Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/07/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If you go to these sites, the one expense you should not stint on is to hire the best human guide available - they make the otherwise lifeless bricks and rocks come to life. Not to do so is rather like buying a Leica and trying to save a few dollars by buying knockoff batteries and cheap cards.... Cheers Jayanand On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 2:56 AM, 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