Tag: mystery

Last week’s Friday Mystery Place was identified with unerring accuracy by judithreid (go check out her blog!), who recognized the edifice in the image as the Victor Emmanuel II monument in Rome.

The official name of the monument is the Altare del Patria, Altar of the Fatherland.  It houses the Museum of Italian Unification and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.  It’s construction was rather controversial, as it put a huge white edifice in the middle of a medieval area of Rome.  Additionally, its size and overly ostentatious architecture make it a bit of an anachronism in the Eternal City.

How about another slide from 1960…

Clearly, this is not the Arc de Triomphe; which arch do you think this might be?

Technical Details

The slide, from which this scan came, was processed in August of 1960; it was shot on Kodak Ektachrome slide file.  Despite its age, the typical Ektachrome pinkish cast (due to cyan dye fading over time) is rather minimal

Last week’s Friday Mystery Place took me by surprise in that nobody recognized the castle in the background.  Of course, this image was a wee bit tricky, as the true subject was the beautiful Robin in the foreground, so that the castle was blurry in the background.

When Judith, whose blog Judith Reid Natural Health is worthy of your reading time (go read it!), narrow it down to Scotland, I thought that at least one of my readers might have visited it the lovely Isle of Mull, in which case they would have recognized Duart Castle, home of the Clan MacLean.  During our visit to the castle, we even met Sir Lachlan Hector Charles Maclean, 28th Chief of Clan MacLean, as he was working on the property.

Let’s try again this week and see, if I’m right that lots of folks will know the answer to this one!

Where in the United States do these ponies roam free and get harassed by annoying photographers?

Technical Details

This image was captured with a Canon EOS 5D Mk III and an EF 24-105mm f/4L lens.  The exposure settings were at 1/250 seconds at f/4 and 640 ISO.

Last week’s Friday Mystery Place was indeed a very tricky one, although, if you look closely, there were some hints built into the image.  As justbluedutch figured out correctly, it is the statue of Queen Wilhelmina, who ruled the Netherlands from 1890-1948.  Her inauguration was in 1898, as she was only 10 when she ascended to the throne.  One of Queen Wilhelmina’s main contributions to Dutch society is her steadfast leadership throughout World War II; ruling from the relative safety of London, her broadcasts inspired the Dutch to persevere in the face of horrible oppression and tragedy.

Something a little lighter, and I don’t think overly difficult for this week…

Where’s this robin?  And yes, it’s on a rental car 🙂

Technical Details

This image was captured with a Canon EOS 5D Mk III and an EF 24-105mm f/4L lens.  The exposure settings were at 1/125 seconds at f/6.3 and 200 ISO.

I thought that last week’s Friday Mystery Place would be pretty tricky to figure out, so I was pleasantly surprised when Petraisgone figured it out with relative ease!  You should go check out her blog, in which she describes her travels (a lot of them in the Netherlands and surrounding countries) and includes lots of photography to really make you feel like you’re there.

Her correct answer is that this is the Doelenpoort (aka St. Joris Poort) in Leiden in the Netherlands.  It is the entrance to the Doelen, which were the practice field for the town militia.  This gate was erected in 1645.

Now for this week’s mystery location…

This rather imposing statue stands in a park, which is located in…

Technical Details

This image was captured with a Canon EOS 5D Mk II and an EF 24-105mm f/4L lens.  The exposure settings were at 1/125 seconds at f/8 and 320 ISO.

Happy Saturday morning!  Running a bit behind schedule this week, but I hope you don’t mind too much.

Last week’s Friday Mystery Place was uncovered pretty quickly, as the site of the Lochbuie Stones on the Isle of Mull in Scotland.  A very mystical place, which gives one the idea that interdimensional travellers may have passed through it (I think someone wrote a series about this occurring in Scotland that is rather popular…).  The Isle of Mull was one of our early stops on our trip to Scotland and I would recommend it wholeheartedly to anyone who enjoys beautiful landscape.

I think that this week’s image is pretty straightforward too…

Where is this location?

As always, extra credit for any additional detail you can provide!  Best of luck!

Technical Details

This image was captured with a Canon EOS 5D Mk II and an EF 24-105mm f/4L lens.  The exposure settings were at 1/250 second at f/11 and 200 ISO.