Old reflected
903 creative works found
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Car hub caps in monochrome nailed on a timber wall.
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A person walking with a bag of groceries in the east of Melbourne.
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Potfolio : abstract / bw / landscape / portrait / graphic design / plant / flower / mixed media / china
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My husband bought a mounted print of this and I must say it is very lovely! Red Bubble does a fabulous job in the printing department!
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The Jews of Cracow (Krakow) enjoyed protected status in 14th century Poland, but by the end of the 15th century were forced to move to this district, south of the city. They suffered terribly during the second world war, though much of the action of the film “Schindler’s List”, though shot here, took place in another district on the other side of the Vistula river. Kazimierz is full of picturesque old streets like this. Taken with the synagogue behind me. Pentax K10D.
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Mornings in Venice on one of its many Canals tucked away in a part of the city that few understand and with it’s twisting waterways and small alleys that few know how to travel. It’s amazing to watch as your gondola manages to take you in and out of this giant maze with knowing ease! One would wonder if a person lost would ever find their way home again!
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Morning on a Canal looking out at this blazing white reflection seeming to be dividing the city in two ! As I watched this I thought about the art I had seen the night before and this seemed perfect and fitting to this city’s conflict with religion and Art and its tolerance that its cosmopolitan neighbor Milan seems to have less of.
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Even God cannot change the past. Agathon (448–400 BC)
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Uzhgorod after the rain. Uzhhorod (Ukrainian and Russian: Ужгород; Rusyn: Уґоград, Ужгород or Унґвар; Hungarian: Ungvár; Slovak and Czech: Užhorod; Polish: Użgorod; German: Ungwar, Ungarisch Burg; Yiddish: אונגװיר , translit. Ungver or Ingver, Romanian: Ujgorod) is a city located in western Ukraine, at the border with Slovakia and near the border with Hungary. It is the administrative center of the Zakarpattia Oblast (region), as well as the administrative center of the surrounding Uzhhorodskyi Raion (district) within the oblast. The city itself is also designated as its own separate raion within the oblast. The city gets its name from the Uzh River, which divides the city into two halves (the old and new sections). Uzh (Уж) means ringed snake (Natrix natrix), and horod (город) is Ruthenian for city, coming from Old Slavonic grad (градъ). However, this name is a recent construct, and has been used only since the beginning of the XX century. Throughout history, the city has changed names several times: it has been called Ongvar, Hungvar, Unguyvar, and Ungvar, all reflecting relation, with words showing its true origin.
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Street lamp reflected in a puddle, Old Town, Tallinn, Estonia
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And yet another shot of the perfectly still waters of Blue Point’s catch pond(?). I don’t know who would know. Some of you will probably say the left side of this shot is too dark and the right side is too light. I took multiple compositions from multiple angles and I still preferred this one. My feeling is that the extreme contrasts are balanced out and the shot works for that reason. Of course, if you agree or disagree, feel free to drop any and all comments right here. :-)
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28 Sept 2002 / Snake River / Grand Teton National Park Nikon D1 / Nikkor 28-105mm Part of this 2009 Calendar
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Old destroyed boathouse, Lake Dora, Mount Dora Florida. Very early morning sunrise. Nikon D300 Nikkor AF-S 18-200 lens. Handheld.
