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To be precise South of the River near the Thames Barrier. After an afternoon Karting by the river, I drove a few 100 yard along and back on to the Thames Path - amazing how the sky and lights looked during early evening, London at its best!
We're back in Thailand, and to be precise, in Ayutthaya, the former (and sadly destroyed) capital of Siam (then still the Kingdom of Ayutthaya).
This temple was built in 1357 by the first king of the Ayutthaya Empire.
The impressive 80-meter-high chedi (the bell-shaped sacred building in the background) was commissioned by one of his successors, Naresuan the Great, in 1592.
It was intended to commemorate a duel between the ruler and the Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Burma (on war elephants), from which Naresuan emerged victorious.
The Crown Prince was killed in the this fight.
Wir sind zurück in Thailand und um genau zu sein in Ayutthaya, der ehemaligen (und leider zerstörten) Hauptstadt von Siam (damals noch das Königreich Ayutthaya).
Dieser Tempel wurde bereits 1357 vom ersten König des Ayutthaya Reiches erbaut.
Den beeindruckenden 80 Meter hohen Chedi (der glockenförmige Sakralbau im Hintergrund) liess jedoch einer seiner Nachfolger, Naresuan der Große, 1592 errichten.
Er sollte an ein Duell des Herrschers mit dem Kronprinzen des Königreiches Birma erinnern (auf Kriegselefanten) aus welchem Naresuan siegreich hervor ging.
Der Kronprinz kam dabei ums Leben.
Precise strides, along imprecise paths
Passos precisos, por caminhos imprecisos
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Lisboa, Portugal, 2023
[PT] Entre ruas, sombras e ficções
Contemplo ruas, pessoas e pedras, entre ficções e esquecimentos, inspirado no poeta, talvez, percebo as sombras dos gestos de outros, a poesia do crepúsculo, um desassossego.
“...todos somos igualmente derivados de não sei quê, sombras de gestos feitos por outrem, efeitos encarnados, consequências que sentem.” (Fernando Pessoa, Livro do Desassossego, v.164)
[ES] Entre calles, sombras y ficciones
Contemplo calles, personas y piedras, entre ficciones y olvidos, inspirado en el poeta, quizás, percibo las sombras de los gestos de otros, la poesía del crepúsculo, una inquietud.
“...todos somos igualmente derivados de no sé qué, sombras de gestos hechos por otra persona, efectos encarnados, consecuencias que sienten.” (Fernando Pessoa, Libro del desasosiego, v.164)
[ENG] Between streets, shadows and fictions
I contemplate streets, people and stones, between fictions and oblivion, inspired by the poet, perhaps, I perceive the shadows of the gestures of others, the poetry of twilight, a restlessness.
“...we are all equally derived from I don't know what, shadows of gestures made by someone else, embodied effects, consequences they feel.” (Fernando Pessoa, Book of Disquiet, v.164)
These words are not my own but cover the story and location well..
John Lennon in Prague
This is no joke – John Lennon is in Prague – well, to be precise, his wall is in Prague although John Lennon himself never visited Prague in his short life. Are you confused? Let me explain it to you then.
In Mala Strana, near the French Embassy, you’ll see the John Lennon Wall. The wall that was formerly an ordinary wall in Prague has been called Lennon´s since the 1980s, when people have filled it with John Lennon-inspired graffiti and pieces of lyrics from Beatles songs. Why?
John Lennon and the Communist regime
Lennon was a hero to the pacifist youth of Central and Eastern Europe during the totalitarian era. Prior to 1989 when communism ruled, western pop songs were banned by Communist authorities, and especially John Lennon´s songs, because it was praising freedom that didn’t exist here. Some musicians were actually jailed for playing it!
When John Lennon was murdered in 1980 he became a sort of hero to some of the young and his picture was painted on this wall, for whatever reason right here, along with graffiti defying the authorities. Don’t forget that back then the Czech people had few opportunities to express their feelings with their lack of freedom. By doing this, those young activists risked prison for what authorities called “subversive activities against the state”.
But the threat of prison couldn’t keep people from slipping there at night to scrawl graffiti first in the form of Beatles lyrics and odes to Lennon, then they came to paint their own feelings and dreams on the wall.
