Parque Del Retiro
An awesome park in the middle of Bourbon Madrid, heaps to see and do, including a great rose garden, a boating lake, and a crystal palace....
back to Spain for a bit... Don Quixote
Outside the Edificio Espana (that cool building), is a park Torre de Madrid, which has in the centre a stone obelisk with a statue of Cervantes, and below to bronzes of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza. Awesome.
Seville Cathedral and La Giralda...
Seville's cathedral was built over and incorporates a great mosque built by the Almohads in the 12th Century. So the architecture is a mix of Moorish and Christendom influence, really spectacular. The tower was built as a minaret in 1198, and the was changed over time to include the new belfry by 1568. The staircase inside was built so that the priest could ride his horse up to the top of the minaret.
another ceiling in Alhambra, Granada.... awesome
Sala de los Abencerrajes in the Alhambra. The hall was the location of a famous massacre during a banquet. The ceiling itself is inspired by Pythagoras' theorem. Just awesome.
Now whilst travelling it can be very easy just to look around and see whats in front of you... occasionally I have been know to look up... and look at ceilings... occasionally you come across some awesome imagery. Again, like in New York, the guards tend not to like you laying on the ground taking pics... oh well :D
A ceiling in the Real Alcazar....
more to come...
... exotic photowalk locations...
So this snap is a image of my photowalk buddies, stomping around some exotic photographic location that I take them through ;-)
the infamous stairs....
A shot from one of my favourite (and odorous [in a bad way]) locations...but makes for wicked shots
random cityscapes
Now black and white is something that I dont often shoot... but I really like these two images as black and whites. Taking from the last photowalk around Perth CBD. more to come
