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05-Dec-2015

Big, even by Saudi standards (1)

This is the back of an incredibly large house, even by Saudi standards. I guess it was so big, I couldn’t get the whole thing in one shot, so the front is in the next picture.

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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.

Telling him off, posted earlier:

Nikon D810 ,Nikkor AF-S 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
1/320s f/10.0 at 56.0mm iso100 hide exif
Full EXIF Info
Date/Time05-Dec-2015 13:01:01
MakeNikon
ModelNIKON D810
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length56 mm
Exposure Time1/320 sec
Aperturef/10
ISO Equivalent100
Exposure Bias-0.33
White Balance0
Metering Modematrix (5)
JPEG Quality (7)
Exposure Programaperture priority (3)
Focus Distance

other sizes: small medium large original auto
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Julie Oldfield15-Apr-2020 23:54
Wow! Is it keeping people out or in. V
Graeme15-Apr-2020 10:54
This house looks as if its owners want to keep their house private from the outside world! As Jose said, its like a fortress!! V
joseantonio15-Apr-2020 04:30
looks like a huge fortress....V