The Communist police tried repeatedly to whitewash over the portrait and messages of peace but they could never manage to keep the wall clean. On the second day it was again full of poems and flowers with paintings of Lennon. Even the installation of surveillance cameras and the posting of an overnight guard couldn’t stop the opinions from being expressed.
John Lennon Peace Wall
The Lennon Wall represented not only a memorial to John Lennon and his ideas for peace, but also a monument to free speech and the non-violent rebellion of Czech youth against the regime. It was a small war of Czech people against the communist police who cleaned the wall.
At first glance the Lennon Wall is like any graffiti-covered wall you see around the world. But this wall is special thanks to its history. I’ve heard people saying that it is Pague’s equivalent of the Berlin Wall. They are not far from the truth. Some people also believe that the „John Lennon Peace Wall“ helped inspire the non-violent Velvet Revolution that led to the fall of Communism in the former Czechoslovakia in 1989.
In 1998 the wall had to go through reconstruction of its crumbling facade but the spirit of the wall lives on. It used to be covered in anti-Communist graffiti, now it is covered in messages of love and peace. The original portrait of Lennon is long lost under the layers of new paints but if you look hard enough you can still find tributes to Lennon and a yellow submarine!
The wall, located at Velkoprevorske Namesti, Mala Strana, is owned by the Knights of the Maltese Cross, who allowed graffiti to continue. It will be a symbol forever.
How to get there:
From metro station Malostranska (green line A) take trams no. 12, 20, 22, 23. The nearest tram stops to Velkoprevorske namesti are either Malostranske namesti or Hellichova.
Precise strides, along imprecise paths / Passos precisos, por caminhos imprecisos
Montevideo, Uruguay
2025
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Well, 4 breeches to be precise. To jolt you out of your enjoyment of the beauty and tranquillity of the North Norfolk countryside, you unexpectedly come across this AFV sitting in a field beside the road. It's a ZSU-23-4 "Shilka", a Soviet era self-propelled radar-guided anti-aircraft system, armed with four 23mm cannons. The vehicle is at the gate of the very impressive Muckleburgh Military Collection, sited on a former military camp at Weybourne, near Holt.
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It was such a blast watching this amazing Osprey dive down with incredible precision and catch his lunch! Have a great weekend!
Wonderful footage of an osprey catching fish. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA3LtXnNIto
Hovering at moderate height, the osprey dramatically plunges down feet first to snatch fish from the water's surface. A shake of the head as it emerges from the water; the osprey carries its skilfully captured prey with its long talons.
This Osprey get's God's work Ethic:
*2 Thessalonians 3:10 "... If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat."
*Colossians 3:23 Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,
*Proverbs 14:23 In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty.
……Or to be be more precise ‘Golden Orange’ Roasted Carrots actually! Diabetics & those diagnosed as being Pre-Diabetic will be interested in ANY alternative to Potatoes which are high GI. AND when you slice & roast carrots they make a great Macro Monday shot!!! The theme this week being "Slices” Bon Appétit. (Par boil then roast in a little oil, easy peasy) Have a great & low GI week! Stay cosy & locked down to stay safe and to keep EVERYONE else safe too! A VERY BIG THANK YOU to ALL the key workers who are carrying on to benefit the rest of us - we applaud you all. Alan;-)👏👏👏👏👏
For the interested I’m growing my Shutterstock catalogue regularly here, now sold 66 images :- www.shutterstock.com/g/Alan+Foster?rid=223484589&utm_...
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It was at this precise location on June 7, 1983 that I initially determined just how quickly one could get from the top of an embankment covered in taconite pellets, to the bottom. It was an interesting ride. The three Chicago & North Western C628's have just brought a train of empty jennies up from Escanaba, MI and spotted them for loading at Empire Mine. That task completed they are now passing Palmer Line Junction, near Negaunne, cab lite and enroute to Ishpeming, where they will take legal rest before returning with a train of loads.
