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So here we are, on the road again, and I hadn't sorted out the Sony A6000 to Snapseed interfaces.
I shoot RAW and my image transfers from this trip look meh. After 4 weeks it finally occurred to me to look at the file size. Lo and behold, thumbnail jpgs were transferred. Ugh.
This is why my cellphone images look sharp on Flickr and the A6000 images do not.
I tested shooting RAW + JPG and the good, full Rez JPG does transfer. Lesson learned.
Next thing is image processing.
I read about how Norman Seeff used to print high contrast works with a twist. He used a black stocking between the enlarger lens and paper to give a interesting softness to some of his images.
He wasn't by any means the only one to do this.
When I worked at Samy Cameras photo lab on Sunset Blvd in Hollyweird we used to do this at client request. It was really no big deal.
What was a bigger deal was our use of Agfa Portriga Rapid 111 Glossy paper. It gave a gorgeous deep walnut brown tone. We used this for may of the gallery shows we printed for various then famous photographers.
Taking the black stocking idea and borrowing tones from Portriga Rapid, it turns out, expresses pretty well how I feel about Rome.
So, here is a series of images done in an old, outdated, likely not very hip manner.
Rome 2008, taken with a film camera.
Rome 2008, taken with a film camera.
Rome 2008, taken with a film camera.
Palazzo Venezia is the original structure in a complex consisting of a modest medieval house intended as the residence of the cardinals appointed to the church of San Marco. In 1469 it became a residential papal palace, having undergone a massive extension, and in 1564, Pope Pius IV, to win the sympathies of the Republic of Venice, gave the mansion to the Venetian embassy to Rome, stipulating that part of the building would be kept as a residence for the cardinals. It currently houses the National Museum of the Palazzo Venezia.
Much of the palazzo’s stone was quarried from the Colosseum, a common practice until the 18th century. The design is traditionally attributed to Leone Battista Alberti. From 1797 throughout the nineteenth century, as Austria succeeded the Republic, the building was the seat for the Austrian ambassador to the Vatican. In 1916, Italy, at war with Austria-Hungary, seized the building. It was subsequently restored. Benito Mussolini had his office in the Palazzo Venezia and used its balcony overlooking the Piazza Venezia to deliver many of his most notable speeches. In late 2010 Mussolini's unfinished "most secret" bunker was discovered beneath the building.
Northern Gas Board (NGB), Rome Street Gasworks, Boustead's Grassing, Carlisle on 13th August 1969 with the rare Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns-built (RSH) 'Husky' 0-4-0 diesel-mechanical locomotive (Works No.7869 built in 1956) standing alongside a coal stockpile and the now listed No.4 gasholder, built in 1878-9 by J Hepworth, engineer. The private sidings connected with the BR freight avoiding line near Bog Junction. Originally a RSH hire/demonstrator locomotive, this loco was placed on load to the NGB's Redheugh Gasworks, Gateshead in August 1956. Clearly it was a successful move as the gas board placed an order for a new model, this (Works No.7899), this being delivered in 1958 to Redheugh. The NGB eventually decided to purchase the 'demonstrator' loco, Works No.7869 and upon the deal being completed she had new worksplates dated 1960 affixed to the bonnet side and was deployed at the Carlisle works, replacing a Peckett named 'Atlas' which was sent for scrap shortly thereafter. Rail traffic ceased at the gasworks during the year of this visit and the 'Husky' was sold on to Richard Johnson & Nephew for use at their wireworks at Forge Lane, Manchester. It did not survive into preservation, however the Tanfield Railway has one working example (Works No.7901/1958), and the private logistics company of A.V Dawson in Middlesbrough has another (Works No.7900/1958) 'plinthed'outside their offices at the Port of Middlesbrough.
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Le Colisée (Rome) - photo texturée
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J'ai le plaisir de vous annoncer le lancement de mon nouveau site dédié à la retouche photographique : Les magiciens de l'image - tout devient possible ...
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The Pantheon is a building in Rome, commissioned by Marcus Agrippa as a temple to all the gods of Ancient Rome, and rebuilt by the Roman Emperor Hadrian in about 126 AD.
It is one of the best-preserved of all Roman buildings. It has been in continuous use throughout its history, and since its consecration in 609, the Pantheon has been used as a church dedicated to "St Mary and the Martyrs".
