It Kinda Depends On Your Point of View ...

We're home now, I wanted to do a post basically focused on just pictures.  

I love photography, and have spent a fair amount of time gathering pictures for this blog, among other things.  All pictures published here were taken by me, using an iPhone camera.  I have occasionally resorted grabbing a photo off the internet for the blog, but 99% of pictures were generated on my own, with occasional help from Fiona.  

Much of the time, I am capturing an image in order to explain a point of view.  Literally, like what the scenic view was like in a foreign land.  But sometimes, I just want to capture an aesthetic image for the sake of a unique or unusual moment in time. 

The pictures on this post would fit that description. Pictures just for the sake of a picture, too interesting to pass up.

This little rig was cool looking and dazzling, but puzzling.  We came upon it on a cobblestone street in Rothenburg.  Turns out it is actually a bicycle.  Looks hard to maneuver.  By the way, everyone rides bikes there, which can be challenging on the up-and-down cobblestones.  

This was some leaded ancient glass in a church in Bacarach Germany.  Loved the texture of the glass and the colors behind.  

  
Again, colors and texture.  We saw a lot of apples, especially in Kazakhstan, where they are said to originate.  Although ... this picture was taken in Germany. 

This was a classic expression on a large statue carving on the front of a church.  There were other characters in the artwork, but this guy's mood seems to imply he's fed up and bored ...

Stark colors and textures. Street scene on a low window ledge in St Goar.  

Loved the light and the detail in this picture inside a church in the chancel area.  Doesn't look very comfortable.  Most of the churches in Germany are Lutheran.  

Again, just because ... I loved the lighting and lines and texture.   

  
So many people (tourists?) in various forms of modern clothing, amongst a background 1,000 years old. 

Having lunch at an outside cafe, with this view across the street.  Found the variety of elements very interesting.  

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Inside yet another church, but hey, gotta love the bright basic colors.  Not bad for a bunch of Lutherans, eh?

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Loved the detailed carving.  Was trying to capture the close up view against the blurry background, depth of field.

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Guess you can tell where this picture was taken.  Candles against the enormous background of the church in Rothenburg.  For the curious: O.D.T. is a geographic reference and translates as "On The Tauber" the local river nearby.