I sought to capture that precise moment when modern architecture aspires to invisibility—those blank storefronts, empty, awaiting a brand that doesn't yet exist. By framing the solitary figure against this impeccable geometry, I wanted to question the nature of contemporary urban space: one that erases as much as it welcomes. What struck me was the contrast between the pedestrian's mobility and the frozen immobility of the storefront, between the everyday gesture and suspended commercial anticipation. Black and white seemed the only honest response: an absence of color to reflect an absence of meaning, a raw texture of concrete and glass that screams its silence.
Superbly flown by Captain Andrej Fiorelli of the Slovenian Armed Forces, Pilatus PC-9M '69' catches the light while in a vertical climb during RIAT 2025
For his outstanding flying skills he was awarded THE KING HUSSEIN MEMORIAL SWORD: Presented in memory of the late HM King Hussein of Jordan, former Patron of the International Air Tattoo, for the overall most polished and precise flying demonstration
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🇫🇷 IL y a plusieurs écoles primaires et maternelles à Mto Wa Mbu ......certaines sont précisées anglophones, privées ou non .
Aucun chiffre précis de population, seulement qu'il y a environ 120 groupes ethniques différents (tribus) ....
En Tanzanie , il y a env 70,5 millions d'habitants
Économie collaborative à Mto Wa Mbu : Les agriculteurs de bananes, de riz et de maïs travaillent ensemble, partageant les profits et les ressources. Cette coopération économique renforce les liens inter‑tribaux et soutient la subsistance de l’ensemble de la communauté .
La plupart des habitants parlent trois langues ou plus (leur langue tribale, le swahili, parfois l’anglais), ce qui facilite les échanges interculturels et la transmission des savoirs .
🇬🇧 There are several primary and nursery schools in Mto Wa Mbu ......some of which are specified as English-speaking, private or state-run.
No precise figures are available, only that there are around 120 different ethnic groups (tribes) ....
Tanzania has a population of around 70.5 million
Sharing economy in Mto Wa Mbu: Banana, rice and maize farmers work together, sharing profits and resources. This economic cooperation strengthens inter-tribal ties and supports the livelihood of the whole community.
Most residents speak three or more languages (their tribal language, Swahili, and sometimes English), which facilitates intercultural exchange and the transfer of knowledge.
🇩🇪 In Mto Wa Mbu gibt es mehrere Grund- und Kindergärten ...... einige davon sind als englischsprachig, privat oder öffentlich ausgewiesen.
Es gibt keine genauen Zahlen, nur dass es etwa 120 verschiedene ethnische Gruppen (Stämme) gibt ....
In Tansania leben etwa 70,5 Millionen Einwohner
Kollaborative Wirtschaft in Mto Wa Mbu: Die Bananen-, Reis- und Maisbauern arbeiten zusammen und teilen Gewinne und Ressourcen. Diese wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit stärkt die Verbindungen zwischen den Stämmen und sichert den Lebensunterhalt der gesamten Gemeinschaft.
Die meisten Einwohner sprechen drei oder mehr Sprachen (ihre Stammessprache, Swahili, manchmal Englisch), was den interkulturellen Austausch und die Weitergabe von Wissen erleichtert.
🇪🇸 Hay varias escuelas primarias y de educación infantil en Mto Wa Mbu... algunas se especifican como anglófonas, privadas o públicas.
No hay cifras concretas, solo se sabe que hay alrededor de 120 grupos étnicos diferentes (tribus)...
En Tanzania hay unos 70,5 millones de habitantes
Economía colaborativa en Mto Wa Mbu: los agricultores de plátanos, arroz y maíz trabajan juntos, compartiendo beneficios y recursos. Esta cooperación económica refuerza los lazos intertribales y sustenta la subsistencia de toda la comunidad.
La mayoría de los habitantes hablan tres o más idiomas (su lengua tribal, el swahili y, a veces, el inglés), lo que facilita los intercambios interculturales y la transmisión de conocimientos.
🇮🇹 A Mto Wa Mbu ci sono diverse scuole elementari e materne... alcune sono specificatamente anglofone, private o meno.
Non ci sono dati precisi, si sa solo che ci sono circa 120 diversi gruppi etnici (tribù)....
