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12-Mar-2016

The bird house

This private residence was home not only to people but to birds as well.

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Another gallery I never finished was this one, of palatial residences in Riyadh. Not every Saudi lives in a palace, although some do and many come pretty close. They all have gates, some of which appear in “The Gates of Riyadh” gallery, too, but in these I tried to show more of the houses to give an idea of how people live there. I must add that our house in Riyadh was nothing like any of these ;-).

Best to view in "Original" because other versions resized by Pbase are decidedly unsharp.

‘Hopi polychrome jar,’ Nampeyo (Hopi/Tewa), c. 1920, posted earlier:

Nikon D810 ,Nikkor AF-S 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
1/320s f/10.0 at 70.0mm iso100 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto
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Julie Oldfield05-Apr-2020 15:31
It looks very European. . I like your POV. V
Blandine Mangin05-Apr-2020 15:08
beautiful ! v
Jeff Real05-Apr-2020 13:09
What a lovely composition!
The details, warm light and birds are all so perfect!
V
janescottcumming05-Apr-2020 12:04
Artfully composed. V
joseantonio05-Apr-2020 10:00
nice to see so many birds there.V
Wim Ensie05-Apr-2020 08:21
Nice to see so many pigeons, but for the owner probably not. Beautiful building anyway!!!
Ton, Ben & Rob Nagtegaal05-Apr-2020 06:54
Indeed a nice picture of the birds that made this house their home.
Ika Zinka Eferl05-Apr-2020 06:21
What a fantastic shot of this building . V
Charlene Ambrose05-Apr-2020 05:22
Very attractive facade! The birds seem to have made this their home!