Almost all the photos I took on our holiday were taken with my new 18-270mm Tamron zoom or my iPhone. But I did take my 50mm with me, and once a week put it on the camera for enough shots to keep up with my 52/50 project.
Here are the last five weeks of photos for the project:
Week 20: Most of my shots for this week were taken in the Spice Bazaar and the Grand Bazaar. There were two other contenders for this week, but I finally settled on the spices.
One of the guide books recommended buying Turkish red pepper to bring back. I didn’t, and I wished I had, along with some sumac which is an ingredient I’m finding in many Turkish recipes. But Saturday I found a great Turkish market right here in Rochester, and was able to purchase both spices and some other ingredients I wanted. We loved the Turkish and Greek foods, and I’ve made several dishes from The Sultan’s Kitchen since we’ve returned–all of them delicious.
Week 21: Each morning in Santorini our breakfast was delivered to our room. If it wasn’t too windy, we ate on our patio. We had quite a nice menu to choose from, and the food was great. We ate lunch at the hotel a couple of times, as well as dinner. One of my best meals of the trip was here—lamb on roasted white eggplant puree. (I’d love to get that recipe!)
Week 22: This photo was taken from a museum looking up at a restaurant. I loved the bright green umbrellas against the clear blue sky. Matt couldn’t get over the blues in the photos from Santorini. None of the colors in my photos are enhanced. It really was that blue! We ended up eating lunch at this restaurant later in the day.
Week 23: When we arrived home, our peonies were in bloom. I always enjoy taking photos of them.
Week 24: Saturday we took our annual spring road trip to Ithaca to go to the Farmer’s Market. On our way home we stopped to have lunch at Tracy’s cousin’s home in Interlaken. Mike had trimmed the bushes around their entrance way the day before, and discovered this tiny nest. The morning of our visit, this baby bird hatched. His eyes are still closed.
Oh my goodness I am hoping you are not going to ask for a favourite! Your pictures are spectacular, the yellows gold & green in the spices are truly breathtaking as is that sky, I would love to have joined you on the balcony or just taken a tiny peek at the fabulous wide open beak! so looking forward to more from your trip.
WOW the colours are just amazing (plenty of colour inspiration for cards there). I haven’t been to Greece but I believe that the blues are blindingly blue. The spice markets are definitely on my bucket list – the smells must have been intoxicating.
The colour you have been able to capture is spectacular – so often I find it is hard to replicate the vibrancy, without filters, in travel shots. I was wondering how your new lens went and if you decided to use the 50mm at all. Keep them coming Karen!
These are stunning! The photograph of the baby bird is amazing. And I absolutely adore the photograph from the spice market. The patio reminds me of when we visited Spain’s southern coast and ate dinner on the patio as often as we could.
Rinda
Your gorgeous pictures have me thinking of a morning we once spent in Tunis, at the market. I can smell those spices…and that’s what makes a really great photo I think
Stunning shots,Karen….and much as I love the holiday ones….the baby bird is just amazing.
Your photos are awesome Karen – great vibrancy – but the one of the baby bird is just spectacular! How fragile it looks and what a crisp photo you got!
Wow such colourful pictures Karen 🙂
WOW! Love your photos! What a great idea 52/20, I haven’t heard of this before:)
Whoa – that photo of the baby bird is awesome, Karen. Well, all your photos are awesome, but the baby really got me!
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