*** This Week Through Your Eyes 2023.05.06 ***

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kaphinga
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May 6, 2023, 7:38 p.m. May 6, 2023, 7:38 p.m.
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@Woodsider79 has written:

Moorland edge

I like both of these a lot. They strike a delightful, painterly balance between realism and abstraction.
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ChrisOly
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May 6, 2023, 7:39 p.m. May 6, 2023, 7:39 p.m.
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@kaphinga has written:

@NCV has written:

Apart from a Guercino, the artwork and frescoes are by minor Emilian artists. The artwork is at a junction between the Renaissance and Baroque, reflecting the directives of the Council of Trent, aimed at contrasting the Protestant reformation. The aim of the dramatic decoration was to amaze and create strong emotions with the viewer, to keep the flock faithful to the Roman Catholic church.

That was my big lightbulb moment the first time I visited Rome. It's one thing to read about the Baroque in an art history text, but when I actually visited Rome my initial thought was that it was all a big effort to keep the Catholics in the fold.

@NCV has written:

All the pictures in this set were hand held, relying on the superb image stabilization of my Nikon Z7 that gave me almost "noiseless" high definition pictures even at the high ISO I was forced to use.

Love these handheld shots you are getting with the Z7. I have been flirting with a number of systems for a good while now, and I am thinking I will likely settle down with a single system, likely Nikon, by the end of the year. Although I love autofocus of the Sony for dog photos, I wasn't wasn't in love with it for travel.

I must add that this particular one is my fave. What a grand place.
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ChrisOly
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May 6, 2023, 7:41 p.m. May 6, 2023, 7:41 p.m.
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@Woodsider79 has written:

Moorland edge

Superb abstracts.
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kaphinga
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May 6, 2023, 7:43 p.m. May 6, 2023, 7:43 p.m.
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@Woodsider79 has written:

@kaphinga has written:

...Today, there are only a handful of travertines with water, all of them artificially fed, I think. There is a lot of speculation about why the pools dried up. Drought? Water diverted for resort spas? Whatever the reason, the dry travertines are heartbreaking. ...

That's really sad to see. I visited in 2009, and there was still water in many of the pools then, though there was some concern about too much water being extracted for the spas.

Yep. It looks like the resort spas won the contest

@Woodsider79 has written:

It looks like there has been quite bit if restoration here since 2009

Thanks for sharing the picture from 2009. I had no idea there had been that much recent restoration work.
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Wormsmeat
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May 7, 2023, 8:14 a.m. May 7, 2023, 8:14 a.m.
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@Woodsider79 has written:

Moorland edge

Good stuff. The first in particular works well and would look good on a wall.
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TorsteinH
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May 7, 2023, 12:44 p.m. May 7, 2023, 12:44 p.m.
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Still a cold spring in the Oslo area. But my dog Kira appreciate the spring...

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JPG, 1.2 MB, uploaded by TorsteinH on May 7, 2023.

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JPG, 1.4 MB, uploaded by TorsteinH on May 7, 2023.

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NCV
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May 7, 2023, 2:39 p.m. May 7, 2023, 2:39 p.m.
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@TorsteinH has written:

Looks like a happy friendly dog.
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NCV
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May 7, 2023, 2:41 p.m. May 7, 2023, 2:41 p.m.
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@Woodsider79 has written:

Moorland edge

I think you nailed this double exposure technique nicely in these two pictures, especially the ghostly second shot.
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19andrew47
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May 7, 2023, 6:01 p.m. May 7, 2023, 6:01 p.m.
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@kaphinga has written:

Pamukkale

Pamukkale was the one big tourist site I had not visited on previous trips to Turkey, and so I made sure to visit on this trip. Honestly, Pamukkale was a bit of a disappointment. 2,000 years ago all the pools had water. Ten years or so ago, all the pools had water. Today, there are only a handful of travertines with water, all of them artificially fed, I think. There is a lot of speculation about why the pools dried up. Drought? Water diverted for resort spas? Whatever the reason, the dry travertines are heartbreaking. None of that stops the steady flow of Instagram influencers and tour buses, though. The place is a zoo.

A small but pleasant surprise was Kaklik Cave, underground travertines in a semi-industrial area about 40 minutes from Pamukkale. I was the only person there.

An interesting read and set Marie. The last is a gorgeous image.

Andrew
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19andrew47
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May 7, 2023, 6:10 p.m. May 7, 2023, 6:10 p.m.
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@Woodsider79 has written:

Moorland edge

Always interesting to see your results with these types of images.

Andrew
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19andrew47
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May 7, 2023, 6:13 p.m. May 7, 2023, 6:13 p.m.
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@Wormsmeat has written:

Here, Elephant and Castle is a franchise string of pubs with a 'British' take. No idea how authentic they are in that respect though.

