Photo of the week!

Todays' photo is one of my personal favourites.I took it in Andros island in the Bahamas.It's quite a big ( if i remember right,it is the biggest in the Bahamas),non turistic and undiscovered island,making it perfect for a family vacation. We stayed in a beautiful house that was actually built away from the shoreline and in the water.The photograph is taken from the porch and, although it has some digital alterations (more contrast and some light and shadow adjustments), sunsets from that porch were simply breathtaking.The water was actually salt water and one morning we were lucky enough to see a dolphin. There were also lots of trumpet fish, baby barracuda and zebra-stripped fish swimming around the house and it was almost as a fairytale except, perhaps, for the mosquitoes and the somewhat horrible smell of the water...Anyway you can't expect for all of it to be perfect, but I spent a lovely time with all my family and i would certainly repeat the experience!!!

 

 

 

 

 

Photo of the week!

This week i'm posting a photo I personally like a lot because of the beautiful patterns and colours. You'll probably ask yourself what exactly is this. Well, while it looks like an image from a kaleidoscope it's far from that.It's actually a dome,the dome of "the Hall of the Abencerrajes family" in the Alhambra, Granada,Spain. I went there on a long weekend right before Christmas and the whole Alhambra complex,with it's fountains,gardens and halls is simply stunning.

The Alhambra is,by far, the best remain of spanish muslim heritage, closely followed by Cordoba's cathedral-mosque. Muslim architecture is lovely,paying close attention to detail and blending nature with architecture in a beautiful way.

If you haven't gone to Granada and visited the Alhambra yet, I strongly recomend it. When I ask people if they have visited  Spain most of them say "Yes,well i've been to Barcelona" Don't get

 Me wrong, Barcelona is also lovely, but there are many other places in Spain that are at least as beautiful that no one knows. And, besides, Barcelona considers itself the least spanish part of Spain so if you want to learn spanish and spanish culture it's not the best place to go.

Photo of the week

Apart from my doodles and paintings I also love photography and I have a few pictures I've taken all around the world in my travels with my family. I will be posting one every week! Hope you enjoy them :)
I'll start with my photograph of the bridge of sighs, in Venice. I went to the famous,romantic and wet city last year and had a great time. It's a pitty to think that scientists say that in a few hundred years the city might "drown"....
Anyway, I love this photo because of the feeling of being squeezed between the buildings and because it shows the spirit of Venice. I chose to put it in black & white because I think it gives the photograph a nice dramatic effect.