Lake mirroring
754 creative works found
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a mirror image through the salt lakes of Bolivia.
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A beautiful willow kneels down to look at its reflection in the mirrored water.
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The South Island of New Zealand has hundreds of “mirror” lakes. This is one of the smaller lakes in the highlands of the Otago region.
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The mirrored reflections at Lake Barrington, Tasmania
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Taken on Ebemee lake in ME. on an Autumn day.The fog was lifting for a gorgeous day!
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Black Flats at the Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve
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We were driving in Stark County ,Ohio and found this lake with ice forming and thought is was a nice reflection of the deck.
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Crater Lake, Oregon
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On my way home from work on October 20th, 2008, I drove past this pond between Columbia and Lake Avenues in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The water was exceptionally still, the streetlights perfectly highlighted the fall colors, and the moonlit sky glowed a deep indigo blue. I nearly slammed on the brakes the moment I laid eyes on the scene. It didn’t matter what my plans were. The next thing on my schedule had just become “set up a tripod”. Every time that shutter closed I giggled with excitement.
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an earhart chappel photo / earhart on photography / chappel on style , and as model.
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A shot taken at the Mirror Lake at Nederhorst ten Berg, looking towards the village from the opposite side of the lake. The spires of the two main churches are clearly visible (actually you know the smaller protestant one, if you have been looking at my gallery for a long time). The Mirror Lake proved to be worth its name this day. / And then came this boat with its large Dutch flag, crossing the lake on this peaceful Sunday morning. These guys were clearly rowing for Holland, were they not? I am deeply fascinated to know. Perhaps Annie knows who lives at Nederhorst. I hope she will see this shot, and can give an answer to this intriguing question. Well, I think I shall send her a BM. Near Nederhorst ten Berg, 1st March 2009, 9.40 am / Nikon D80, Nikkor 18-200 mm at 150 mm / F 22, 1/60, ISO 200 And here the shot of the protestant church at Nederhorst:
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Featured in Austria Group May – 22 – 2009 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—- Featured in Unique Buildings Of The World Group May – 22 – 2009 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— Nikon D100 Sigma 28/70 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—— Pilgrimage Church of Maria Wörth When this Gothic pilgrimage church is illuminated at night, it shines out far across the lake from the peninsula that was an island until 1770. For many visitors it seems to be a venerable witness of an improbable beautiful fairy tale with a great history. Thousands of guests visit Maria Worth every year, to relive the history and culture of the Lake Wörthersee at first hand. As early as 763, the Bavarian Bishopric of Freising was granted land near to Innichen – now San Candodo – in the Val Pusteria from Duke Tassilo III. By accepting this gift, however, Freising also took it upon himself to convert the heathen Carantanians living in the east of these territories to Christianity. Around 830 or a few decades later, the Bishopric of Freising in Innichen founded, Maria Wörth, on the island in a large lake. A Marian church was built in 875 in Maria Wörth, on the highest plateau of the island. Under Bishop Waldo, the relicts of St. Primus and Felician, martyred under the heathen emperors Diocletian and Maximian in 286 and 287, were brought from Rome to Maria Wörth, and ceremoniously buried in the crypt. As a result, the church soon acquired a well known reputation as a missionary centre on Lake Wörthersee, and it became a very important place of worship. The lake at this time did not have a proper name and was called “lacus S. Primi et Feliciani”. However, this name did not catch on and the name Werdersee, i.e. Island Lake, was retained.Bishop Abraham of Freising (957 – 993) spent a long time in Maria Wörth to escape the political confusions of this time. Although the Bishop kept clear of any political activity in the village, he had a considerable religious effect and, from his domicile on the island, founded a number of churches throughout the surroundings; the result was that the bishop appointed more priests to Maria Wörth. He also gave the mother church on Lake Wörthersee many articles of value.In the following years, the importance of Maria Wörth as a spiritual, economic and colonial centre in the heart of Carinthia grew considerably, with the result that Bishop Otto I of Freising, (son of Margrave Leopold the III, the holy one, and a fantastic historian) founded the second collegial monastery in Carinthia in Maria Wörth between 1146 and 1150.What had previously been the Marian church with the graves of the two Roman martyrs in Maria Wörth was now raised to the rank of a provost church. In 1399, the monastery and parish churches on the island were destroyed by fire. Although the two buildings were completely rebuilt, work progressed very slowly. It was around 1420 that the small parish church was finally completed, now fitted with Gothic windows. Several decades later, the provost church, was rebuilt in Gothic style. Subsequently, this historic pilgrimage church was fitted with magnificent Baroque decor.During the century without an emperor, a number of aristocrats in Carinthia attempted to seize church assets as compensation. Thus the Burgrave of Hollenburg attacked the provost church on the island with his followers, knocking down the church doors and plundering the two houses of God.Under Emperor Joseph II, who during his monarchy reorganised the interests of the church, the island of Maria Wörth was linked to the mainland, so that today there is no need for a bridge to reach the magnificent spot of earth that houses one of the oldest churches in the province.
