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Another kick at the can - trying my hand at some fine art work. There is always an opportunity to learn.
As the work week winds down, the weekend sneaks in with a solemn and serene glide into some quiet moments for myself. I take a deep breath and welcome it.
Happy Windows Wednesday!
The Misión San Antonio de Valero, better known as the Alamo, is an understandably busy place, two and a half million visitors a year in fact, but as I wandered the hallowed ground this small space leaped at me. A window into the soul, a battered wall, a discarded pot. Suddenly I was alone and it was March 7th, 1835. The day after. Take a moment and study the walls, blow it up and put yourself there, and never forget.
All prepared, the costaleros take a breath and wait for the order of the foreman to draw one more year to Mary Most Holy of Peace ...
Ares del Maestre -- Castellón -- Comunidad Valenciana
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"Con cuanta frescura, solemnidad y hermosura nace cada día. Como diciendo:¡Mirad, tenéis otra oportunidad!"
Harriet Store
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Fort Smallwood Park
The courtyard of the Washington Memorial Chapel at Valley Forge has beautiful stone archways and corridors. Dedications to veterans, mothers, patriots and heroes are all around this property, creating a solemn atmosphere. On that cold rainy day, the few visitors present were quiet as they explored the grounds.
Impresionante obra de los arquitectos Martorell, Cascante y Doménech. La fachada, de inequívoca solemnidad religiosa, alterna el ladrillo con la mampostería y tiene una pieza fundamental en la puerta de las Virtudes.
Ubicada en una loma frente al Palacio de Sobrellano. Su fundación se debe al impulso del I marqués de Comillas, mecenas de los jesuitas. Aunque el marqués murió poco después de colocarse la primera piedra (1883), su hijo continuó con el proyecto, en el que también participó la Santa Sede. La institución fue inicialmente un seminario católico para formar sacerdotes, pero en 1904 se convirtió en Universidad Pontificia gracias al Papa Pío X.
El edificio principal, de estilo neogótico mudéjar y con elementos decorativos modernistas, fue completado a finales del s. XIX siguiendo los diseños de Lluís Domènech i Montaner.
Along the Wheatfield Road is the Peach Orchard in Getttysburg. Here I captured at night with some light around from cars leaving the park. Pretty on this calm night under the stars. A nice time to be there taking in this solemn place.
Captured at ISO 5000 to keep the exposure to 30 seconds and the star field relatively stationary.
Just wandering around a local park, I saw this gnarly old tree. I knew straight away that this needed to be captured in B&W.
The Royal Palace of Madrid is the official residence of the King of Spain; However, the royal family does not live there, but rather in the Zarzuela Palace, which is why it is used for state ceremonies and solemn events.
With an area of 135,000 m² and 3,418 rooms (almost double that of Buckingham Palace or the Palace of Versailles, it is the largest royal palace in Western Europe and one of the largest in the world. It houses a valuable historical heritage- artistic, highlighting the set of musical instruments known as the Stradivarius Palatinos, and very relevant collections of other disciplines such as painting, sculpture and tapestry. The State rooms and artistic ,collections are open to visits as long as there are no official events.
The palace was built by order of King Philip V, on the site left by the Royal Alcázar, almost completely destroyed by a fire in 1734. Both the foundations of the old fortress and some of its structures were used for the construction of the new palace. The fire episode served to justify the replacement of the old building with a palace in accordance with the taste of the time. Its construction began in 1738, according to plans by the architect Filippo Juvara, who proposed a larger palace, but in a different location. When Juvara died, the project was entrusted to his disciple Juan Bautista Sachetti, who was required to adapt Juvara's plans to the site of the old Alcázar. Other distinguished Spanish architects such as Ventura Rodríguez participated and were trained in the quarry of the new palace; the configuration of the Royal Chapel is due to him. Francesco Sabatini was in charge of the completion of the building, as well as secondary renovation, expansion and decoration works. Charles III was the first monarch to continuously inhabit the palace.