Europe trip 2014

SPAIN

La Iglesia de San Ildefonso; Toledo, Spain; view from the top of the church.

 the bells in one of the towers on top of the church;

View from the la Iglesia de San Ildefonso;

the steeple on the right belongs to the Cathedral of Toledo; (below)

the building on the left is the Alcazar of Toledo (above)

another rooftop shots;

WEYMOUTH, UK



June 19, 2014; View from Nothe Parade street in Weymouth, UK. Across the waters one can see the Seagull Cafe.

Cardiff, Wales

War memorial (below)

Sunset over grape vines

July 13, 2014; Sunset over grape vineyards near Granger, Washington. On Emerald road one can see vast fields of grape vines, nectarine orchards, apple orchards, etc. 

Below, with some tweaking of color and light, I was able to see the gentle glow of the sunset settling on the tops of the vines, a detail that I didn't appreciate while taking this picture. 

Beside the sunset, I wanted to show the long rows of vines as far as the eye can see. To do this I had to get as high as I can, which involved standing on top of a truck. 

Common things can be made beautiful, however one can extract the beauty already inherent in common things.