In Tanzania ci sono circa 70,5 milioni di abitanti
Economia collaborativa a Mto Wa Mbu: gli agricoltori che coltivano banane, riso e mais lavorano insieme, condividendo profitti e risorse. Questa cooperazione economica rafforza i legami intertribali e sostiene il sostentamento dell'intera comunità.
La maggior parte degli abitanti parla tre o più lingue (la propria lingua tribale, lo swahili, a volte l'inglese), il che facilita gli scambi interculturali e la trasmissione delle conoscenze.
Well, to be precise, Skinners Bottom is almost a mile from here and the location is perhaps closer to Scorrier - but why let geography spoil a crass title?
A shot taken almost three years ago from the Sawmills Lane overbridge, which also happens to span the A30 - the main trunk road between Exeter and deepest Cornwall.
It's cold, windy and raining directly into the lens of the pocket camera which I'm doing my best to shelter from the elements under an open cagoule - which of course means I'm getting wet. However, it's an opportunity that can't go to waste and this is the first of two shots I took at this spot, albeit the one which didn't make the cut at the time. Arguably better than the original offering though with the truck just sneaking into the frame and kicking up a decent amount of spray from the wet road.
The train is an unidentified class 150 working what I believe is First Great Western's late running 1.45pm Penzance - Plymouth (2P87) service. In an attempt to identify the unit I did try a search on Flickr, but it seems no-one else was daft enough to be out and about snapping trains down this neck of the woods on this day.
The truck belongs to Maen Karne, who identify themselves as the "south west’s leading fully independent supplier of bagged and loose aggregate". Good to see them delivering the goods in the inclement weather - even though a depression sweeping in from the Atlantic hardly makes the news in these parts!
14th January 2016
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Secondhand slide, marked December 1968.
Thanks to Gornick (below) for a more precise ID than the original photographer.
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When to Harvest Grapes
The precise time for picking grapes is dependent on the location, length of growing season, variety of grape, crop load and the intended use of the grape. Heavy crop loads take longer to mature. The optimum time for harvesting grapes will vary year to year as do environmental conditions — sometime after the berries turn color (veraison).
Color – Harvesting grapes for use in jellies or wine making must occur at just the right stage of maturity for maximum sweetness. Grapes change color from green to blue, red or white, depending upon the variety. Color is one of the indicators of ripeness. However, it is not the most reliable indicator, as many varieties of grapes change color well prior to ripening. Still, when completely ripe, the whitish coating on the grapes becomes more evident and the seeds turn from green to brown.
Size – Size is another gauge of the ripening of grapes. When mature, the grapes are full size and a bit less firm to the touch.
Taste – Hands down, the best way to ascertain if your grapes are ripe enough to harvest is to taste them. Sample the grapes three to four weeks prior to the approximate harvest date and continue to taste the grapes as they mature. Try to take samples at the same time of day from a variety of areas on the vine.
“At the sight of the crowds, his heart was moved with pity for them because they were troubled and abandoned,* like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest.”
- Matthew 9:36-38
From the foot of the Spanish Steps, I raised my iPhone toward Trinità dei Monti, wanting to catch that precise moment when the marble walls glowed warm and the sky framed the towers in vivid blue. In shooting this, I was chasing two things: the sense of elevation (you feel you’re climbing, even from below) and a quiet contrast — the aged stone against the pure, deep summer sky.
I angled low to emphasize scale, to let the viewer feel the weight of those centuries in stone. And yes — a little irony: standing there in my modern clothes, snapping pictures with a phone, trying to immortalize what generations before me painted or sketched.
Dal basso della scalinata ho sollevato l’iPhone verso Trinità dei Monti, con l’intento di cogliere quel preciso momento in cui le superfici in marmo si infiammavano di luce calda e il cielo faceva da cornice di un blu intenso. In questo scatto cercavo due cose: la sensazione di ascesa (che si provi a salire anche solo guardando da sotto) e un contrasto sottile — la pietra consumata che dialoga con l’azzurro estivo puro.
