The ornate grilles and gates are for ventilation.
> On 2 Jul 2021, at 05:29, Alan C <[email protected]> wrote: > > Very posh! Pillars - symbols of wealth & power. Presumably the high security > is necessary? BTW, didn't you need a permit? > > Yesterday, AM, I stuck my lens through a palisade fence to photograph a house > for the PUG, only to be challenged by a rather officious lady from the house > next door who threatened me and accused me of all sorts of things. She > immediately 'phoned the owner of the house. When I tried to explain she said > she was not interested. I showed her I had deleted the image & cleared off. > > Alan C > >> On 01-Jul-21 10:37 PM, Rick Womer wrote: >> Many of the houses in Cordoba have an atrium, some of them open to the sky. >> Most of the houses seem to have gates (and bars on all the windows). >> >> A view through the gate of one house with a conventional lens: >> >> https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/2019/Spain-2019/Cordoba-Through-the-Gate/i-BGZV9PW/A >> >> Through the same view with a fisheye lens: >> >> https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/2019/Spain-2019/Cordoba-Through-the-Gate/i-7KNMnZv/A >> >> (K-5, DA 24-70, DA 10-17) -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

