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Only if you're bored!... P&S shots of Nile Cruise

NeilLNeilL Registered Users Posts: 4,201 Major grins
edited August 27, 2008 in Journeys
Just a handful of the snaps I took with a P&S on this trip a couple of years back.

Traveled by train Cairo to Aswan. Then boarded a very pleasant, uncrowded river boat for the leisurely sail back down to Luxor, pulling into shore for sight seeing excursions. Not at all expensive for the riches you get. But you have to be savvy about baksheesh!

It was a very exciting experience for me, a dream of my boyhood, and I came to it with quite a bit of knowledge about that fabulous ancient time, which made it all the more rewarding.

Sundeck. Everyone was at lunch!

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Fertile river bank

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Now, some temples, of course...

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Over the ridge on the right is the Valley of the Kings.

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On the Nile, towards sunset.

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Reprocessed from small jpgs with LightZone.

Hope that was a pleasant minute of viewing!

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    Chrissiebeez_NLChrissiebeez_NL Registered Users Posts: 1,295 Major grins
    edited August 26, 2008
    it was :D

    Looks like you had a good time, would love to visit egypt some time. Though i must admit i much prefered some of the earlier shots you made (with a DSLR?). something about the composition just screams "snaps" rolleyes1.gif

    oh well, you warned us so no use pointing fingers :D
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    TangoTango Registered Users Posts: 4,592 Major grins
    edited August 26, 2008
    this looks like a trip i would also enjoy...thanks for the shots!
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    NeilLNeilL Registered Users Posts: 4,201 Major grins
    edited August 26, 2008
    Chrissiebeez_NL wrote:
    it was :D

    Looks like you had a good time, would love to visit egypt some time. Though i must admit i much prefered some of the earlier shots you made (with a DSLR?). something about the composition just screams "snaps" rolleyes1.gif

    oh well, you warned us so no use pointing fingers :D

    rolleyes1.gif

    Thanks for looking!

    Yeah, so little did I know about photography when I took these (and still can't do much!) that I took & saved them as little jpgs. On and off I try to salvage a few of these P&S snaps for posterity. :D

    But the subjects themselves are timelessly stunning. Snaps they are, but not of inconsequential things!

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    NeilLNeilL Registered Users Posts: 4,201 Major grins
    edited August 26, 2008
    AaronNelson wrote:
    this looks like a trip i would also enjoy...thanks for the shots!

    Like with any trip into foreign parts, doing some homework is the key to success! I recommend the Lonely Planet guide.

    As a boy, part of my sustenance was books etc about ancient Egypt, and I have always been drawn by mysteries on the fringes of civilisation, or at their centre.

    So if you are this kind of romantic, you'd get a thrill out of a trip like this!

    Get your hat and whip and take on anything that comes! :D

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    Chrissiebeez_NLChrissiebeez_NL Registered Users Posts: 1,295 Major grins
    edited August 26, 2008
    NeilL wrote:
    .. that I took & saved them as little jpgs.
    Neil

    ouch!! haha rolleyes1.gif

    thats one way of diminishing your chances of getting good shots :D

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    NeilLNeilL Registered Users Posts: 4,201 Major grins
    edited August 26, 2008
    Chrissiebeez_NL wrote:
    thats one way of diminishing your chances of getting good shots

    rolleyes1.gif

    In fact, these are the first shots I took with a digital. And the last time before this I had taken photos was when I was a kid! Or very nearly. mwink.gif

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    Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited August 26, 2008
    Hey these are wonderful ! great place and photographythumb.gif
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    NeilLNeilL Registered Users Posts: 4,201 Major grins
    edited August 26, 2008
    Awais Yaqub wrote:
    Hey these are wonderful ! great place and photographythumb.gif

    Thanks! Happy you like them, Awais!

    Hope all is well with you? We keep hearing of the problems where you are. Of course, they're not the whole story. But still, I always think of you when there is some bad news.

    How are your studies going?

    Best.

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    Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited August 26, 2008
    NeilL wrote:
    Thanks! Happy you like them, Awais!

    Hope all is well with you? We keep hearing of the problems where you are. Of course, they're not the whole story. But still, I always think of you when there is some bad news.

    How are your studies going?

    Best.

    Neil

    Thanks everything is well around me apart from horrible wave of inflation and shortage of electricity !
    Studies are going good just started classes of 4th Semesterthumb.gif

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    NeilLNeilL Registered Users Posts: 4,201 Major grins
    edited August 26, 2008
    Awais Yaqub wrote:
    Thanks everything is well around me apart from horrible wave of inflation and shortage of electricity !
    Studies are going good just started classes of 4th Semesterthumb.gif

    I hope things are going good at your side

    Happy to hear your news is good!

    And I can't complain here! thumb.gif

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    dlplumerdlplumer Registered Users Posts: 8,081 Major grins
    edited August 26, 2008
    Nice shots Neil. clap.gif
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    NeilLNeilL Registered Users Posts: 4,201 Major grins
    edited August 26, 2008
    dlplumer wrote:
    Nice shots Neil. clap.gif

    Appreciated, Dan!
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    NomadRipNomadRip Registered Users Posts: 180 Major grins
    edited August 26, 2008
    Beautiful! clap.gif
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    NeilLNeilL Registered Users Posts: 4,201 Major grins
    edited August 26, 2008
    NomadRip wrote:
    Beautiful! clap.gif

    Thanks! :smooch

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    dadwtwinsdadwtwins Registered Users Posts: 804 Major grins
    edited August 27, 2008
    I love the way your so humble:D, "...only if your bored..."

    These pics are great and what a great trip. Thank you for sharingclap.gifclapclap.gif
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    NeilLNeilL Registered Users Posts: 4,201 Major grins
    edited August 27, 2008
    dadwtwins wrote:
    These pics are great and what a great trip. Thank you for sharingclap.gifclapclap.gif

    Yes, it was a great trip. I'm glad a few pics from it came up not too bad. Now I've lost the innocence of P&S I'm in real trouble. thumb.gif

    Thanks for looking!

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    zackerzacker Registered Users Posts: 451 Major grins
    edited August 27, 2008
    i like the pics.... even for "just snaps" they are great.. i cant imagaine someone carving all that stone.. whew!!
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    NeilLNeilL Registered Users Posts: 4,201 Major grins
    edited August 27, 2008
    zacker wrote:
    i cant imagaine someone carving all that stone.. whew!!

    Yes, it certainly was a big industry, armies of various artisans. But think of the colossal structures now around the world. Yet, we pretty much take such things in our stride. What drives us to these displays!! ne_nau.gif

    Thanks for your kind comments!

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