Herb Riddle's photos with the keyword: Arches

An arched pier to the inspection point on Norman Hill Reservoir catches my eye with this wonderful light. This is near Piethorne reservoir above Newhey, Rochdale. See PiP HFF and have a great weekend.

Just a few miles from our holiday dwelling, here is another hilltop village called Bibbona. Enjoy the quite rustic streets here with me and don’t disturb the inhabitants with all that camera clicking. ‘The medieval hamlet of Bibbona sits in the Province of Livorno in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 80 kilometres southwest of Florence. The main village is located six kilometres inland from its sister popular resort of Marina di Bibbona with its sandy beaches. PiP's As usual, best viewed in full screen.

Siena, has beautiful light! It all works so perfectly well with the coffee coloured walls of its many buildings. Here we have a view of one of the many streets with high walls and shuttered windows. Of course the shadows from the opposite buildings gave me this unique bridge-like effect here. The green, white and red national flags help too (il Tricolore) :) Enjoy full screen

Volterra is another town of tight narrow streets and alleyways as can be seen here. I believe it was common practice to build arches joining high buildings that were close together to counter earthquake damage in such areas. Of course the streets are narrow so that the buildings can give cool shade, and the heights were driven by the needs of a high population in a very restrictive footprint on this hilltop plateau. Enjoy full screen

As people go about their normal day and tourist look for the next souvenir shop, I run around with my camera to my eye and just shoot and shoot. Here a double arched thoroughfare lets me capture part of this medieval town in all its splendor. Enjoy full screen

The classic view of this splendid vision of British Victorian engineering. Best full screen