steep hill. Let's start there. > > > > Old Granada street: > > < > https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at > N04/23397666132/in/dateposted-public/lightbox/ > > > > Tea, anyone? > > < > https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at > N04/23480047756/in/dateposted-public/lightbox/ > > > > The Alhambra from Old Granada. We ate here, with approximately this view. > > < > https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at > N04/23506186635/in/dateposted-public/lightbox/ > > > > Door > > < > https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at > N04/22877860664/in/dateposted-public/lightbox/ > > > > (Very) steep street: > > < > https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at > N04/22877860664/in/dateposted-public/lightbox/ > > > > Kabob: > > < > https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at > N04/23210413900/in/dateposted-public/lightbox/ > > > > > > Olympus E-M5 and 25/1.4 Leica/Panasonic Summilux (first) or 20/1.7 > Panasonic (the rest). Enjoy! > > --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 >