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I can't decide between the two images which is the better one this one or version 1 so I'll let you decide and I'll delete the one with the less likes. You may hate both which is equally fine as I'm very unsure myself.
A 2-frame panoramic stitch from the John Hancock Center at night.
When I first shot from the JHC roof last October, I was kicking myself for not actively shooting frames to make a panorama...the awesome view and nerves were apparently clouding my judgment. Well, I was going back through some of my raw frames yesterday, and realized two images I took might just stitch together - and they did. Not sure how I missed this before, but I'm glad I did!
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Architects: Henn Architekten
Project: Bugatti Studio
Location: Molsheim, Alsace, France
Client: Bugatti Automobiles
Area TGA: 3570 m²
Planning: 2002 – 2003
Construction period: 2003 – 2004
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Angkor Thom means "the great city" in Khmer. The 12th-century royal Buddhist city is especially famed for its grand Bayon Temple, but has several other sights of interest as well.
The city of Angkor Thom was founded by Angkor's greatest king, Jayavarman VII (reigned 1181-1219), who came to power following the defeat of the former Khmer capital by the Chams. At its height, Angkor Thom may have governed a population of one million people in the surrounding area.
Angkor Thom was built in a nearly perfect square, the sides of which run north to south and east to west. It was surrounded by a square wall (jayagiri) 8m high and 12km in length and further protected by a 100m-wide moat (now dry), said to have contained ferocious crocodiles.
A gate opens exactly in the middle of each wall, from which a bridge extends over the moat to the area outside the royal city. The original royal palace at Angkor Thom, built in the 10th and 11th centuries, was probably built of wood and no longer stands.
Same photo from the last post but in colour. I can't decide which one is better, this one or the black and white version.
From Wikipedia: The original plans designed by Hoit, Price and Barnes included a twin building to be paired on the immediate west side of the building, but plans were abandoned after the Great Depression took a greater toll than expected. As a result, the west side of the building has no windows. After its completion in 1931, the Power and Light Building was Missouri's tallest habitable structure at 36 stories, until the completion of the One U.S. Bank Plaza building in St. Louis in 1976. In 2002, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. Taken from the 27th Floor of my office building across the way medium high atop downtown Kansas City, Missouri (I know I know, I should be working but . . . . . ).
Nikon D700
24-70mm lens at 56mm
ISO 1000
f/5.0
1/50 second
Inspired by Montanan Brett Swain ( www.flickr.com/photos/brettswain/ ). Over a recent dinner we had, I moaned that I had no mountains to photograph in Kansas City, and he reminded me that he had no urban sky lines to photograph in Kalispell Montana. Proof that it is all in the perspective.
Tour 07: Wiesbaden Schierstein - Wiesbaden Biebrich - Amöneburg - Mainz Kastel - Kostheim - Ginsheim Gustavsburg - mit dem Bus zurück //
21 Km - 36 Höhenmeter - Höchster Punkt 120 Meter - Plus 19 Grad
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La basilica di San Vitale è una delle chiese più famose di Ravenna, esemplare capolavoro dell'arte paleocristiana e bizantina.
Iniziato grazie ai finanziamenti di Giuliano Argentario, ricco banchiere ravennate, su ordine del vescovo Ecclesio nel 525, vivente ancora Teodorico, e consacrato nel 547 dall'arcivescovo Massimiano, quando Ravenna era ormai da sette anni sotto il dominio bizantino, questo edificio, summa dell'architettura ravennate, elabora e trasforma precedenti occidentali e orientali portando alle estreme conclusioni il discorso artistico iniziato poco dopo l'editto di Costantino del 313. Fu completato grazie anche alla cospicua donazione del banchiere Giuliano l'Argentario che offrì 26 mila denari e che oggi è raffigurato nei mosaici dell'abside nel corteo di dignitari di Giustiniano, tra l'Imperatore e il vescovo.
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A Basílica de São Vital (em italiano: Basilica di San Vitale) é o monumento mais famoso de Ravenna, Itália e um dos exemplos mais importantes de Arte Bizantina (e arquitetura) na Europa ocidental. A Basílica é uma das oito construções de Ravena consideradas Património Cultural da Humanidade pela UNESCO. É dedicada a São Vital de Milão.
A Basílica começou a ser construída em 525, sob ordem do bispo Eclésio, ainda no reinado do ostrogodo Teodorico o Grande e foi concluída por Maximiniano em 548, durante o Exarcado de Ravenna, já há sete anos sob domínio bizantino. Não se sabe quem foi o arquiteto da obra.
A igreja tem um plano octogonal. Combina elementos de arquitetura romana (cúpula, forma dos vãos das portas) com elementos Bizantinos (apse poligonal, capitais, tijolos estreitos). Contudo, a Basílica é mais famosa por sua riqueza de mosaicos bizantinos, os maiores e mais bem preservados fora de Constantinopla. A Basílica é de extrema importância para a arte bizantina, visto que é a única grande igreja do período do Imperador Justiniano que sobreviveu virtualmente intacta até hoje.
