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23-MAY-2014

Pied Piper

When we arrived at this point to take in the spectacular view of the valley (previous picture), there was a musician waiting for us who played a number of songs and kept leading everybody further up the peak with each new melody. I’m sure he was a friend of the tour guide, but it was a nice touch.

A short video Tim took is below (if you can’t see it, it’s at https://vimeo.com/97244144 I hope). I don’t know why he kept getting me in the picture ;-). I think you can hear just how incredibly windy it was up there.



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Jeff Real24-Jun-2014 12:10
One of my absolute favorites ~V~
Pieter Bos22-Jun-2014 08:04
Beautiful portrait, Helen! ~V
Tom LeRoy21-Jun-2014 09:10
My favorite from a fine gallery! V
Range View 17-Jun-2014 23:13
A marvelous capture of this interesting character. I really enjoyed the video. V
Barbara
Bill Klein17-Jun-2014 18:02
Outstanding portrait, Helen! V!
William Barletta14-Jun-2014 05:21
This fellow is super ~V~
Gill Kopy07-Jun-2014 05:05
A spectacular shot BV
janescottcumming05-Jun-2014 11:43
This is great! Such a unique photograph. V
Julie Oldfield05-Jun-2014 02:01
He is very talented! It seemed very windy. Nice POV in the portrait. It's captured very well.
Long Bach Nguyen04-Jun-2014 15:40
excellent portrait
Will Hoskins04-Jun-2014 15:18
Great portrait, Helen. This really has a, "what century is this?" feel to it. V
Patrick Goossens04-Jun-2014 14:52
What a wonderful welcome! A lot of wind up there.
François Fauchard04-Jun-2014 12:31
Excellent portrait of this musician in nature. V
LynnH04-Jun-2014 12:04
Another fabulous portrait! What a wonderful character... someone from 1001 Nights. V
Graeme04-Jun-2014 09:07
Excellent portrait of the piper, Helen and video again!! V+++
bill friedlander03-Jun-2014 21:40
Good shot of the musician. He must be very careful where he sits down. V
Jim Coffman03-Jun-2014 21:18
A very nice image,Helen.. It does sound very windy..
Brenda03-Jun-2014 21:15
What a nice surprise! Loved the little video and what wind! V
pkocinski03-Jun-2014 20:31
How cool :-)
Zeeby03-Jun-2014 20:21
Great photo! So interesting! V
Simon Chandler03-Jun-2014 20:17
Excellent environmental portrait. v
Isabel Cutler03-Jun-2014 20:10
Love this - especially the way the breeze is shown in his clothing. V.
Colin Storey03-Jun-2014 19:15
Great portrait of the musician leading you up the mountain. v
Stephanie03-Jun-2014 18:57
What a wonderful musician and quite a surprise to have him entertain you!!! This is so special! BV++
ps ~ where are the head scarves for the women?
joseantonio03-Jun-2014 18:44
A lovely surprise to find the musician up there.V