Como
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This shot was taken during a big storm that hit Sydney. The HDR dramatizes the whole scene a bit, but not that much. The clouds looked actually quite scary. If you look closely you can see a flock of Cockatoos fleeing from the storm.
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This is another shot that I took on the 5th of May as part of the 24 hours of flickr. It is the shot of Australias own (or better my own, since it is in my backyard) Hills Hoist that was prominently featured at the 200 Olympics Opening Ceremony. / And now I have to learn that it was not even an Australian Invention: Taken from Wikipedia: / “The Hills Hoist is an Australian version of the rotary clothes line, the distinguishing feature of which is a crown and pinion winding mechanism invented by Adelaide based Lance Hill in 1945. This allows this clothesline to be lowered and raised. The rotary clothes line itself had been invented as early as 1855, diagrams of which were published in Scientific American that year. This style of clothes line was popularised in Australia by Lance Hill and is a common sight in Australian and New Zealand backyards. It is considered one of Australia’s most recognisable icons, and is used frequently by artists as a metaphor for suburbia in Australia. For many post-war baby boomers it is a symbol of their childhood and an Australian national icon. / It is widely (and incorrectly) believed by the public to be an Australian invention.However, other Australian and American precursors existed decades before it was produced in 1945 in the Adelaide suburb of Glenunga by Lance Hill.” Please also visit my website alexkess.com and my photoblog . Cheers and Thanks, Alex
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Here is another shot that I took as part of the 24hrs of flckr. Looking straight down between my House and the fence. It is a bit of an attempt to turn something ordinary into something extraordinary and to give this mundane subject its 15 minutes of fame. Please also visit my website alexkess.com and my photoblog . Cheers and Thanks, Alex
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I went down to the Como Pleasure Grounds the other day. It’s funny how you can live almost right next to a place, and not realize how beautifull it is… This shot was taken under a beaurifull tree looking out towards the Train Bridge and the Marina. It is a 5xp HDR, pushing the limits a bit, but I think it gives the tree a real 3dimensional feel. Please also visit my website alexkess.com and my photoblog . Cheers, Alex
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Como Bridge, Sydney, NSW, Australia Please also visit my website alexkess.com and my photoblog . Cheers, Alex
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This was shot on on my Nikon FM2 with Ilford Delta 100 B&W Film. It is the first roll I ever developped myself, as part of my Black & White Course at the ACP. Random shots of my life in Como. Scanned of the negative. There will be heaps more to come over the next few weeks. I hope you like them. Please also visit my website alexkess.com and my photoblog . Cheers, Alex
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Original oil on canvas. / Size: 38” 28” inches, / .Date: 2007. / Price: 2,800 USD.
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Taken inside the lobby of the Bellagio hotel in Las Vegas. These are part of an amazing display by Dale Chihuly where 2,000 hand blown glass flowers hang from the ceiling. It’s an amazing sight!
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HDR of my Hills Hoist
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The boatshed, situated in Matilda Bay, is thought to have been originally constructed in the early 1930s. Panoramic view.
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A little pedestrian street in Bellagio, Lake Como, Northern Italy / May 2006. Featured in Which Way – walkways, pathways, stairways, and roadways group, RedBubble, October 2009
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The Italian Riviera. Looking toward Vererna from Catalina Island, Lake Como,
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A view of the gardens and the Lake from the Villa Carlotta on Catalina Island Lake Como .Italian Riviera.