A nice image. I think I have seen a similar image posted before by a blogger but could be a faulty recall. Jason Hindle if I have the spelling correct.

A good angle for the image.

Andrew
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19andrew47
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May 7, 2023, 6:15 p.m. May 7, 2023, 6:15 p.m.
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@Fireplace33 has written:

A cliff walk in the Algarve, Portugal
While it was cold and wet in Austria, we were lucky enough to have booked a week in Portugal. Lovely weather for hiking, 26°C warm and sunny.
Here a few shots, from just one walk, along the cliffs. At this time of year the flowers are blooming everywhere and the grass is lush & green.

I like the beachy images. Wishing it were beach weather here!

Andrew
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19andrew47
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May 7, 2023, 6:17 p.m. May 7, 2023, 6:17 p.m.
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@NCV has written:

Until recently Reggio Emilia's most interesting monument was strictly off limits for photography. It was also badly lit and the frescoes had darkened with age. The Ghiara is a late Renaissance basilica constructed at the beginning of the seventeenth century, to celebrate a miracle. The recent restoration of the frescoes and the well thought out illumination, now makes it easy to enjoy the artwork, a riot of colour and golden decoration. It is on of Emilia's most important Renaissance monuments.

A very well done set as usual Nigel.

Andrew
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Daneland
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May 7, 2023, 8:28 p.m. May 7, 2023, 8:28 p.m.
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@ChrisOly has written:

Trapped

Ohh dear, but what's the chain for?
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Daneland
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May 7, 2023, 8:49 p.m. May 7, 2023, 8:49 p.m.
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@kaphinga has written:

Pamukkale

Pamukkale was the one big tourist site I had not visited on previous trips to Turkey, and so I made sure to visit on this trip. Honestly, Pamukkale was a bit of a disappointment. 2,000 years ago all the pools had water. Ten years or so ago, all the pools had water. Today, there are only a handful of travertines with water, all of them artificially fed, I think. There is a lot of speculation about why the pools dried up. Drought? Water diverted for resort spas? Whatever the reason, the dry travertines are heartbreaking. None of that stops the steady flow of Instagram influencers and tour buses, though. The place is a zoo.

Pamuk-kale (Cotton Castle ) has always been a popular destination for tourists. Last time I visited 1990ish and it was full of people. I can only expect it is only worse. Turkish policymakers have only a single priority: Economical growth and how it is distributed. Nature, history etc are all trivial things

This is as close as I could get to the classic view of the travertines. It's a couple of fake pools at the bottom of the hill.

The hike up from the village of Pamukkale was uncrowded at first. I loved the otherworldly quality of it, even though it was cloudy and cold. The air temperature was 5°C and one had to hike barefoot.

The crowds had arrived by the time I got to the top of the hill.

Although there are a handful of pools with water, the vast majority, thousands of them, are bone dry.

There were really deep ones, deeper than waist level- once upon a time-

The theater at Hierapolis, the ancient city adjacent to the the travertines, was one of the best I saw on this trip -- and I saw a lot of theaters. It was, of course, full of Instagrammers, and it took a while to get a reasonably clean shot of the theater.

A small but pleasant surprise was Kaklik Cave, underground travertines in a semi-industrial area about 40 minutes from Pamukkale. I was the only person there.
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JCDoss
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May 7, 2023, 8:51 p.m. May 7, 2023, 8:51 p.m.
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@Daneland has written:

It's already been said, but I'll say it again. This one is really good!

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Daneland
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May 7, 2023, 8:57 p.m. May 7, 2023, 8:57 p.m.
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@Fireplace33 has written:

A cliff walk in the Algarve, Portugal
While it was cold and wet in Austria, we were lucky enough to have booked a week in Portugal. Lovely weather for hiking, 26°C warm and sunny.
Here a few shots, from just one walk, along the cliffs. At this time of year the flowers are blooming everywhere and the grass is lush & green.

I need a holiday :)

Something quite soothing about watching the atlantic waves !

These waves are mesmerising

The fish are a long way down below this guy :-)

He has to be really careful, if he is really lucky an get something big, he could be more trouble than fish. And his suncream is funny on his face

I spotted a nice lonely bench over there :)

Allof them are just beautiful, thanks for sharing
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JCDoss
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May 7, 2023, 9:05 p.m. May 7, 2023, 9:05 p.m.
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From Sunday 07 May, two trees.

I don't know what this first one is. Any ideas welcome.

Identify Me by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII and Pentax-K 400-600mm f8-12 Reflex Zoom at 400mm, f8.0, 1/500s, and ISO 800

and a horse chestnut in bloom...

Horse Chestnut by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII Limited Silver and Pentax-K 35mm f3.5 at f8.0, 1/60s, and ISO 200

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