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Had to walk up a set of stairs and more to get this, wanted the sun just peaking, only just made it.OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
I've chosen this image to share today as I have just read of the decision of site director Gabriel Zuchtriegel to limit daily visitor numbers.
The first Sunday in October this year saw over 36,000 people enter the gates - greater than the original population of Pompeii in the 1st century.
Roman history and especially sites such as Pompeii have fascinated me for decades. I have been so lucky to have visited back in the 1980s, then twice more, the last time being when I took this shot in January 2013.
The first two times were in summer and even then it was very pleasant with small sprinklings of tourists and one could spend all day there, observing, learning, taking it all in. Now it sounds horrific.
I worry about the preservation of the archaeology and I for one, applaud this recent decision.
This was a tiny back street in an area that not many tourists make it to. In this shot, Vesuvius can be seen in the distance. One can also see stepping stones placed by the city builders that allow pedestrians to cross paths and streets without getting wet or dirty.
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Macro Mondays and the theme of "Board Game Pieces".
For this theme I surmised that there will be quite a few images of Chess pieces and other well known board game pieces so I decided to use on of my wife's board games that should be less popular.
The objective in "Pathways" is to join together the coloured pieces which are three blocks long each so your pieces make a chain the entire length of the board. One colour from top to bottom and the other from left to right. Eventually one colour will block the other and win.
I wanted as much in the image as possible so I focussed the lens at 3 inches and moved the camera up or down and the scene forward or backward until I was happy with the composition. The board was framed from corner to corner.
The box lid is used for the background to add more interest. Next I shot at different apertures and eventually decided on one that gave less depth of field which was the opposite of what I started thinking of.
Photo of the rock cairn, driftwood and the surrounding sea stacks, with Abbey Island in the far background, captured at Ruby Beach via Minolta MD W.Rokkor-X 24mm F/2.8 Lens. Olympic National Park. Coast Range. Olympic Peninsula. Jefferson County, Washington. Late December 2016.
Exposure Time: 1/4 sec. * ISO Speed: ISO-100 * Aperture: F/8 * Bracketing: None
There's a Lady who knows...
read from the mighty tome
only now the sunlight shows
a very different way home
A lateral inclination announces the Sun
a liberal view confirms recognition
a thankful sound comforts whats yet to be done
a thankless task confronts a Seasons transition
Yet...in the shadow of a Winter Lime
without motion, not a breeze to tease
this minutia is calling this time
spellbound months now ready to appease...
by anglia24
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Explore: Feb 14, 2007 #99
A path through the woods on Loch Lomond shore, just a short walk from the Sallochy Bay campsite.
I drove the 50 minutes or so it takes me to get to Sallochy Bay, intending to make it there shortly before sunset. Which I did. What I didn't plan for was getting the car stuck in mud and taking the best part of an hour to get it free again (with the help of two forestry workers).
Anyway, that's why this particular shot was taken a good bit after sunset and not before or during.