Shadow Shot Sunday

You might not pay that much attention
to the shadows in this room
at the Vatican—it's one of the Raphael
rooms, where he painted his "School of Athens." 

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The Weekend in Black and White

The view from one of the windows
at the Vatican Museum.

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The Weekend in Black and White

These beautiful etched-glass windows adorn
the Budapest home of my friends Jane and Lance.
It's as warm and welcoming as they are and
I'm hoping that I get to visit them there
again one of these days.

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arriving in Budapest

I've shown the Nyugati Railway Terminal before,
but I think it deserves another shot—this
time of Eiffel's lacy iron framework seen through
the 19th-century wavy-glass windows.

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to the B and W Photography Project, at PODcast.]

Shadow Shot Dimanche

Protective Sunday shadows on
the Île Saint-Louis.
Wish I lived behind those grilles!

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The Weekend in Black and White

It was the perfect Saturday morning to stay
all warm and snuggly in bed.  Instead, I just had to get
up and throw a window open so I could take this picture.

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Ruby Tuesday

Can't tell you any more about this than
that it was in a small window of a nondescript
building on the Upper East Side. I was hurrying
to an appointment, but had to stop and snap a shot.

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the weekend in black and white

From the inside, this newly restored window
stands out in shades of brilliant purple,
bright green, and crimson. From the outside,
it may as well be black and white—but you
can better appreciate its "bones."
It's in the Gothic Revival Bigelow Chapel at
Mount Auburn Cemetery, in Cambridge, Mass.

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abc Wednesday—W is for "window"

I showed you a window yesterday, but these
are a bit more "uptown, " both literally
and figuratively.  These wonderful windows
grace the 1901 Beaux-Arts building on 44th Street
that houses the New York Yacht Club.  BTW, it was
designed by the same architects (Warren and Wetmore)
who designed the exterior of Grand Central Terminal.

Here's a close-up.
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Wednesday, go here.]

abc wednesday - W is for "window"

This colorful window is in the Doge's palace, way up top.
Could I have one just like it in my house, please?
On the other hand . . .

Casanova could see two of them from 
his cell when he was a "guest" of 
the doge.  Do you suppose he 
appreciated their beauty?

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