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02-Apr-2016

Gold accents

I don’t know why I didn’t post many of these pictures when I was still living in Riyadh. Maybe I just ran out of time. Or maybe I posted them and just don’t realize it ;-).

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I never tired of photographing Riyadh neighborhoods during our three years in Saudi Arabia, with each one grander than the last. Tim used to drive me around residential areas on the weekends, and in a country that doesn’t really embrace photography, almost all pictures had to be shot from the car. I only got “reprimanded” (but nicely) once, by a Saudi man who suggested people probably wouldn’t appreciate my photographing their houses. Yet this gallery has a huge number of views, some of them I suspect by Saudis.

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

The surprise iris, posted earlier:

Nikon D810 ,Nikkor AF-S 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
1/250s f/10.0 at 34.0mm iso100 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto
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Julie Oldfield02-May-2020 14:50
I do like the golden tones. Very glitzy. V
Don Mottershead02-May-2020 00:00
Although the gate is backlit, the light coloured paving stones are bouncing some very attractive light back to the gate. V
Martin Lamoon01-May-2020 22:00
A great entrance
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Nick Paoni01-May-2020 21:51
The gold really makes a nice accent on the black gate.
Hank Vander Velde01-May-2020 20:51
What a beautiful rich-looking entrance gate Helen. Great shot of it.
hayl01-May-2020 20:28
Such symmetry to the architecture of the gates and wall - beautiful.
Marwan Habib01-May-2020 20:19
This one is really lovely.
larose forest photos01-May-2020 19:28
Ornate and very fancy, these gates of Riyadh are endlessly fascinating. Gorgeous shot. V
joseantonio01-May-2020 18:16
lovely symetry nicely captured.V
Blandine Mangin01-May-2020 18:02
very beautiful ! v