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Featured in Saskatchewan Group December – 01 – 2009 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— Featured in Old BARNS! Around the World! Group May – 23 – 2009 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- Featured in Rural Around The Globe Group May – 19 – 2009 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—— Taken Somewhere in Saskatchewan September 2006 Nikon D100 Sigma 28/70 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-
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Gokyo Lake in the morning, a time for quiet reflection.
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Colorfull umbrella in the Italian marine village of Vernazza Nikon D300 Nikon 70/300
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a green mirror
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Challenge Winner in Christian Churches, Statues and Crosses Group – Black and White: Your Choice Challenge September – 26 – 2009 —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— / Featured in Heritage Listed and Other Trusts Sites World Wide Group September – 08 – 2009 / -—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-——- World Monuments Fund Watch Belongs to the Ministry for the Goods and the Cultural Activities of Italy Nikon D300 Sigma 15/30 The Collegiate Church of Castell’Arquato – Piacenza – Italy Ancient chronicles tell about a high-medieval church in Castell’arquato founded in 758 by the nobleman Magno dedicated to Maria Assunta and donated to the bishop of Piacenza in 772. Nothing remains of the building, apart from a still preserved high-medieval round baptismal font, that was probably connected to the church. According to chronicles, the so called parish church dating back to 1059 was seriously damaged by the earthquake in 1117, but was immediately rebuilt. In 1122 it was concescrated by the bishop Aldo, and it was probably finished soon afterwards, since the architectural structure is homogeneous, i.e. probably built in a single building campaign. The church has undergone several restorations since 1911 and researchers have compared it to S. Savino’s Basilica in Piacenza, for the width of the central nave (which is double with respect to the side naves) and for some elements, like the compound piers and the double arcading. The parish church of Castell’arquato may be also connected to Lanfranco’s school and culture, and is therefore very important to understand the development of the romanesque art in Emilia. In effect, both the architectural structure and the low relief decorations likely date back to the 12th century, as well as the sculptures at the sides of the main altar and of the apse altars; according to some researchers, they are parts of a choir enclosure dating back to the 12th century. Most of the sculptured and decorated capitals also belong to this period. The sculptures located at the entrance portal of the western portico (Portico del Paradiso) are worth mentioning. We must also mention S. Caterina d’Alessandria Chapel, built at the beginning of the 15th century, and S. Giuseppe Chapel, built in 1630 as “ex voto” for the end of the plague.
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San Miniato al Monte – Florence – Italy Properties inscribed on the World Heritage List – Italy – Historic Centre of Florence (1982) Ministry of Heritage and Cultural Activities, Superintendence for the Architectural, the Landscape, the Historical Heritage. Artistic and Ethno-Anthropological of Italy World Monuments Fund Watch / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— Camera NIKON D300 Lens NIKON 12.0-24.0 mm f/4.0 Exposure Time 1/250 ApertureValue f 8 Focal Length 12mm —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—- History According to a legend, the church was built on the place where the first cristian martyr of Florence, Miniato (3rd Century), brought his head after have beeing beheaded by pagans. / An oratory is referred to in charts from the age of Charlemagne, but the construction of the church we see today began in 1013 under direction of Bishop Ildebrando and ended in 1063 thanks to the sustain of Empereor Henry II.A convent for Cluniacenses monks was built by the church; then, in the second halfth of 14th Century, the Olivetani monks came to San Miniato, where they remained until 1553; after then they moved to another convent but went back to San Miniato in 1924.In 1499 the bell-tower collapsed and was rebuilt by Baccio d’Agnolo; during the siege of 1530 Michelangelo turned the bell-tower in an artilley post, and still today the building shows the signs of the imperial gunshots shooted against it in the battles.In 1868 architect Nicola Matas built the Cemetery and the monumental stairs joining the Church to the ring road leading to Piazzale Michelangelo. In the Spotlight Façade: The façade is decorated with geomatrical figures in white and green marble; the upper part shows a mosaic (13th Century) representing Christ between the Madonna and San Miniato. In the fastigium is visible the gilded eagle, symbol of the Calimala guild, which since 1228 administrated the Church Interior: The Church has three naves, a Crypt and a raised Chancel. Notable are the trestled ceiling and the inlaid marble floor of the central nave. In the central nave is the Tabernacle by Michelozzo (1428), with barrel vaulted roof enriched with glazed terracotta and a painting by Agnolo Gaddi (1395) with Sants Gualberto and Miniato, Annunciation and Scenes from the Passion. In the Chancelwe find a beautiful balustrade in inlaid marble dividing the Choir and the terracotta Crucifix ascribed to Luca della Robbia. From here we can reach the Sacrysty (late 14th century.) with frescoes by Spinello Aretino with scenes from the Life of Saint Benedetto. Under the Chancel is located theCrucifix Chapel, realized by Michelozzo (1447-48) and commissioned by Piero di Cosimo de ‘Medici. In the Apsis: the large mosaic whit a Blessing Christ dates to the 12th Century and has been restored several times in different periods. The Crypt (12th Century) is divided is seven small naves by 36 marble columns originating from Roman buildings. In the right nave are various frescoes (12th to 14th century). By the left nave is located the Chapel of the Cardinal of Portugal (1473), ascribed to Antonio Manetti, a pupil of Brunelleschi. The chapel was built in memory of Jacopo of Lusitania, the nephew of King Alfonso of Portugal who died in Florence in 1459: the Chapel is enriched with glazed terrecottas by Luca della Robbia, frescoes by Alessio baldovinetti and a painting by Antonio and Piero del Pollaiolo. The tomb of the Cardinal is a work by Bernardo Rossellino.