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Graffiti at a small construction site in Toledo, Spain. What caught my attention is that it’s chalk. A little non-committal for a graffiti artist I thought …
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I fell in love with Como… the mountains, the lake, the close proximity to Switzerland… but boy oh boy it’s great to be back home!! :D / / / Art Folders… / / Entire Portfolio / Born From This Earth – Series / Hearts At War / Vehicular works / Architecture / Travel / B&W Photography / Transitional Industrial Utopian Series / Abstract / Models and Fashion Photography
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Captured in Como, Italy… Looking out towards Switzerland. / Art Folders… / / Entire Portfolio / Born From This Earth – Series / Hearts At War / Vehicular works / Architecture / Travel / B&W Photography / Transitional Industrial Utopian Series / Abstract / Models and Fashion Photography
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Fiori di Como – Hand-blown glass flowers art by Dale Chihuly hanging from the ceiling in the lobby of the Bellagio Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada. Many people who have visited the Bellagio have missed this wonderful display – they forgot to look up ;-) Nikon D300, 18-200mm VR lens
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A different view of Fiori di Como More info: / How is this project unique? First of all the scale, and secondly, the number of talented people who make up the team: glassblowers, architects, engineers, shippers, installers, and fabricators – over 100 in all. It took about 10,000 pounds of steel for the armature and some 40,000 pounds of hand-blown glass – over 2,000 pieces positioned fifteen to twenty-five feet overhead. It also demanded an entirely new type of hardware to attach the glass to the structure. Fiori di Como is your largest single work – 2,100 square feet, some 2,000 pieces of glass. The deadline (opening night of Bellagio) was one challenge, but what was the greatest creative challenge for you? Everything about Fiori di Como was new – the scale, the armature, and the glass. First I had to develop the way the ceiling would look – the depth, new glass forms, the technique for holding the glass, all the safety issues involving suspending a 40,000-pound artwork overhead. We started by constructing four prototypes in my studio for Elaine and Steve Wynn to see. After Steve made three trips to Seattle, we finally decided on the right look for the project – one that had ten feet of depth and required a very complicated steel armature that comes down like branches of a tree. Color was the most difficult challenge, and the structure was the most difficult technical challenge. Why Fiori di Como? I’m amazed at what people find in my work, and I don’t like to limit what you see with a title. For me titles are very difficult, and I don’t usually even think in terms of a theme when I’m creating a sculpture. Once it’s finished I’ll come up with a title, but one person might see flowers, another something from the sea or something from a dream. Bellagio was inspired by the hotel on Lake Como, and I wanted to use the lake in the title – it’s so romantic. I used the word fiori (flowers), but everybody sees something different. Can a work be too colorful? How do you set the palette? I don’t know if something can be too colorful. Color is one of the great properties of glass and is more intense in glass than any other material. Imagine entering Chartres Cathedral and looking up at the Rose Window: you can see a one-inch square of ruby red glass from 300 feet away. In Fiori di Como, I wanted to use a lot of color but ended up utilizing only about 40 of the 350 colors in my palette. I made the color appear random, yet organized as you might find in nature.
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Dedicated to the Mosman Chapel that got rid of all its crucifix’s, Bibles and all other Christian religious symbols. / Lucky they got rid of all that stuff, now everyone can feel free to pray in there… / In case you didn’t get my satire, I’m being very tongue in cheek. / / Just a quick word for those in Mosman who made that decision… I believe God loves us all regardless of which religious symbol we choose to follow… Oh and I love ya’s all too!! :D Happy Easter beautiful Bubblers all around the world! / / If you want to know more about me Check this out! / / This image was captured whilst travelling in Como, Italy. / / Art Folders… / / Entire Portfolio / Born From This Earth – Series / Hearts At War / Vehicular works / Architecture / Travel / B&W Photography / Transitional Industrial Utopian Series / Abstract / Models and Fashion Photography
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Como Marina and Bridge just after sunset – Como, Sydney, Australia. The interesting thing about this photo is that I was experimenting with delaying the time between each of the bracketed shots to capture the a train going each way on the bridge and I think this may have added to the vivid electric blue colour. The first shot was taken about 15 mins after sunset and the other two bracketed shots were taken 5 and 10 mins later respectively. You can see this a little in the fact that the boat on the right is a bit fuzzy. Very little post processing was done on this shot other than the obvious HDR process in Photomatix. Other that that it was just a minor crop to get rid of something I couldn’t see in the low light in the forground in iphoto and thats it. Nikon D90, Sigma 10-20mm @ 10mm, f10, HDR’ed in Photomatix with 3 exposures, mtr, -2 & +2, at 20, 6 & 30 seconds, iphoto, Slik 614CF tripod, Nikon ML-L3 remote.
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Shot on a sunny late afternoon in autumn at Como Park, South Yarra Melbourne. Taken with my new Canon 450D!! Post processing in Gimp using textured layers.
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In the Major Arcana within the many decks of divination or Tarot, lies #17 The Star. Representing the Return of Hope, inspiration and radiant energy, the messiah, redeemer, savior, angel or Fairy Godmother (father). On the positive side, its lessons include serving humanity with humility and with no expectations of any return; opening yourself to receive, by releasing fear of lack or scarcity and making way for abundance. On the negative side, would include an exaggerated belief that you are the only means through which a cause may succeed, acting innocently to mislead others and false claims of godlike or angelic guidance. / Symbolically, the STAR reigns in supremacy, constancy, guidance, guardianship, vigilance and aspiration. Ancients believed that the stars ruled or influenced human life, either as divinities or agents of divinity, accounting for much of the symbolism influencing astrology as well. / Image of a friend in prom gown, edited and played with wacom pen in Photoshop7. Catch a Falling Star
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Taken in the Como gardens, Melbourne
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