Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #165: Going Wide
This week for Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, Patti invited us to look at the photos with wide angle images. The wide-angle view is perfect for capturing a broad vista like a landscape, seascape, or cityscape.
Well, I have a small camera and I haven’t made any investment on camera equipment. When taking photos of landscape, seascape, or cityscape, I take them at different angles to capture the wide views.
I included two sets of photos from my travel archives, one set from Spain and another set from Germany. In Spain, we arrived in Madrid and took the tour bus to Toledo, Seville, Granada, and Barcelona. In Germany, we arrived in Frankfurt and took a boat to Cologne. We took a high-speed train from Cologne to Berlin. Then we were on the tour bus from Berlin to Würzburg, Bavaria, Munich, and Schwangau.
Here are the highlights of our travel.
Teatro Real (Royal Theatre) is a major opera house in Madrid. Founded in 1818 and inaugurated on November 19,1850, it closed in 1925 and reopened in 1966. Beginning in 1988, it underwent major refurbishing and renovation works and finally reopened in 1997 with a capacity of 1,746 seats.
Toledo is known as the Imperial City because it was the primary venue of the court of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor in Spain.
The Roman bridge of Córdoba is a bridge in the Historic center of Córdoba, Andalusia, southern Spain, built in the early 1st century BC across the Guadalquivir River. The bridge was built by the Romans in the early 1st century BC, perhaps replacing a previous wooden one.
The City of Arts and Sciences is a cultural and architectural complex in the city of Valencia, Spain. It is the most important modern tourist destination in the city of Valencia and one of the 12 Treasures of Spain. It was designed by Santiago Calatrava and Félix Candela. The project began the first stages of construction in July 1996 and was inaugurated on April 16, 1998. The following structure L’Umbracle is an open structure enveloping a landscaped walk with plant species indigenous to Valencia
We took the high-speed train from Cologne to Berlin. At one point the train was going 220 mph.
The Berlin Wall, once known as ‘The Wall of Shame’ that separated the east and west Germany. In 1989, the wall finally came down. The 1,316 meter (4,317 feet) long remnant of The Berlin Wall was kept as a heritage protected landmark. The Wall was decorated by many international and German artists with graffiti and street art, expressing their hopes and reflecting their feelings on this momentous occasion.
The Würzburg Residence is a palace in Würzburg, Southern Germany. The Würzburg Residence was commissioned by the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg Johann Philipp Franz von Schönborn and his brother Friedrich Carl von Schönborn. It was built and decorated in the 18th century. The Residence was constructed between 1720 and 1744, decorated in the interior from 1740 to 1770 and landscaped with magnificent gardens from 1765 to 1780.
Bavarian Alps is a summarizing term for several mountain ranges of the Northern Limestone Alps in the Germany state of Bavaria. Like the Alps as a whole, the Bavarian Alps were heavily influenced by the last ice age. Depositions by the ice age rivers and glaciers left behind a gently rolling landscape in the Alpine Foreland with lakes and bogs.
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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #165: Going Wide
Thank you for reading.
Have a Wonderful Week!
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The Showers of Blessings 
It looks like it was a great trip, Miriam. I love your photos and descriptions. You might not have fancy equipment, but you take wonderful pictures with what you do have.
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It’s true, Carla. I think my study of drawing and painting help me to compose the photos. Thank you for your comment.
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Terrific photos, Miriam!
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Thank you, Debra!
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Am I jealous??? Oh, what fun! Siri and Selma are such lucky faerie ladies – I love Banksy. But …hopefully they are possible to preserve his works and they will not wither or disappear.
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Beautiful, beautiful, Miriam! And T love Spain and would really want to visit again!
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Thank you, Ann-Christine. I love to visit again also!
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It still seems far away…but maybe some day.
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oh to walk across those bridges in Spain. Falling back in time. And the Wurtzburg residence garden is impeccable. Stunning photos, probably even more stunning adventures. donna
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I love those architecture, Donna. Thank you for your comment.
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Mesmerising photos.
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Thank you so much, Kally! Have you moved?
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Not yet. Still stuck in Malaysia.
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Beautiful photos Miriam. Your camera does VERY well. I’m visiting Spain next month. I hope I get to see some of those places.
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Great photos Miriam!
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Thank you, Teresa!
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Beautiful images, Miriam! Spain is a lovely country to visit. I don’t know we’ll visit it again. Thank you for the fabulous tour.
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I love the Spanish architect, Amy. We may go to Portugal and make a brief visit in Spain again.
