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Windows form an important frame for many travel pictures. As I look at these, I think I can see where the inside and outside of the windows blend to tell us more about the place. And surely there is some symbolism looking through a window at the beginning of the year. When I started digging through my files, I found so many window pictures, that this Travel Photo Thursday photo essay of windows from the outside is to be continued next week with views looking out from windows.
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Love your windows collection. My favorites – the San Antonio and Pueblo ones, Great shots!
Lovely photo essay. I’m drawn to that simple, turquoise pueblo window.
what awesome window pictures!! You had such a nice variety.
I love taking photos of windows too even though my teen daughter objects. She doesn’t think I should be taking pics of windows if someone lives there!
A photo of an entire structure (house, cathedral, government building) often turns out to be a bust. Too much junk (such as cars, power or telephone lines) appears in the foreground. You get “the big picture” but no sense of the place. Focusing on a small feature, like a door or window, as you’ve done with these shots, usually produces a more interesting and evocative image. Here’s one of mine, taken in Prague: http://ttftr.com/xaqfcc
Dick: I really love that picture. I think that’s another category (which I also have a few of)–Walls!
I love the windows idea. My husband is obsessed with doors, so I have an abundance of door pictures, but the windows are really unique. I really enjoyed your pics and the idea of looking at them and then through them. Thanks for sharing!
Stick around–I have plenty of doors, too. Matter of fact I was rather surprised to learn that I had as many windows as doors!!
Boise has a lovely train station. (Wikipedia entry = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boise_Union_Pacific_Depot ). Thanks for sharing! (Already a subscriber and will post on the fb). -r
Windows are amazing pieces of architecture. Stained glass windows are really beautiful but I liked the windows in Salzburg and San Antonio best!
Thanks, Debbie. I’m partial to mission windows. They are similar throughout the west, but still each is different and usually ornate.
I did a similar post recently on doors. There is something compelling about windows – all the different shapes, sizes, colours, not to mention the mystery of what goes on behind the windows, or as in your stained glass photograph, what the history of the window might be.
Stained glass always presents a particular challenge. Come to think of it, I could do a whole essay with stained glass windows.
And here I was thinking this was going to be about the operating system. Disappointed Vera. Disappointed… 😉
Oh, right. Windows for computers is SOOOO photogenic!
lovely windows – i LOVE them all! i often wonder what the views from the insides of these windows are like…
I’m obsessed with windows. I have taken so many pics of windows throughout all of my travels. I love imagining what’s on the other side?
a lovely photo essay, Vera. isn’t it fascinating how windows suggest the spirit of a place? looking forward to your next post on windows, and thanks for this one.
Thanks, Kerry. There is something magical about doors and windows. They seem to always hint at a picture and the people inside.
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