Traditional watchtower evolution (2) by Helen Betts

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26-MAR-2016

Traditional watchtower evolution (2)

A series of three images documenting the evolution of traditional watchtowers here. This newer-looking one was located on the edge of a luxury housing development full of huge mansions. I tried but wasn’t able to get any of the houses in view with the tower.

Very old tower, posted earlier:

Nikon D810 ,Nikkor AF-S 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
1/320s f/10.0 at 66.0mm iso100 full exif

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Julie Oldfield		30-Apr-2016 14:51
Great perspective. Amazing history. V

Buz Kiefer		29-Apr-2016 18:04
More interesting photos from this interesting land. Vote.

LynnH		29-Apr-2016 13:58
Interesting design. Looks like a crown! V

larose forest photos		29-Apr-2016 13:32
This also is appealing in its simplicity. V

Jim Coffman		29-Apr-2016 12:57
A very nice capture, Helen! Very interesting..

Gerard Koehl		29-Apr-2016 11:18
Cette vieille tour est très belle. V

janescottcumming		29-Apr-2016 10:34
Looks very old. V

David Lewins		29-Apr-2016 08:32
Nicely captured and composed, very interesting structure.

Patrick Goossens		29-Apr-2016 08:31
Great POV to show how difficult it must have been to enter this watchtower by these stepstones.

Ton, Ben & Rob Nagtegaal		29-Apr-2016 07:37
Beautiful and interesting capture Helen, great shot!! V

joseantonio		29-Apr-2016 07:27
very nice capture of these interesting towers in the desert.V

Ika Zinka Eferl		29-Apr-2016 07:25
This is very nice and interesting capture Helen ... very impressive architecture !V

Chris Morton		29-Apr-2016 07:00
a marvellously self-explanatory structure; that is if it was a watch tower. Very slightly reminiscent of the Scottish Broch, but they are far from simple http://www.pbase.com/crisscross/broch )