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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 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-——- Featured in Unique Buildings Of The World Group October – 21 – 2009 —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-——- / Featured in Christian Churches, Statues and Crosses Group October – 18 – 2009 —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—— / Featured in Amazing Graves Group Agoust – 24 – 2009 —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-——- / Featured in ImageWriting Group Agoust – 21 – 2009 —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—- / Featured in History Group June – 22 – 2009 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—- Placed 2nd in Heritage in Stone Group – Ruinous Stone Buildings Challenge June – 19 – 2009 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-——- Featured in Historic Churches Group May – 27 – 2009 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—— Abbey of Saint Galgano The big St. Galgano’s Abbey was built between 1220 and 1268, when in Italy the Romanesque style was merging with the newborn French Gothic styleThe Abbey’s shape is the classic Latin crossWe find it impossible to describe the beauty of this abbey, so we’ll let the pictures to speak in our place. The building made up of the Hermitage (also called Montesiepi’s Round) and of the ruins of the big St. Galgano’s Cistercian Abbey, is one of the most enchanting views in Tuscany.Only in 1218/1220 began the construction of the big Abbey downhill.The building went on until 1268, when the Abbey was officially consecrated by Volterra’s Bishop Alberto SolariThe Abbey knew 100 years of great prosperity until 1364, then followed a slow decline due to the unfortunate Commenda’s practice.Despite some attempts to bring back the monastery into use at the end of 1789, after that Montesiepi’s Round had been put up in Pieve, the big abbey was deconsecrated and left for good to lie in ruin.While Montesiepi’s Round, thanks to his Sword in the stone, bring us back to the Arthurian Saga, the big Abbey offers us others “musical” and “Egyptian” surprises, through his Sacred Geometry. Nikon D100 Sigma 28/70
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Properties inscribed on the World Heritage List – Italy Portovenere, Five Lands, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto) (1997) / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—— Featured in Visions of Italy Group November – 30 – 2009 —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—- / Featured in Religious Art & Photography Group October – 15 – 2009 —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—- / Featured in The Beauty of the European Waters Group October – 14 – 2009 —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- / Featured in History Group June – 22 – 2009 / -—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—— Featured in Heritage Listed and Other Trusts Sites World Wide Group June – 22 – 2009 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—— Featured in Italy and all Things Italian Group May – 25 – 2009 —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- Featured in Landscape Photography Group May – 09 – 2009 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— Featured in JPG Cast-Offs Group May – 09 – 2009 Nikon D300 Sigma28/70 HDR processed in Photomatix Pro 3.1.3 from a single RAW image, then processed using CS4 – no tripod used Church of San Pietro In the eastern most part of the Spezia Golf is the breathtaking town of Portovenere. The town takes its name from a temple erected in the roman times in honour of Venere Ericina, on the promontory where the church of San Pietro now stands.It is said that the little church of San Pietro, which is located on the promontory overlooking the Island of Palmaria, was built over the ancient temple of Venere Ericina, or over a slightly less ancient Palaeo-Christian church. In 1256, Portovenere helped Genova to reclaim Lerici from Pisa, and the church was said to have been erected as a thank-you from the Genevans. Built in the genevan-gothic style, the church was finally completed in 1277. The building consists of two parts; a twin lancet bell tower built of chequered black and white stone, and a rectangular building topped with a semicircular apse. The two areas are united by two pointed archways. The interior features a vaulted wooden ceiling and a presbytery divided into three chapels and covered by a pointed cross-vault ceiling.
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Properties Inscribed on the World Heritage List – Italy Portovenere, Five Lands, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto) (1997) / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—- Five Lands National Park – Liguria – La Spezia – Italy / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-——- Featured in A View Somewhere Group October – 17 – 2009 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—— Featured in JPG Cast-Offs Group May- 12 – 2009 —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-——- / Nikon D300 Sigma 15/30 Vernazza – Five Lands
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Pure Watercolour / Fabriano Artistico Paper / W/N Paints / 1/4 Sheet Featured in A Class of it’s Own Another painting done while sitting in the beautiful Tuscany mountains last week… Special thanks to Photographer Bad Dobby from Wet Canvas for allowing the use of their photo as reference. I entered my 1st competition at KenBromleys and was absolutely thrilled to see it made the short list for public voting. This for me is such an achievement and i’m over the moon to have even got this far…. I’ve just seen that this has also been invited into the A Class of it’s Own Group , Thank you so much. I truly feel so honoured….....
