*** This Week Through Your Eyes 2024.05.04 ***

Nice addition to your project, I like the way they depicted the water.

You captured the moment well.

This one is my pick, I love bluebells too.

You did not break any eggs there, did you 😉. The weather is not very nice.

The great victory statue. Mustafa Kemal Ataturk's (the father of the Turks) profile can be seen on the panel. The face of the figure is heavily influenced by his appearance too.

In place like this i’d be constantly looking over my shoulder...

Those fresh green colours and shades in spring, magical. Well conveyed by photos.

Very dramatic pose. We just visited Bitola in N Macedonia where Ataturk completed his military training. Part of the museum there was dedicated to him.
Bitola street scene.

EM5 still is a splendid little camera 😁. I wonder occasionally if I should upgrade, but it works well for me and is light to carry on a belt pouch up mountains.

The tunnels under cities are fascinating. Definitely creepy.

Mine was the Mk 1 version, which never presented the problems it it was supposed to have (shutter shock), It was getting a bit worn out. Yes, it was good for hiking.

Ataturk was a fascinating character. The panel shows a very stylish profile and makes a dramatic piece of art regardless of who the subject is.

I loved the silver EM5 I had but my favourite was my EM5-2 Titanium. It was a thing of utter beauty.

Yes, Bitola was called Manastir (both mean monastery) during Ottoman rule, the school was a military high school.

Yes, he was. He died very young; he was only 57 when he passed away. He was a very heavy drinker, his liver couldn't handle it. He died of cirrhosis. I don't know, but if he had lived another 20 years (until the 1960s), Turkey could have been different. He was extraordinary.