Lens Artists Photo Challenge #79: A Window With A View
This week, Amy invites us to explore “A Window With A View” and asks us to share some photos we’ve captured through windows.
“Throw open your window and let the scenery of clouds and sky enter your room!” – Yosa Buson
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Summer Palace, Beijing, China
Several years ago, nine people from our extended family traveled to China and Hong Kong. While in China, we visited Beijing, Xi’an and Guilin. This photo was the view from looking out the window of the Summer Palace.
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Great Wall, China
The tour guide took us to one entrance where some of us went to a steep side of the Great Wall and some went on the other side for a leisure walk. The Wall seems to go on forever from the view of the Wall window. As of Jul 31, 2019, the length of the Great Wall is 13,170 miles (21,196 kilometers). It can be seen from the moon.
“I feel that it is healthier to look out at the world through a window than through a mirror. Otherwise, all you see is yourself and whatever is behind you.” – Bill Withers
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I saw this beautiful design of a mirror at Laguna Beach, California where we visit often. After positioning myself several times, I found an angle to take this photo without seeing my reflection in the mirror.
“The window of opportunity opens and closes as fast as a camera’s shutter.” – Warren Criswell
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Alhambra, Granada, Spain
Hubby and I went to Spain three years ago for our anniversary. We visited Madrid, Toledo, Seville, Granada, Valencia and Barcelona in that order of our itinerary. I love the architecture in Spain.
Alhambra is the palace and fortress of the Moorish monarchs of Granada. The name Alhambra, signifying in Arabic “the red,” is probably derived from the reddish color of the tapia (rammed earth) of which the outer walls were built.
“My favorite journey is looking out the window.” – Edward Gorey
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Our hotel room in Innsbruck, Austria
Hubby enjoyed the view from our hotel room in Innsbruck, Austria.
When we travel, hubby likes to have a hotel room with a nice view. I argue that we don’t stay in the room long enough to enjoy the view. Eventually, I understand that we are not “on the go” all the time during the trip. A window with a nice view makes our stay pleasant.
Lens Artists Photo Challenge #79: A Window With A View