Ho inquadrato dal basso per enfatizzare la scala, per permettere che chi guarda percepisca il peso di secoli racchiusi in pietra. E sì — un po’ di ironia: io lì, in abbigliamento moderno, con uno smartphone in mano, a tentare di rendere immortale ciò che generazioni prima hanno dipinto o disegnato.
Precise strides along imprecise paths
São Paulo, Brazil, 2026
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This is a boundary marker on the border of northern Montana and southern Saskatchewan. I'm not saying where. Here's a friend - I won't say who - straddling our two countries, perhaps illegally, perhaps not. I won't hazard a guess.
Whether the marker is on the precise borderline or not, I do not know. On the other side of the fence, 50 feet to the left, that's definitely Montana grass. No one need worry. We could easily slip under the wire, but there's nowhere to go and nowhere to hide, and anyway we aren't interested, because we like living on our own side.
But on the lighter side... I just found this in an external drive; a friend sent it to me. I guess it was making the rounds a few years ago. Titled "You Know You've Lived in Saskatchewan Too Long When" - and here are a few excerpts:
- Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor and combine crew on the highway.
- You know who has to pay for the damage to your truck and the dead cow when you hit one.
- You've had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
- You realize all the festivals across the province are named after fruits, vegetables, grain or testicles.
- You install security lights on your house and barn and leave both unlocked.
- You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
- Driving is better in winter because the potholes are filled with snow.
- Driving in winter is often simply a matter of staying between the fence posts.
- You have never owned a vehicle that did not have cracks in the windshield.
- You find -20* "a little chilly".
- You know someone who has shot themselves accidentally.
- You know someone who's lost their license due to an impaired charge and have seen their tractor or snowmobile parked at the local bar.
To be honest, these are not far from the truth. Actually they ARE true. I became very upset one day when I had to wait for TWO cars to pass while backing out of my driveway.
Photographed in the middle of nowhere, in at least one country but possibly two. Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2025 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
Hummingbird Clearwing Moth, to be precise, or in Latin, Hemaris thysbe. Here's a link for more info: cwf-fcf.org/en/discover-wildlife/flora-fauna/fauna/insect...
And to answer your recent question, David C., the easiest way for me to tell the difference between a butterfly and a moth is to look at the antennae. A butterfly has a knob on the end of each antenna, a moth doesn't.
I wouldn't normally put up a deeply cropped picture like this, but the intensity of the bird's look, as well as the preciseness of the claws holding the food, gave me one of those wow moments.
Excerpt from Wikipedia:
The Church of Our Lady is a historical building in Kalundborg, northwestern Zealand, Denmark. The precise date of construction is not known with any certainty, though its architecture indicates the early part of the 13th century. With its five distinctive towers, it stands on a hill above the harbour, making it the town's most imposing landmark.
The church is built of red brick, indicating that it was constructed no earlier than 1170 when brick was first used in Denmark.
At the time when the church was built, a small medieval town stood on the hill. It was originally fortified by Snare's castle but this was replaced in the 14th century by Kalundborg Castle, now in ruins, with its ring walls and ditches. Much of this has now disappeared but the old churchyard walls are still intact. Two brick houses from 1500 form part of the boundary walls and a few brick houses near the church are evidence of the prosperity the town enjoyed in the 15th century.
The central tower of the church collapsed in 1827 due to structural flaws and incautious repairs inside the church. Collapse did not cause any injuries but many medieval furnishings were destroyed .
As the church had fallen into a state of disrepair by the beginning of the 19th century, restoration work was carried out first from 1867 to 1871 under the leadership of Vilhelm Tvedes when the central tower was rebuilt, and later from 1917 to 1921 when the three entrances and the windows were reconstructed under architects Andreas and Mogens Clemmensen. From the square nave, four arms of equal length stretch out to a polygon terminal. These proportions have been compared to the description of the New Jerusalem in the Book of Revelation. While the original barrel vaults of the transepts are still in place, the columns in the nave and the vaults have been reconstructed.
The medieval sacristy (1400) along the north wall of the chancel is well preserved. In about 1500 it was given an upper storey.
The plan is in the form of a Greek cross with four arms of equal length. The window arches as well as the pilasters and sunken columns inside the church suggest the involvement of Lombard builders from northern Italy. It is said to be Denmark's most important contribution to architecture during the Middle Ages.
