Something Beautiful

Photographs (amazing)

Digital-images has a great many photographs that are pretty terrific, all by a photographer named Ron Reznick. (I haven't quite figured out yet how this site is organized but hope to do so.)

Some of these are extraordinary. Have a look, for example, at the enlarged version of this photo of the Mesa Verde cliff city. It is part of the Southwest gallery.

Then there is the 45 Portfolio, a gathering of images that appear to be among the photographer's favorites.

And then there is this portfolio of 200 signed images. Be sure to catch the lion, about two-thirds down the page.

The best way of finding one's way around seems to be through the general Gallery page.

Beautiful Prague

Prague is one of the world's most beautiful cities -- as these photos demonstrate so well.

Churches in the Faroe Islands

Be prepared to be impressed - Churches in the Faroe Islands.   

This page drew my attention to these islands, and then I searched out the page with the churches.  The Faroes are closer to Scotland and Norway, but they belong to Denmark. 

Florence Skyline

Some sights never get old. Here is the skyline of Florence, Italy, from several points of view -- Florence skylines.

Ulster Co. landscapes

Kiwikuhlow hasn't posted many photos at Flickr, but the 16 that are there now are pretty terrific. All were taken in Ulster County, NY, in the mid-Hudson River Valley. (Note that you can see a larger version of each photo by clicking on the magnifying-glass icon.)

St Petersburg, Russia

Some lovely photos of St Petersburg, Russia.   Click on the words "Full Size," to the right of the photo, to see the gorgeous high-resolution versions --

Catherine Palace

Chandelier, in the interior of the Cathedral of Sts Peter and Paul

Resurrection Cathedral (Note: do not miss the high-res version of this!)

 

Chateau (castle)

A 360-degree panorama of the Chateau Chenonceau in France. 

Russian churches

Alexey Sergeev, a chemist at Tulane University, has posted his archive of more than 11,000 photos  from over 500 rolls of film.    He has, moreover, supplied a search engine that makes a number of rewarding searches possible.   

It enabled me to find, for example, these 1,420 pictures of Russian churches.

You can also try much narrower subjects, for example, fresco or mosaic. 

A bit of Holland

This photo of several windmills in Holland is very appealing, no?    It's by Corry DeLaan, of Munich, Germany.   Note that you can change the background to the photo by clicking on one of the grayscale-squares in the upper left corner of the Photoblink screen.   

Many more of Mr. DeLaan's photos appear at FotoCommunity.   One that I especially liked is called Morning Idyll. 

Chateau de Chambord

Now here is one fine-looking building -- the Chateau de Chambord,  1519-1547, by Domenico da Cortona, at Chambord, France.   

These five additional photographs show it off from different angles and viewpoints.