On Apr 3, 2013, at 5:42 PM, Rick Womer wrote: > Rennes (metro population ~600,000) is the capital of Brittany, in France. In > 1720 a large fire destroyed about half the city, which was almost entirely > half-timbered buildings on narrow, tangled streets. The burned area was > cleared and rebuilt with a grid plan and stone buildings, but a good deal of > the original medieval-Renaissance town remains. For example: > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17110052
I like how new Rennes is only 300 years old. But it is lovely the way that photo shows the layering of the ages. Impressive job with the dynamic range too. > > (K-5, DA 16-45) > > I was unable to determine whether the gentleman shuffling along was > Renaissance or medieval. The TV antennas are definitely Renaissance. > > Comments appreciated! > > Rick > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
