Last Walk Through

GXR A12, f2.5, 1/400, ISO 3200, JPG b&w, 50mm

After 9 days in Morocco it's time to head back to the UK and while I will miss some aspects of Morocco it did not grow on me as much as other countries have done so I don't feel like I am missing much. Marrakech is certainly an interesting city but I did not really warm up to the people and found quite a lot not to be honest, the mopeds driving through the Medina were also driving me crazy after the first day where I found this quite interesting.
So to sum it up, it was a great holiday full of photo opportunities and I am happy I could see Marrakech and especially Essaouria but I am in no rush to come back.

Walking Past

GXR A12, f5.6, 1/320, ISO 200, JPG, 50mm

The first thing I noticed was the wall texture with the way the light and shadow looked. Since 50mm is not wide enough to stand opposie and get a good picture I had to include the street and there the people which in this case worked very well.

The Eye

GXR A12, f 2.5, 1/80, ISO 3200, JPG b&w, 50mm

Today was not such a good day photographically speaking, only got a few good pictures. It also looks like I have a theme going with my daily posts, one high ISO b&w picture followed by a color picture. It is not planned bu just happened that way.

More pictures as usual in my Dropbox gallery here.

Waiting by the Pool

GXR A12, f4.5, 1/640, ISO 200, RAW, 50mm

After seeing almost all the other gardens, I decided to walk all across town to the Menara Gardens near the airport. While the gardens seem very popular with the locals they were not really worth the walk but I still got a few nice pictures there.

Old and Wrinkly

GXR A12, f2.5, 1/80, ISO 3200, JPG b&w, 50mm

I really like this picture although I did not focus on the hand as planned.

Walking around the Medina in Marrakech is on the one hand very exciting and full of picture opportunities but on the other hand gets very frustrating thanks to the mopeds racing in between people and I will go crazy if one more person tries to tell me the way to the square for a tip. But this is allpart of the experiance and fun of exploring this area.

Due to a technical problem with my Windows XP drivers I could not post or update my Dropbox gallery the last two days but this is fixed now and everything is up to date.