On 08/23/2011 08:50 AM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> Another view of the city, as seen from a boat coming from upstreams.
>
> This is how Lord Dunsany described this part of the river in Idle Days
> on the Yann, from the book A Dreamer's Tales:
>
> [quote]
> And now as the sun's last rays were nearly level, we saw the sight that
> I had come to see, for from two mountains that stood on either shore two
> cliffs of pink marble came out into the river, all glowing in the light
> of the low sun, and they were quite smooth and of mountainous altitude,
> and they nearly met, and Yann went tumbling between them and found the sea.
> And this was Bar-Wul-Yann, the Gate of Yann, and in the distance through
> that barrier's gap I saw the azure indescribable sea, where little
> fishing-boats went gleaming by.
> [/quote]
>
> Note that Lord Dunsany visited the region long before the foundation of
> Gancaloon!
>
> Thomas
Hey nice work ... curious about the camera settings that you are using, 
mind posting a few particulars? I /really/ like how this scene is posed 
... top drawer!

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