Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/08/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nice. The last one for me Cheers Jayanand On Fri, Aug 27, 2021 at 10:24 AM Nathan Wajsman via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > We are taking a city break in Budapest this week. We have been here since > Tuesday and are flying home Saturday morning. It is basically the first > visit for all of us; I was here with my parents as a 10-year old but > remember virtually nothing from that visit, and my wfie and daughter have > never been here before now. It is proving to be a magnificent city, with > impressive buildings and art, but also charming and very lively. Like other > places in Eastern and Central Europe, it is also heavy with history. Five > images from the first couple of days. > > One of the principal streets in the Jewish quarter is called Kazinczy > Street. It has many bars and restaurants; we spotted this couple > promenading their very impressive dogs: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-NvQFBBP/A < > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-NvQFBBP/A> > > The Doh?ny Street Synagogue is enormous, the largest in Europe and the > second-largest in the world (the largest is in New York). The Jewish > population of Budapest is substantial, around 100,000, but most do not go > to services regularly, so this place is only full for the most important > holidays. But it is magnificent, and behind it are several moving memorials > to the Budapest ghetto, including a mass grave of more than 2000 people > found dead when the Soviet army liberated the ghetto in January 1945: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-jHgtQgL/A < > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-jHgtQgL/A> > > Shoes on the Danube Bank is a monument to a group of Jews who were > executed on the banks of the river by the Fascist Arrow Cross militia in > early January 1945, just a couple of weeks before the liberation of the > city. The memorial was created in 2005 and is visited by many. People also > leave candles and flowers amid the shoes: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-w6j2B93/A < > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-w6j2B93/A> > > Something amusing, spotted by my daughter as we were walking around: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-SDXpvKz/A < > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-SDXpvKz/A> > > Conversation on a balcony, on the edge of the Jewish quarter: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-z2XKzQs/A < > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-z2XKzQs/A> > > Much more to come. Incidentally, these are full-size JPGs that I shot in > the Fuji X-E3 alongside the RAW images. They seem to work quite well, > certainly for images with good light. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu <http://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 > > "I?m not arguing, I?m just explaining why I?m right" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Nathan Wajsman (gmail) > nwajsman at gmail.com > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.frozenlight.eu > > http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator < > http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information