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These are all very impressive photos, but I think I like the Bavarian Alps the best. Such natural beauty.
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I’ve seen a similar scene in Alaska!
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Was there as much green in the Alaska scene?
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There was. We took a helicopter ride to land on top of the glacier. We could see the distant green mountains.
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Interesting! I always think of Alaska as snowy–even though I know they have a summer season.
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Some great shots, Miriam. I love all the unique angles.
After your email, I checked again, and I see I got unsubscribed again. I’m back with you again, Miriam. I read a comment from you or one of the other bloggers who said that both blogger and follower weren’t getting each other’s posts. Are you still subscribed to my blog? What an annoying thing for you, Miriam. Some night I’ll have to run a check of all the blogs I follow to see if there are others I’m not getting.
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I saw that you re-subscribed my blog. Liz refollowed me at 8:16 and again at 8:23 a.m. today. As you read my CC email, many bloggers have the same problem. WP has not answered my email. The first engineer just said WP didn’t do it and blamed us for clicking off the follow button by mistake. He even sent out an email asking me to rate his service!!
This last email, I included eight bloggers’ websites, the responses from their own words, and their email addresses. Whoever the engineer is, can’t just shuffle the issue under the rug.
I’m still following you. As I mentioned to the engineer, I bookmarked about 50 blog links and use the links to check those blogs once a week. I don’t depend on the Reader or email to get their posts. I still get some, but not all of them. It’s easier for me since I followed quite a few blogs. I don’t comment on all the blogs but I let them know my presence. For the once I’ll comment, like yours, I bookmarked them. That was when I found out I unfollowed your blog and others.
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I know many people have complaints about WordPress, but I’ve been lucky and historically (in my limited 2+ years) have had very few problems. When I do, they’ve usually given me good advice to remedy the problem. Bookmarking blog sites is a good system. I looked for notifications in my email, which worked for me until I got unsubscribed. Speaking of which, I’m going to check the other blogs you included in your email. I wonder if I’m not getting their posts as well.
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Some great photos Miriam! Wow, that high speed train sounds a bit freaky!
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Thank you, Lisa. In fact, it was very quiet and didn’t feel the movement of the train. I just took a picture of the speed, otherwise, I wouldn’t have known the speed.
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That is amazing!
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Yes, it is amazing!
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Beautiful travel photos, and all so interesting and clear to see. 🙂
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They remind me of the trips we’ve gone and made me want to travel again soon, Barbara. 🙂
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Wonderful photos, Miriam!
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Thank you so much, Bette!
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Beautiful photos, Miriam. I was stunned by the Roman bridge built in the 1st century BC- amazing!
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Thank you, Jacquie! The Roman structures have amazing endurance.
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Bridges and railroad stations are two of. My favorite subjects – thanks for sharing these photos.
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I have lots of bridges also, not so many railroad stations. Perhaps I haven’t traveled by train often.
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These are wonderful photographs, Miriam. The Romans were amazing. So ahead of their time.
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Thank you, Robbie. I remember the saying of “All roads go to Roman.” – the glorious moments of Romans. We still have a glimpse of their structures.
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And that by itself is an amazing tribute to their amazing building skills.
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My friend in London took us to Bath on our last visit. We got there late in the day. Her husband didn’t think it was important to take us to visit inside of the Roman Bath. Sometimes local people are so familiar with certain location or things, they didn’t think of them as points of interest. I would like to go back to visit Bath.
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We went to the Roman Bath in York at it was fascinating, Miriam. I am also keen to visit the town of Bath and it was on our agenda for our visit in 2020. I am still looking forward to a visit, hopefully next year.
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We missed our travel plan in 2020 also, Robbie. My childhood friend still lives in London. I would love to travel to the UK and visit her. I would like to visit some castles.
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There are lots of castles in the UK, and lots of mansions and places of literary interest. I loved Shakespeare’s places of interest at Stratford-upon-Avon.
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My daughter took a summer school at St. Andrew University and had a field trip in Scotland visiting the castles.
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Wonderful all photos. Beautiful place.
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Thank you, Rajkkhoja.
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Most welcome.
Can I call you Miriam?
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Please do, Rajkkhoja. That’s what people call me.
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Ok, Thanks lot.👍
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You’re welcome, Rajkkhoja.
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Thanks for showing your photos. Interesting how you see Europe, a tourist’s perspective.
All the best
The Fab Four of Cley
🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
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Thank you for visiting, Fab Four! I wanted to go to Banff, Canada last month. A Canadian friend said it’s a tourist area. I don’t mind being a tourist. I’d be a tourist anywhere I go for the first time. I hopped over to your blog briefly and found out you live in Norway. My husband and I wanted to go to Norway this year but we may have to wait for a long time because of the pandemic.