The church's central tower, known as Mary's tower (after the Virgin Mary), is 44 m tall and square-shaped while the four lateral towers, each 34 m tall, are octagonal. The other towers are also named after saints: St. Anne's to the east, St. Gertrude's to the west, St. Mary Magdalene's to the south and St. Catherine's to the north. The four columns supporting the central tower are made of granite, providing additional strength. With five towers in all, the church is unique.
The architecture reveals similarities with the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, as well as with grouped towers in the great churches of France and the Rhineland. In particular, both the church's age and its architectural style have much in common with Tournai Cathedral in the south of Belgium. The masonry, on the other hand, is comparable to that of other early brick buildings in the area such as St. Bendt's Church in Ringsted.
Spider webs are precise lightweight structures made of spider silk, a family of proteins (spidroins) produced by different glands for different purposes: dry, load-bearing frame and radial threads, and elastic capture spirals coated with sticky glycoprotein droplets.
The silk is both strong and tough, stretches substantially, and “supercontracts” when wet (the fibers shorten, pre-tensioning the web and improving vibration transmission). Many species recycle material by eating their old webs. The web also functions as a sensory organ: vibrations reveal the direction and nature of a disturbance, and some spiders actively pluck the threads to communicate. Besides glue-based webs, there is cribellate silk: a woolly nanofibril fluff without adhesive.
A spectacular behavior is “ballooning,” in which fine silk threads carry spiders on updrafts and electrostatic forces. Stabilimenta can reflect UV light, potentially luring prey or warning larger animals to avoid collisions. For humans, webs are useful (catching mosquitoes) and inspire tough, biocompatible materials.
Forgive my translation
My words
"My words are stones
precise, sharp ready to throw
on vulnerable and defenseless faces
are clouds suspended
swollen of overtones
that light in your eyes infinite expectations
are precious drops, unforgetted
a long courted and then sip
are flaming arrows that the wind or the luck know how to direct
They are flashes inside a pit, dark and abandoned
a deaf and dumb face that love has lit
They are fallen leaves
promises due
time forgive you for having spoken
are wrong notes
happened on the sheet by mistake
traced and then forgotten
the words that I said, or I thought I had to say
I admit
Tight between teeth
past, recurring
unexpected, felt or dreamed ...
My words are somersaults
snowballs in the sun
incandescent rockets before bursting
are toys and mosquitoes, sand to pile up
small prohibitions that disobeying
They went to sleep surprised by a deep pain
I m not able to explain
They do as they please
they are lost in the dark and then back
Are boundless night, bursts of laughter
overexposed faces by too much sun
This are the words
sweet or rancorous
full of respect or indecorous
are my father and my mother
a kiss from each one before sleeping, another before leaving
the words I said and who knows how many yet to come ...
Tight between the teeth
save the audiences
imagined, felt or dreamed
slashing swords
sigh in the dark, forgiven
blown from a palm"
Minimalism:A quick search on the net will reveal many conflicting definitions, often longwinded and very precise in nature.
My feeling is that the definition of minimalist photography should itself be minimal. To be minimalist in photography requires a way of thinking, a style of looking at the world that must by its very nature be described in a minimal way. Any prescriptive, complex definition would limit the interpretation and clutters the mind. Anyone would agree that clutter is not minimalist.
Minimal means few, the least, as little as possible. To me, a minimalist photograph is one that conveys a scene using as few elements as necessary. The aim therefore, of this site is to display photos which I feel convey the emotion of a scene using the minimum necessary elements.
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The Jugendherberge in Dahn, Rheinland-Pfalz to be precise.
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Les Dioscures, ce sont les jumeaux Castor et Pollux. Tous deux étaient enfants jumeaux de Léda, ou plus précisément faux-jumeaux. En effet, Castor était le fils de Tindare et frère de Clytemnestre. Pollux était le fils de Zeus et frère d’ Hélène. Oui, c’est un peu compliqué, Castor et Pollux étaient donc de faux-jumeaux, nés de pères différents.