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Featured in Christian Churches, Statues and Crosses Group September – 07 – 2009 —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- In 1996, UNESCO declared the town a World Heritage Site, and in 2004 the entire valley, the Val d’Orcia, was included on the list of UNESCO’s World Cultural Landscapes —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— Pienza Pienza, a town and commune in the province of Siena, in the Val d’Orcia in Tuscany (central Italy), between the towns of Montepulciano and Montalcino, is the “touchstone of Renaissance urbanism- Pienza, a small town near Siena, is a rare example of Renaissance town building. Defined, from time to time, the “ideal city”, the “utopian city”, it represents one of the best planned Renaissance towns, where a model of ideal living and governing was realized thus working out the idea of a town able to satisfy the need for a pacific, civil and hardworking living. It represented the so called utopia of the “civitas” vainly cherished by people for centuries.Pienza has at present two museum, a third one into being. Its location in the middle of Val d’Orcia, a wonderful and untouched valley, enables the town to perfectly embody the basic interest which the humanistic architecture gave to the relationship man – nature. / Nowadays Pienza is part of a territorial system called “Parco artistico, naturale e culturale della Val d’Orcia”, which aims at preservation of the extraordinary artistic heritage of the five boroughs which constitute it: Castiglion d’Orcia, Montalcino, San Quirico d’Orcia, Radicofani and Pienza. / The center of Pienza was completely redesigned by Pope Pius II in Renaissance times. He planned to transform his birthplace into a model Renaissance town. The architect Bernardo Rossellino was commissioned to build a Duomo, papal palace and town hall, the construction were completed in three years. The Duomo The Duomo was built by the architect Rossellino (1459) and is now suffering from serious subsidence at its eastern end. There were cracks in the walls and floor of the nave, but the splendid classical proportions are remained inctact. It is flooded with ligth from the vast stained glass windows request by Pius II; he wanted a domus vitrea (litterally “a house of glass”), which would symbolize the spirit of intellectual enlightenment of the Humanist age. Nikon D100 Sigma 15/30
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Texture Series Bakery 164 / Woodhouse Lane / Leeds
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Taken somewhere on the side of the road in Tasmania.
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Canon S5is, Tv-1/10, F4.5, ISO-200 @ 13.9mm, / Once again taken on the way home after night shift, and I had to take a ladder with me and place it on the back of my flat tray to try to get above the reeds. If you look closely you can see the swan. FRAMED
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Challenge Winner in You’re Accepted Group – Bridges Challenge October – 03 – 2009 —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- Featured in Unlimited Quality Group October – 03 – 2009 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— World Monuments Fund Watch Ministry of Heritage and Cultural Activities, Superintendence for the Architectural, the Landscape, the Historical Heritage. Artistic and Ethno-Anthropological of Italy Italy National Trust HDR processed in Dynamic-Photo HDR with 5 RAW image -2 -1 0 +1 +2 , then processed using CS4 – Tripod Manfrotto 055XB + 468MG Ball Head Nikon D300 Nikon 12/24 Ponte delle Catene – Fornoli . Italy Ponte delle Catene (Chain Bridge) is one of the first suspension bridges ever built in Italy. The wooden and metallic catwalk is held by metal cables supported by piers. The traditional design of the piers, which echoes the roman (and Napoleonic) triumphal arches, and the advanced construction technique mark the style of the architect of the bridge Lorenzo Nottolini (1787-1851). Begun in 1840 by Lorenzo Nottolini on commission to Duke of Lucca Carlo Lodovico di Borbone, the suspension bridge with iron chains over the Lima Stream connects Fornoli (Bagni di Lucca) and Chifenti (Borgo a Mozzano).For its time, the bridge presented innovative technological solutions, which the author had acquired during a recent trip to England, where there were already illustrious models like Hammersmith Bridge in London and Menai Bridge in Bangor, Wales. Moreover, the use of iron in the construction of suspension bridges could already be seen in Florence, which had two important examples built by the French company of brothers Marc and Jules Séguin: the San Leopoldo bridge at the Parco delle Cascine , and the San Ferdinando bridge near the gate of San Niccolò. Nottolini’s work was later interrupted by bureaucratic problems tied to the passage of the Duchy of Lucca to the Grand Duchy of Tuscany (1847).Only after the Unification of Italy were works resumed and terminated, and the bridge was inaugurated in 1860. Mined by retreating German troops during World War II (all of the support structures were blown up), the bridge was then reconstructed on its original plan, thanks to the efforts of engineer Luigi Pfanner, and inaugurated in 1953. On the World Monuments Watch list of the one-hundred world sites to save, the bridge has recently been subjected to restoration.Nottolini also designed other bridges on Lucca territory, though without the innovative conception of the Chains Bridge. These include the bridge of Monte San Quirico near Lucca, over the Serchio River, the stone bridge with a lowered arch over the Fegana stream, and the bridge with round arch over the Camaione stream (1839-1841, 1946) near Bagni di Lucca. In 2003, the restoration of the bridge has begun. It is financed by the Province of Lucca with the contribution of the World Monument Found American Express.