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Hi Miriam,
Dina is Norwegian but we live at the North Norfolk coast. We know Banff from the time we lived in Canada. We especially loved it in winter time. Well, it is quite touristy.
Norway is beautiful. The Atlantic Coast Road is seen next to the Scottish MC500 as the most beautiful road in the world from the leading travel journalists. We absolutely agree.
All the best
The Fab Four of Cley
🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
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Fabulous images, Miriam – what extraordinary places. Toni x
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Thank you, Toni. I hope we can travel again soon. Hubby’s siblings will organize a family trip to Australia and New Zealand. I look forward to going back to Australia.
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Great images from different parts if Europe.We stood in front of the Berlin Wall years ago.
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That’s wonderful. I remember watching the news when the Berlin Wall came down. It was such an emotional moments. So seeing the Wall was meaningful to me.
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I was stunned by the Roman bridge as well!
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I feel that the Roman architect was constructed to last forever!
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So much of it has stood the test of time, for sure!
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It has for sure. I’m glad the countries have kept the remaining of the ruined ones!
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As am I. History should be preserved.
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Some marvelous images this week Miriam. All of your water shots are marvelous and I really loved your Berlin Wall. Isn’t it wonderful that artists have shown the joy of freedom since the wall came down!
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Than you, Tina. Our tour guide said she joined the crowd to chip away the Wall that was fallen. I can imagine the excitement.
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What wonderful pictures. I haven’t traveled much so these are particularly appealing. Thank you, Miriam.
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The term years when I worked in the district office, I had 22 vacation days plus 10 sick/personal leave days a year. I had to use them. That was why we travel so much, Jacqui!
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That’s interesting. Vacations are healthy. I’m glad they gave you so much time to rejuvenate.
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Sorry for the typo. “ten years.” My supervisor saved one year’s worth of vacation days to retire one year early. I didn’t use up all the days and got cash pay for those days. Now poeple who got the administrative jobs after a certain year could only accumulate up to two years of vacation days.
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The great thing now about cameras is that you don’t have to spend a lot of money to get good quality images. I think your wide angle photos really work well at these locations. I’m intrigued by your shot of the Berlin Wall. I’ve spent time in Madrid, but not Toledo or Valencia or the Bavarian Alps or Cologne! I’d love to go there! Thanks for sharing these places with us!
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I wasn’t quite sure what I did with the shot of the Berlin Wall, Patti. Probably it was at that juncture of the wall, not anything I did with my camera. Hubby’s sister recommended we go to Portugal. If we do, we’ll revisit some places in Spain. A friend will go to France in October. Probably the international travel will start little by little.
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Wonderful broad photos, Miriam. I love the stone bridges. They seem like such architectural feats. And the The Würzburg Residence is HUGE. Can you imagine?
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Yeah, Diana, the Würzburg Residence is huge – 1,590,000 sq ft. it’s incomprehensible. The Prince-Bishops of Würzburg didn’t think this palace is big enough to measure up to his position. Wow!
I like many of the Ancient architecture. It’s one of the reasons I like international traveling. Have a wonderful weekend, my friend!
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Wow. What an ego, huh? I love the history and can’t help but wonder about the people who built these places.
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No wonder the descendants couldn’t keep up and turn them to the states and later turn into museums.
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Just vacuuming would take all day! Lol
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Haha, the Robot Vacuum came too late for them!
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Hehe. 😀
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A fantastic set of pictures Miriam. I love Germany and lived there for many years.
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Fantastic, Peter! Good to know you lived in Germany for years. I’d love to return there and spend more time. I think we spent too much time on the road during the last trip. When did you move to the UK?
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Lovely photos, Miriam. I DO have a fancy camera and I love it. I post photos at various places, like: https://gurushots.com/artsdigiphoto/photos. Let me know if that doesn’t work. That is, if you’re inclined. I’m not forcing you to view my photos, right?
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Hi Art, the link works. I visited your site and your photography before and appreciated it very much. I don’t have the luxury to have three or four hobbies and enjoy all of them fully. The one hobby I spend most of the time and investment right now is gardening. I’ll visit your photography site again and leave comments! Thank you, Art!
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Excellent photos!
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Thank you so much, VJ. I got a few good photos out of thousands I took!
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That’s why digital really works, lol!
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Exactly, VJ. I take a while bunch and delete some later!
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