A construção foi patrocinada pelo banqueiro grego Iulianus Argentarius, de quem pouco se sabe, exceto que também tinha patrocinado a construção da Basílica de São Apolinário em Classe na mesma época. O imperador bizantino Justiniano deve também ter patrocinado a obra como propaganda de seu governo, a fim de acelerar a incorporação de novos territórios ao Império. O banqueiro Iulianus Argentarius é representado nos mosaicos na corte de dignitários de Justiniano, entre o imperador e o bispo.
As séries de mosaicos representam sacrifícios do Velho Testamento: a história de Abraão e Melquisedeque, o sacrifício de Isaac, a história de Moisés, Jeremias e Isaías, representações das 12 tribos de Israel, Abel, Caim e o Cordeiro de Deus. Há também mosaicos dos quatro Evangelistas, sob seus símbolos e todos vestidos de branco. Todos os mosaicos foram executados na tradição Helenística-Romana: vívidos e imaginativos, com ricas cores e uma certa perspectiva, com vívidas representações da paisagem, plantas e pássaros.
Ao pé da abside estão dos dois mosaicos mais famosos, executados em 548, com o Imperador Justiniano, vestido em branco e com um halo dourado, ao lado de sua corte. A semelhança da corte do imperador com Cristo e seus apóstolos marca a simbologia de que o Império de Roma tinha se transformado no Império teocrático bizantino. Do outro lado está a Imperatriz Teodora, solene e formal, também com um halo dourado, jóias e sua corte. Esses mosaicos são praticamente os únicos exemplos que ainda existem de mosaicos seculares do Império Bizantino.
A Basílica foi a inspiração para que Filippo Brunelleschi projetasse a cúpula da Santa Maria del Fiore, em Florença.
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The Church of San Vitale — styled an "ecclesiastical basilica" in the Roman Catholic Church, though it is not of architectural basilica form — is a church in Ravenna, Italy, one of the most important examples of early Christian Byzantine Art and architecture in western Europe. The building is one of eight Ravenna structures inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
The church was begun by Bishop Ecclesius in 527, when Ravenna was under the rule of the Ostrogoths, and completed by the 27th Bishop of Ravenna, Maximian in 548 during the Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna. The architect of this church is unknown.
The construction of the church was sponsored by a Greek banker, Julius Argentarius, of whom very little is known, except that he also sponsored the construction of the Basilica of Sant' Apollinare in Classe at around the same time. The final cost amounted to 26,000 solidi (gold pieces).
The church has an octagonal plan. The building combines Roman elements: the dome, shape of doorways, and stepped towers; with Byzantine elements: polygonal apse, capitals, and narrow bricks. The church is most famous for its wealth of Byzantine mosaics, the largest and best preserved outside of Constantinople. The church is of extreme importance in Byzantine art, as it is the only major church from the period of the Emperor Justinian I to survive virtually intact to the present day. Furthermore, it is thought to reflect the design of the Byzantine Imperial Palace Audience Chamber, of which nothing at all survives. According to legend, the church was erected on the site of the martyrdom of Saint Vitalis. However, there is some confusion as to whether this is the Saint Vitalis of Milan, or the Saint Vitale whose body was discovered together with that of Saint Agricola, by Saint Ambrose in Bologna in 393
Extreme contrast - Acros 100 rated at 80 iso. Rodinal 1:100 stand development, 1 hour @68F, agitated every minute for first 5 minutes and then 2 inversions twice during the hour. Pretty pleased with the tonal range and lack of grain. First time I've tried stand development.
My Bodie Lies over the Ocean
This is the Bodie (pronounced body) Lighthouse on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The lighthouse is on the sound side, rather than the Ocean side of the island. It was built in 1872 and is 153 feet tall. It's actually the THIRD lighthouse built in the area. Per Wikipedia: "The first was built in 1847 and then abandoned in 1859 due to a poor foundation. The second, built in 1859, was destroyed in 1861 by retreating Confederate troops who feared it would be used as a Union observation post during the Civil War. The third and current lighthouse, with its original first order Fresnel lens, was completed in 1872."
It's not as famous as it's taller cousin, the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse.
I took a few liberties here. Someone familiar with the area will notice I digitally chopped down a tree. The gate to the keepers quarters is almost a complete fabrication because the parents of the little girl continued standing there in an awkward pose. I'm normally patient, but had places to go and people to see so I took a number of shots hoping to recapture the gate as they moved, but because of the brick sidewalk, they never got out of the way. If you look back through my photo stream you'll find many other images of this lighthouse, including a star trail, a moon set... and more photos are coming.
If you'd like to get a shot like this, we'll be your guide. StarCircleAcademy is organizing a Week long photo workshop here in the end of April. It includes day, night and wildlife photography, relaxing in an Oceanfront mansion with professional chef preparing meals. Interested? Check here starcircleacademy.com/workshops/outerbanks
for details.
The clouds had moved past by the time I set up for this so the long exposure was probably not even needed. I think I like it without any clouds anyway though
GUARDA (Portugal): Nave central da Sé Catedral.
A majestosa nave central, iluminada por um clerestório de frestas maineladas, é coberta por uma abóbada de cruzaria de ogivas, cobertura essa que também se observa nas naves laterais.