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Featured in Visions of Italy Group November – 28 – 2009 —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—— / Featured in The Male Photographer Group November – 13 – 2009 —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-——- Featured in I Love Italy Group November – 12 – 2009 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— Featured in Unlimited Quality Group November – 11 – 2009 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— Ponte della Maddalena aka Devil’s Bridge – Borgo a Mozzano – Italy Ministry of Heritage and Cultural Activities, Superintendence for the Architectural, the Landscape, the Historical Heritage. Artistic and Ethno-Anthropological of Italy HDR processed in Dynamic-Photo HDR with 5 RAW image -2 -1 0 +1 +2 , then processed using CS4 – Tripod Manfrotto 055XB + 468MG Ball Head Nikon D300 Nikon 12/24 Devil’s Bridge Il ponte della Maddalena unisce le due sponde del fiume Serchio all’altezza del paese di Borgo a Mozzano. La sua costruzione risale ai tempi della Contessa Matilde di Canossa (1046-1115), che ebbe grossa influenza e potere su questa zona della Toscana, la Garfagnana, ma il suo aspetto attuale è dovuto alla ricostruzione effettuata da Castruccio Castracani (1281-1328), condottiero e signore della vicina Lucca, nei primi anni del 1300. L’aspetto del ponte è quello medievale classico a ‘schiena d’asino’, con la differenza, che qui diventa caratteristica unica, che le sue arcate sono asimmetriche e quella centrale è talmente alta e ampia che la sua solidità sembra una sfida alla legge di gravità. Il ponte è comunemente chiamato ‘del Diavolo’ in forza di una leggenda popolare della zona, rinforzata dall’aspetto scombinato del ponte: un capo muratore aveva iniziato a costruirlo ma ben presto si accorse che non sarebbe riuscito a completare l’opera per il giorno fissato e preso dalla paura delle possibili conseguenze si rivolse al Maligno chiedendo aiuto al fine di terminare il lavoro. Il Diavolo accettò di completare il ponte in una notte in cambio dell’anima del primo passante che lo avesse attraversato. Il patto fu siglato ma il costruttore, pieno di rimorso, si confesso con un religioso della zona che lo consigliò di far attraversare il ponte per primo ad un porco. Il Diavolo fu così beffato e scomparve nelle acque del fiume. This bridge is known by three names; the first being Ponte di Matilde di Canossa as it was named after the great Countess Matilde. Secondly it’s known as Ponte della Maddalena. Thirdly, and most importantly, it’s known as il Ponte del Diavolo.We’re in the hills around Lucca, a setting where many fairytales and stories are set, but above all, where Satan is felt more than anything else. The bridge was made by a poor builder, and due to some unforeseen circumstance, the bridge fell apart. The builder was in despair because it had to be finished the next day for the local authorities and he knew that it was impossible to get this massive project finished in time. However, all of sudden, to his delight, he was offered a lifeline! A huge creature appeared with hoof like feet and black skin, who revealed himself to be the Devil. He pledged to get the bridge finished in time for the builder’s deadline, but for doing this, the Devil wanted the spirit of the first person to cross the bridge. The builder was so desperate to save his own skin, he agreed to this outrageous deal.The following morning, as promised the bridge was completely finished, in all it’s magnificent detail and glory. The builder, overcome with emotion, threw himself to the feet of the Bishop of Lucca and confessed everything. The Bishop then made a pig cross the bridge before anyone else could and it trottered accross. The Devil then came to collect his fee, and was absolutely furious to discover that he had been conned. He was so angry that he created a huge hole below the bridge, in the hope that if the bridge broke, people would become trapped in the hole.This isn’t the only Devil Bridge in Italy, it is said, that Satan also worked hard to manipulate many bridges in the North of Italy too. But who knows? It is quite weird that after nearly a thousand years, the bridge has had no need for any restoration works at all, especially since the water which it crosses is known for being quite violent, and often floods the riverbanks.The answer to this is its actual construction, it is a brilliantly made bridge, and without going into the technicalities, is an extremely strong bridge. The legend says though, that the Devil is still waiting for his payment, and if someone stays on the bridge too long, say, to admire the water flow, the water will come up, and wash them away, finally giving the Devil his payment of one human soul.
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I have always enjoyed seeing paintings of cityscapes and wanted to paint a new one. I waited to paint this scene until I could get some good photos in the early evening when it was raining. This way the reflections of the lights are more pronounced and interesting. The area is Main Street in Old St. Charles, Missouri, very close to the river. This scene only exists on my canvas as I combined two photos from different parts of the street to create this image. The painting is signed in the lower right corner and is handsomely framed with a large molding that includes a color cordinated liner for added beauty. It measures 30×40 inches.
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