Josh’s Photos

I titled this photo “…behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.” (Song of Solomon 2:8)

It was taken a while back at the Makhtesh Ramon (Ramon Crater). It’s one of those photos you spend the rest of your life trying to reproduce.
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The old city Shuk (market) is located between Jaffa Gate and the Temple Mount. It is as colorful as it is full of personalities, set within the narrow alleys, it is truly a unique experience.

I was happy the wide angle lens enabled me to capture both paths. When I saw this I had an immediate association with the poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost.

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

Below, a single road, the “one less traveled“?

Another in the series at the Western Wall. This photo requires you click on it for a larger view, so that you can read the note. May all your wishes come true…

Below, another classic shot, with additional perspective due to the wide angle lens.

In my effort to experiment with my wide angle lens, I toured the old city of Jerusalem looking for photo opportunities. I took the ‘classic’ photo of an Israeli solider praying at the Kotel. What the wide angle lens enabled me to do was not just capture the solider and a portion of the wall but the complete height of the wall and sky. This photo is not about the solider, but his prayers rising to heaven.

The Montefiore Windmill, AKA ‘The Windmill’, located in Yemin Moshe, is a Jerusalem landmark. The windmill was erected in 1857 to provide low priced flower for the new community living outside of the old city walls of Jerusalem. For additional history see Yemin Moshe (at Jewish Agency for Israel site) and wikipedia article on Sir Moses Montefiore.

With the above photo I used the wide angle lens to bring in all the elements (windmill, trees, clouds) of this shot, each pulling the eye to the center.

Below, more of the ‘classic’ windmill photo.

Additonal photo after the click.

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I got a new Ultra-Wide Zoom lens and have been learning how to handle it. I took it with me to the Azrieli Center (corporate) and got a few shots I liked. More after the click.

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Old Acre has a whole slew of things to visit including the Hospitaller Fortress above and the Templars’ Tunnel below. Both of these were challenging to photograph because of the lighting conditions.

A few more photos are available in the album.