Retenez surtout que les grecs autant que les romains vénéraient les Dioscures. Ils symbolisaient l’aide apportée par les jeunes gens en âge de porter les armes. Et comme ils avaient souvent aidé les romains dans leurs combats, ils étaient particulièrement vénérés des romains. À l'ouest de l'Olympiéion s'étend jusqu'à la Porte V un quartier de la ville, avec des vestiges de maisons d'habitation. Du nord de ce temple part une voie processionnelle qui longe les habitations pour rejoindre la Porte V et le « temple des Dioscures ». Ce nom lui a été attribué arbitrairement : des sources antiques nous disent, certes, que Castor et Pollux étaient honorés à Acragas, mais les dernières recherches tendent plutôt à rattacher les jumeaux à celui qu'on appelle traditionnellement « temple de la Concorde ».
Le « temple des Dioscures » est un temple dorique périptère du milieu du Ve siècle av. J.-C., de plan semblable à celui « de la Concorde ». Le coin sud-est a été remonté au en 1836 par le sculpteur Valerio Villa Reale et l'architecte Saverio Cavallari. Le couronnement pourrait provenir du temple L. Cette reconstruction est certes très pittoresque, et elle est même devenue un symbole et l'un des sujets les plus photographiés des vestiges d'Agrigente, mais elle est refusée du monde professionnel, qui y voit un mélange d'éléments de différents styles et de différentes époques. De nombreux restes de tambours des colonnes cannelées qui formaient autrefois le péristyle sont disséminés sur toute la surface du temple. On peut aussi distinguer des restes de l'autel, du côté est.
The Dioscuri are the twins Castor and Pollux. Both were Léda's twin children, or more precisely false twins. Indeed, Castor was the son of Tindare and brother of Clytemnestre. Pollux was the son of Zeus and brother of Helen. Yes, it's a bit complicated, so Castor and Pollux were twins, born to different fathers.
Above all, remember that the Greeks as much as the Romans revered the Dioscuri. They symbolized the help given by young people of military age. And as they had often helped the Romans in their battles, they were particularly revered by the Romans. West of the Olympieion, up to Porte V, is a district of the city, with the remains of residential houses. From the north of this temple leaves a processional path that runs along the dwellings to reach Porte V and the "temple of Dioscuri". This name was arbitrarily assigned to it: ancient sources tell us, of course, that Castor and Pollux were honored at Acragas, but the latest research tends rather to link the twins to the one traditionally called "temple of Concord".
The "temple of Dioscuri" is a Doric temple periphers from the middle of the 5th century BC. J. - C., of plan similar to that of "Concorde". The southeast corner was reassembled in 1836 by sculptor Valerio Villa Reale and architect Saverio Cavallari. The crowning could come from temple L. This reconstruction is certainly very picturesque, and it has even become a symbol and one of the most photographed subjects in the remains of Agrigento, but it is refused from the professional world, which sees it as a mixture elements of different styles and different eras. Many remains of drums from the fluted columns that once formed the peristyle are scattered over the entire surface of the temple. We can also make out the remains of the altar on the east side.
Alicja Kwade a créé un cadre spatial composé de murs de béton, de miroirs doubles, de cadres métalliques vides qui convoque le motif du labyrinthe, et plus précisément du dédale. À l'échelle de l'architecture de la nef, cette construction génère un rapport à l'espace, au temps et à la destinée. L’artiste entend décupler notre attention, nous désorienter et mettre nos sens en éveil en perturbant nos repères. Un jeu de réflexions grandeur nature qui lui permet de matérialiser les concepts abstraits de temps et d'espace.Au sol, est disposé un ensemble de 16 sculptures que l'artiste a modélisé en s'inspirant du concept de la suite de « Suite de Fibonacci » : selon ce principe, chaque sculpture constitue la somme des deux précédentes.