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winter must be so boring for boats. American Lake, Fort Lewis, WA 20 Oct 2009 Nikon D80
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Ministry of Heritage and Cultural Activities, Superintendence for the Architectural, the Landscape, the Historical Heritage. Artistic and Ethno-Anthropological of Italy It belongs the Club of “THE MOST BEAUTIFUL VILLAGES IN ITALY” was founded through the incentive of the Tourism Council of the ANCI (National Association of Italian Municipalities).This project arose from the need to promote the great heritage of History, Art, Culture, Environment and Traditions found in small Italian towns which are, for the most part, cut off from the flow of visitors and tourists. THE HUNCHBACK BRIDGE AND THE TRESURED ABBEY Bobbio appears in the high valley between the Ponte Gobbo and the bell towers of the cathedral and the Church of San Colombano. / The Irish monk Colombano started building, in the place where the castle now stands, what would become a large monastic complex. Like Montecassino, it was also a beacon of culture thanks to its schools, the scriptorium and the most important library of the middle Ages. / A village that later grew to become the economic centre of Val Trebbia developed around the Benedictine Abbey of San Colombano, which was moved to its current location around the ninth century by the abbot Agilulfo. / Only part of the bell tower, together with the mosaic flooring, the crypt and fragments of the circular apse remain of the old Agilulfo Basilica . The current Basilica rose on the ruins of the Proto-Romanesque building (between 1456 and 1522). It has one nave, two aisles and a transept which were frescoed by Bernardino Lanzani during the period 1526-30. Note the much appreciated beauty of the Madonna con Santi (“Madonna and Saints”). / In the Presbytery there are the wooden stalls for the choir (1488) and from the same period, the sarcophagus of San Colombano by Giovanni De Patriachi (1480) that is preserved in the crypt. Before entering the crypt, on a level under the church floor you can admire the beautiful mosaic which was the original flooring of the Agilulfo Basilica. / It was like a prayer mat where the faithful told of their toils working the land through the year, in a period where the symbolic exchange between man and nature was not broken. / The crypt preserves some fifteenth-century frescoes surmounted by finely decorated Lombard marble slabs, which contain the graves of the abbots of San Colombano. On the right side of the crypt there is an iron fence from the first half of the twelfth century, that divided the area of the faithful from that of the monks. / The hamlet of Porta Nuova leads to Piazza Duomo which is crowned with arcades, on top of which are old palaces. A thirteenth-century head for driving out malignant spirits looks at you from Palazzo Brugnatelli: its headress makes it possible to identify it as a magistrate. / The cathedral, which was erected in the eleventh century and enlarged between 1450 and 1475, has a simple facade flanked by two bell towers dating back to the same period. In the Chapel of San Giovanni, restoration works have brought to light a beautiful Annunciazione from the second half of the fifteenth century. / Beside the church is the Episcopal Palace, thats original structure dates back to the eleventh century while the current one, built by the Comacini masters, is from the fifteenth century. / Going down through the hamlet of Porta Alcarina, you will find the oldest building in Bobbio, called “of queen Teodolinda”, dating back to the fifteenth century. Continuing down, with a view the Malaspina-Dal Verme Castle that overlooks the village with its mighty turret, you get to the state road. Crossing it you get to the symbol of Bobbio, the famous Ponte Vecchio, which is also called Gobbo (“hunchback”) or “Devil’s bridge” thanks to its peculiar contorted profile. / The Romanesque style bridge which has had subsequent modifications including a baroque superstructure is 280 meters long and has eleven different arches. The earliest records date back to 1196, in the past it was destroyed by flooding and has been rebuilt several times. / Finally in Piazza San Francesco, you can see the 1621 Sanctuary of Madonna dell’Aiuto and the simple Franciscan style Monastery of San Francesco from the thirteenth-century with a fifteenth-century cloister, and the church that was rebuilt in Baroque style at the beginning of the eighteenth century. Nikon D100 Sigma 15/30
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lie back, relax, inhale deeply….
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Ranges of the Waterton Lakes National Park reflected in the lake (Alberta, Canada).
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