The inscription across the front of the Pantheon says:
M·AGRIPPA·L·F·COS·TERTIVM·FECIT
or in full, "M[arcus] Agrippa L[ucii] f[ilius] co[n] s[ul] tertium fecit," meaning "Marcus Agrippa, son of Lucius, made this building when consul for the third time."
Christian denomination: Roman Catholic Church
Rom - Ostia Antica
Ostia Antica is a large archeological site, close to the modern suburb of Ostia, that was the location of the harbour city of ancient Rome, which is approximately 30 kilometres (19 miles) to the northeast. "Ostia" (plur. of "ostium") is a derivation of "os", the Latin word for "mouth". At the mouth of the River Tiber, Ostia was Rome's seaport, but due to silting the site now lies 3 kilometres (2 miles) from the sea. The site is noted for the excellent preservation of its ancient buildings, magnificent frescoes and impressive mosaics.
Ostia may have been Rome's first colonia. According to the legend Ancus Marcius, the semi-legendary fourth king of Rome, first destroyed Ficana, an ancient town that was only 17 km (11 mi) from Rome and had a small harbour on the Tiber, and then proceeded with establishing the new colony 10 km (6 mi) further west and closer to the sea coast. An inscription seems to confirm the establishment of the old castrum of Ostia in the 7th century BC. The oldest archaeological remains so far discovered date back to only the 4th century BC. The most ancient buildings currently visible are from the 3rd century BC, notably the Castrum (military camp); of a slightly later date is the Capitolium (temple of Jupiter, Juno and Minerva). The opus quadratum of the walls of the original castrum at Ostia provide important evidence for the building techniques that were employed in Roman urbanization during the period of the Middle Republic.
(Wikipedia)
Ostia Antica ist das Ausgrabungsgelände der antiken Stadt Ostia, der ursprünglichen Hafenstadt des antiken Rom und möglicherweise dessen erste Kolonie.
Der Name Ostia leitet sich von lateinisch ostium „Eingang; Mündung“ ab, womit die Tibermündung gemeint ist. Der Name Ostia Antica (Altes Ostia) wird zur Unterscheidung vom in den 1920er Jahren neugegründeten Stadtteil Ostia verwendet. Der nordöstlich anschließende moderne Stadtteil wird nach den Ausgrabungen ebenfalls Ostia Antica genannt.
Ostia wurde nach der antiken Tradition, wie sie sich etwa in einer Inschrift des 2. Jahrhunderts n. Chr. zeigt, vom vierten König von Rom, Ancus Marcius, im 7. Jahrhundert v. Chr. als erste römische Kolonie gegründet. Die bisherigen archäologischen Befunde reichen allerdings nicht weiter als in das 4. Jahrhundert v. Chr. zurück; die ältesten erhaltenen Gebäude wie etwa das Castrum (Militärlager) und das Capitol datieren aus dem 3. Jahrhundert v. Chr. Da die Historizität des Ancus Marcius überdies fragwürdig ist, geht man zumeist davon aus, dass Ostia im 4. Jahrhundert nach dem Sieg der Römer über ihre Nachbarstadt Veji gegründet wurde.
Ostia war daher wohl ursprünglich ein Militärlager, von dem aus sowohl Rom geschützt und verteidigt als auch der Seehandel kontrolliert werden konnte. Mit Letzterem entwickelte sich das Militärlager bald zur Hafenstadt und zu einem starken Stützpunkt der Flotte Roms. Schon im 3. Jahrhundert v. Chr. war es einer der Haupthäfen Roms und wird in dieser Funktion mehrmals in historischen Berichten erwähnt. 217 v. Chr. wurde die Versorgung der Armee gegen Hannibal in Spanien von Ostia aus verschifft und 211 v. Chr. fuhr von hier Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus nach Spanien, um die Karthager zu bekämpfen. Um nicht länger vom unmittelbaren Hinterland und kleinen Küstenschiffen abhängig zu sein, entstand die „Hafenstadt Ostia als einzige Rivalin von Bedeutung für Alexandria und Karthago, um für vier Jahrhunderte in Blüte zu stehen, bis sie schließlich in einem Malariasumpf versank.“
(Wikipedia)