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Another in-camera impressionist effect different from Primary and Red Impressions. Same equipment, same locale, same day.
Part of an ongoing project while living in India, a gallery in Bangalore asked me to put together an exhibition! These three images are selected from that collection.
One day of relief.
A break from winter. This Friday it was over 5C. Next day, it was -15C. What kind of country do I live in!
Continuing my Southern Arizona Adventure 2024 with a visit to Bisbee Arizona. This is stage 6 of 9.
Walking around Bisbee, the Cochise County Courthouse is a compelling landmark.
sah-archipedia.org/buildings/AZ-01-003-0016-05
Arizona » Cochise County » Cochise County Courthouse
1931, Roy Place. Quality Hill Rd. at Oak Ave.
"The Cochise County Courthouse is a prime example of the Southwest regional variation of the Art Deco style that was popular internationally in the interwar decades. The decorative motifs found across the elevations are stylizations of native desert flora, signifying the geophysical context of the locale; the jagged roofline is vaguely reminiscent of a Plateresque cathedral, alluding to the region’s Hispanic heritage; and the massive whitewashed walls with small apertures refer to the region’s vernacular adobe building traditions.
The seat of Cochise County’s government originally was located in nearby Tombstone, a mining encampment chosen when the county was formed in 1881. The county seat was relocated in 1929, in a move that signified the supersession of Tombstone by Bisbee. The Phelps Dodge Corporation, which owned the majority of property in Bisbee and operated the lucrative Copper Queen Mine, donated land on Quality Hill for the construction of a new courthouse. Roy Place, a leading Tucson architect who also responsible for the Spanish Colonial Revival Pima County Courthouse of 1929, designed the edifice. Governor G.W.P. Hunt delivered the keynote speech at its dedication in 1931.
"Perched on an artificial plateau, this powerful expression of governmental authority looms over the commercial core to the east. The Iron Man, a statue by Scottsdale sculptor R. Phillips Sanderson, graces the intersection in front of the building. This tribute to the town’s miners was dedicated in 1935, in a ceremony presided over by Arizona Congresswoman Isabella Greenway. The courthouse is fronted by a raised, semicircular plaza edged by a massive balustrade, accessed by two curving sets of stairs, and with a fountain at its center. From the plaza, another grand stair rises to the four-story building. The building is roofed in copper; this material, the town’s lifeblood, is used throughout the building, notably on the ornate copper doors of the main entrance, which bear stylized figures of Justice.
"The structure is symmetrical, with concrete walls that spring from a basement and rise to a stepped parapet, forming a tripartite facade in which the tall central pavilion is flanked by shorter wings. On the central pavilion, the symmetrical fenestration is separated vertically with chevron-topped pilasters. The side elevations are divided into several narrow window bays by similar pilasters, the verticality of which is mirrored by the wispy height of mature cypresses. The rectangular annex, also erected in the 1930s, is a two-story masonry addition placed to the rear and connected to the main pavilion by a wide pedestrian bridge embossed with chevrons. Its rear elevation, although much plainer than the facade, displays the same regional Art Deco detailing as the original block.
"Place’s stylized cacti designs adorn relief panels on the parapet and cornice line and the main doors, which are encased in an earthen-colored stone surround that contrasts with the whitewashed exterior; the surround holds a tympanum with stylized cacti topped by the carved reliefs of two miners, another reference to the area’s primary industry. Geometric, Art Deco lamps further embellish the exterior.
"Inside, the lobby features tile floors and marble-paneled walls with fluted marble pilasters. Decorative bronze grilles encase the windows and glazed doors. Vegetal, Art Deco-styled reliefs adorn the clerestory, between the marble pilasters. The courtrooms are minimally decorated although heavy geometrical ornamentation appears in the door surrounds and chair rails. Throughout the courthouse are examples of art funded by the Works Progress Administration’s Federal Art Project and added several years after the building’s completion. These include A Cavalcade of Cochise County History in the lobby, a six-panel bas relief by R. Phillips Sanderson, and George Seller’s relief map of Cochise County on the second-story stair landing.
"The building remains in use as the Cochise County Courthouse.
Author: Heather N. McMahon
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisbee,_Arizona
Bisbee is a city[5] in and the county seat of Cochise County[6] in southeastern Arizona, United States. It is 92 miles (148 km) southeast of Tucson and 11 miles (18 km) north of the Mexican border.
Bisbee was founded as a copper, gold, and silver mining town in 1880, and named in honor of Judge DeWitt Bisbee, one of the financial backers of the adjacent Copper Queen Mine.
Natural vegetation around Bisbee has a semi-desert appearance with shrubby acacia, oak and the like, along with cacti, grass, ocotillo and yucca. The town itself is much more luxuriant with large trees such as native cypress, sycamore and cottonwood plus the introduced ailanthus and Old World cypresses, cedars and pines. Palms are capable of growing tall, but are not reliably hardy. At least one mature blue spruce may be seen.