Pour Alicja Kwade, cette oeuvre fonctionne telle une image qui serait en constante évolution, au gré des déplacements du visiteur. En choisissant de faire se refléter ou non les objets à l'intérieur du dédale, l’artiste pousse les images à se mouvoir, les formes à se transformer selon une logique de séquençage. Au-dessus de nos têtes plane la menace d’un inquiétant pendule en action, composé d’une horloge et d’une pierre, qui tournent dangereusement à quelques mètres au-dessus de nos têtes au bout de chaines. L’espace est envahi du son amplifié du « tic-tac » généré par l’horloge. Cette vibration sonore dans l’espace matérialise le temps qui passe. Il illustre le souhait de l’artiste de rendre palpable, visible, concrète, une notion aussi abstraite que le temps qui s’écoule inéluctablement. Il souligne également une idée d’infini et nous pose la question de l’instant présent. Où sommes nous ? Est-ce le pendule qui tourne ou est-ce la Terre sur laquelle nous évoluons sans nous en rendre compte ?
Alicja Kwade has created a space frame consisting of concrete walls, double mirrors, empty metal frames that conjure the labyrinth pattern, and more precisely the maze. On the scale of the architecture of the nave, this construction generates a relationship with space, time and destiny. The artist intends to multiply our attention, to disorient us and to awaken our senses by disturbing our bearings. A game of life-size reflections that allows him to materialize the abstract concepts of time and space.At the ground, is arranged a set of 16 sculptures that the artist has modeled, inspired by the concept of the suite of "Suite de Fibonacci ": according to this principle, each sculpture constitutes the sum of the two preceding ones.
For Alicja Kwade, this work works like an image that would be constantly evolving, as the visitor moves. By choosing to reflect or not the objects inside the maze, the artist pushes the images to move, shapes to be transformed according to a logic of sequencing. Above our heads hangs the menace of a disturbing pendulum in action, composed of a clock and a stone, which turn dangerously a few meters above our heads at the end of chains. The space is invaded by the amplified sound of the "ticking" generated by the clock. This sound vibration in space materializes the passing time. It illustrates the desire of the artist to make palpable, visible, concrete, a notion as abstract as the time that elapses inevitably. He also emphasizes an idea of infinity and asks us the question of the present moment. Where are we ? Is the pendulum spinning or is it the Earth on which we move without realizing it?
Of all the creative techniques I attempt this has to be my favourite - ICM or Intentional Camera Movement. The more I do the more particular I am about the composition and, crucially, the exact amount and style of movement to create the precise effect shown here. I'm also mindful of the colour palette, preferring richly layered tones without being too lurid. All these are a balance and tricky to get aligned all in one go. But the more I practice the better I understand and the more I can readily create. Made in camera with subtle tweaks to highlights/shadows and in this case, slight desaturation.
Colloquially (with more precise definitions being available), the second full moon in a calendar month is known as a blue moon; it coinciding with Hallowe'en only happens once every 19 years.
There are multiple mini-headlands either side from which to view the castle. Having walked the cliff-top path to the Memorial and back and sheltered in the car, I checked an app to see the moon just below the horizon, so set forth to brave the elements once again. Starting with the cliffs to the right, there wasn't much moon to be seen behind the clouds and compositions were suboptimal, so I returned to the bridge over the end of the gorge and waited. Over the course of half an hour or so, the clouds skittered past in interesting patterns and the moon rose clear of the castle, bathing the landscape in silvery light.
Technicalities: this is an extreme HDR image; retaining detail in the full moon and shadowy rocks simultaneously is a dynamic range of nearly 23EV. I shot two HDR sequences, both 5 * ±3EV centred on ISO3200, f/3.5, 1/8s.
Processing is similarly extreme: I averaged all the images together using imagemagick, ran multiple tonemapping algorithms in LuminanceHDR, blended the results in Affinity, where I also finalized the tonality and added some dodging and burning.
Despite visiting the castle many times over the years, I've never really been happy with a composition made along the gorge, so I'm particularly gratified that this worked out well - even including rim-lighting as the moonlight shimmers through the grass.
Precise strides, along imprecise paths
Passos precisos, por caminhos imprecisos
São Paulo (Brazil) 2024
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I consider lace to be one of the prettiest imitations ever made of the fantasy of nature; lace always evokes for me those incomparable designs which the branches and leaves of trees embroider across the sky, I do not think that any invention of the human spirit could have a more graceful or precise origin.
Coco Chanel