The Watch Tower

© Laurence Saliba

The Watch Tower

Uploaded: October 16, 2009 04:48:40

Description

This is one of five Lascaris towers that Grand Master Juan de Lascaris-Castellar of the the Knights of Malta ordered be built. This watchtower was originally armed with a half pounder gun and garrisoned by four men. It is situated on the cliffs between Ghajn Tuffieha Bay and Golden Bay to the north of Malta.

Exif: F Number: 10, Exposure Bias Value: -1.00, ExposureTime: 1/500 seconds, Flash: did not fire, compulsory flash mode, ISO: 100, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 21.00 mm, Model: Canon EOS 50D

Comments

Tess L. Yee October 16, 2009

Lovely image and wonderful information, Laurence! Such a pretty sky! #1192949

Stefania Barbier level-classic October 16, 2009

wonderful leading lines and capture!!! #8042927

ROLAN NARMAN October 16, 2009

Wonderful capture and colors "Stranger Bro!" #8042998

Christine Czernin level-classic October 16, 2009

Great POV, Laurence, thanks for taking us there and the info about the tower. #8043574

Laurence Saliba level-classic October 17, 2009

Thanks Tess, Stefania, Rolan and Christine! What's "Stranger Bro" Rolan?? #8044886

Max Aureli October 17, 2009

Great capture Bro Lau. !! Fantastic POV whit wonderful sky my friend!!! #8046128

ROLAN NARMAN October 19, 2009

Haven't seen you in BP lately! LOL! You must be pretty busy Bro! #8049868

Tammy Espino May 24, 2010

Congrats on an awesome finalist!! :) #8633127

Tiia Vissak May 24, 2010

Congratulations! #8633600

Nancy (Peaches) Harker May 24, 2010

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
HUGE CONGRATS on your AWSOME finalist,
Best of luck in the next round!!! #8634248

Stefania Barbier level-classic May 24, 2010

wonderful beauty, congrats again! #8637746

Bojan Bencic level-classic May 25, 2010

Congratulations on your finalist, Laurence. #8638421

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