Haiku thoughts:
Dusty streets wind tight,
Colors spill from old brick walls,
Echoes of the past.
Southern Arizona Adventures 2024
La iglesia de Sant Joan Baptista fue construida entre finales del siglo XIX y finales del XX. Para su construcción se emplearon rocas volcánicas de la Garrotxa, como se puede comprobar por el color oscuro de sus muros.
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Sant Joan de les Fonts, Girona.
Composizione estremente realistica simile a un Accelerato degli anni '60 in ingresso a Monte Antico. In realtà si trattava di un invio a vuoto di parte del materiale che il giorno prima aveva svolto uno speciale da Grosseto a San Giovanni d'Asso.
Congress Plaza Hotel is considered by ghost hunters to be the most haunted locale in "The Windy City". There are companies who conduct ghost tours and explain the legends of Chicago's haunted history.
Ghost Stories
Congress Plaza Hotel was built specifically to accommodate travelers to the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893. The hotel was built over the site of a skating rink. There have been reports of noises coming from the hotel ballroom at night. When security guards open the ballroom doors to see what is going on the ballroom is empty and quiet.
There have been reports of haunting and ghosts in the hallways. Classic poltergeist activity at the hotel, such as appliances turning themselves off and on, has been reported.
The Congress Plaza Hotel is located across South Michigan Avenue from Grant Park in Chicago. After opening for business in 1893, for the World's Columbian Exposition,[1] the hotel underwent several expansions and renovations; it now features 850 guest rooms and suites.
The hotel is not affiliated with any national chain. It is owned by a Syrian national, Albert Nasser Shayo,
Notorious gangster, Al Capone, reportedly owned the hotel for a time. Secret escape routes still exist, decades after Capone's death.
NRHP South Michigan Historic District
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My technique is alway the same:
Three exposures -2EV, 0, +2EV and then temperature adjustement using Lightroom and layering with luminosity mask using photoshop. Removal of distracting stuff with the stamp tool or patch tool. High pass filter to enhance details. Then saturation, contrast selectively control, dodge and burn where need...
DRI stand for Dynamic Range Increase. Three RAW files are used to achieve this. Rather than using a software like Photomatix for instance, I simply use mask to blend, my own way, the light, dark and normal shot with Photoshop and Lightroom.. To me, It looks more natural than the usual HDR treatment that I would normally applied.
My first digital blending using luminosity masks. Rather powerful and interesting tool!
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Ma technique est toujours la même:
Trois prises de vue -2EV, 0, +2EV. Ensuite ajustement de la température de couleur avec Lightroom et usage de calques et masques de luminosités avec Photoshop. Retrait d'éléments de distraction avec l'outil tampon. Filtre High pass pour le rehaussement des détails. Ensuite saturation et contraste ajustés de façon sélectives et locales. Dodge and burn là où requis...
DRI vient de l'anglais Dynmic Range Increase, qui pourrait se traduire par étendue dynamique améliorée. Les même 3 fichiers RAW entrent dans la composition d'un DRI. Plutôt que de se servir d'un logiciel comme Photomatix qui fait tout le travail, je me sers plutôt de masques pour filtrer l'éclairage dans photoshop et Lightroom. De mon point de vue, cette façon de faire donne une image plus naturel que le traitement HDR que j'employais auparavant.
Mon premier essai de digital blending en utilisant les masques de luminosité. Outil plutôt intéressant et puissant!
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Un drole d'engin, qui je suppose sert au graissage des caténaires, traverse la gare de Timisoara-Nord
Incrocio tra un Malpensa Express sulla linea diretta e un TAF in servizio come locale tra Milano Cadorna e Saronno.
What else would the Italian Local Police drive?
Choosing a FIAT Panda for a Police Patrol Car is probably a sensible decision for this operating environment.
Its small dimensions & small petrol engine it both economical and ideal for the tight Genoa streets.
The Polizia Municipale are the municipal police of Italy responsible to the mayors of the various municipalities of Italy.
Traffic control is their main function in addition to enforcing statal, regional and local laws regarding commerce, legal residence, pets and other administrative duties. They also have all other police duties, with the exception of public safety, because this is an exclusive duty of the Polizia di Stato and Polizia Municipale has just an auxiliary function.
The Italian Polizia Municipale (PM) forces have 60,000 employees, Rome having the largest at several thousand. PM uniforms and vehicles have many different liveries depending on regional laws and local tastes and traditions.
This photo taken from a Civil Air Patrol plane Thursday shows some of the terrain in Pend Oreille County where crews are searching for a pilot and plane missing out of Colville since Monday, Nov. 11. Search efforts also include ground crews working in the heavily forested areas with elevations up to 6,000 feet.