Today in pictures - Page 163

susie123 · 16-09-2012, 19:28

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Originally Posted by davemac

You seem to have an endless supply of pictures, very impressive.The towers are an impressive set of constructions.

Haha think tomorrow is the last lot of "themes" from my back catalogue - unless you want hundreds of pics of icebergs and sea from our Arctic cruises... watch this space!

davemac · 16-09-2012, 19:54

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Originally Posted by susie123

Haha think tomorrow is the last lot of "themes" from my back catalogue - unless you want hundreds of pics of icebergs and sea from our Arctic cruises... watch this space!

I like pictures of icebergs, however they have to be photographed from the underside, or sat astride one.

Margaret Pilkington · 16-09-2012, 20:24

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Originally Posted by susie123

Today I'm posting towers from Ravenna in Italy. This city was the second most important city in the Byzantine world in the 5th and 6th centuries and still has many churches from that period, with stunning mosaics. many of the churches acquired bell towers (campaniles) in the 9th to 11th centuries

When I look at these pictures I am so envious!
Wish I could teleport myself to some of these places...with my camera of course. Not that i think I could better these shots of yours...but just so they could be MY shots.
I don't quite know if that makes sense to anyone other than me.
My pictures may be of something exactly the same as yours, but they capture my moment.....my feelings as they were at the time.
OK, mark my card 'oddball'.

maxthecollie · 16-09-2012, 20:39

Just posted some more on flickr

susie123 · 16-09-2012, 20:39

Well Margaret I had been wanting to go to Ravenna for forty yearss, ever since I saw pictures of the mosaics in a book. I got there in the end and it was well worth the wait!

Margaret Pilkington · 16-09-2012, 20:44

I'm sure it was....just from seeing your pictures.
Maybe one day........eh?

susie123 · 16-09-2012, 20:46

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

I'm sure it was....just from seeing your pictures.
Maybe one day........eh?

Wsh I could post pictures of the mosaics, but the churches were so dark inside, my pictures are rubbish... I bought postcards instead!

maxthecollie · 16-09-2012, 20:47

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Originally Posted by susie123

Wsh I could post pictures of the mosaics, but the churches were so dark inside, my pictures are rubbish... I bought postcards instead!

Can you not scan them and pretend you took the pics?

Margaret Pilkington · 16-09-2012, 20:52

that would infringe the copyright if you posted them on here....and it wouldn't do for me...for the reasons I have stated in a previous post.
I take pictures even if they look a bit dark...you can sometimes retrieve them with a good editing tool.
The digital camera's of today usually have a setting for low light, but sometimes they just don't do what they are supposed to...or at least no to the level the manufacturers tell you they do.

maxthecollie · 16-09-2012, 20:53

Only Joking ha ha

Margaret Pilkington · 16-09-2012, 20:59

and there was me thinking you were serious...duh!

Spider61 · 17-09-2012, 12:10

Not today but it was Saturday.Close enough.
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No prizes for guessing where they are.

1. From Cobs lane
2. Brewers lot Farm
3. Built and part built
4. Last section
5. The bit that the propellers attach to.
6. Part built
7. Built and windmills on Scout moor.

mobertol · 17-09-2012, 13:34

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Originally Posted by susie123

Do you mean Wigtown rather than Wigton in Cumbria?

Bit like Hay-on Wye in Wales

Yes, slip of the tongue -probably the Scottish accent fooled me!

mobertol · 17-09-2012, 13:39

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Originally Posted by susie123

Well Margaret I had been wanting to go to Ravenna for forty years, ever since I saw pictures of the mosaics in a book. I got there in the end and it was well worth the wait!

I have never been -never been to Venice either -can you believe that

My aunt and uncle went to Ravenna last year and she showed me some great photos she'd taken -they loved it and I have a little mosaic dish they bought for me as a souvenir made by a local artist. Modern but lovely all the same.

susie123 · 17-09-2012, 13:58

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Originally Posted by mobertol

I have never been -never been to Venice either -can you believe that

My aunt and uncle went to Ravenna last year and she showed me some great photos she'd taken -they loved it and I have a little mosaic dish they bought for me as a souvenir made by a local artist. Modern but lovely all the same.

Di think yourself lucky I didn't have a camera with me when we went to Venice otherwise I'd be boring everyone rigid with my pics! It has to be one of my favourite places ever.

Margaret's twisted my arm so I am going to post some of the mosaic pics - they're not wonderful but I've tweaked them to best advantage on photoscape. I think one of the reasons I didn't get good pics is that the mosaics are high up and there was not much zoom on the camera I was using.

1-5 are in San Apollinare Nuovo. The mosaics run in bands along the top of the walls and are quite easy to see if you crane your neck like Richard is doing.

6-10 are in the basilica of San Vitale. This has a much more complicated architecture - it's octagonal in shape with a dome and is very high as shown on one of the pics. The mosaics are very difficult to get in shot and one of these pics doesn't have mosaics - it's just there to show the architecture with the lovely double headed Byzantine columns like two cushions one on top of the other.

Bear in mind that all this dates from the sixth century.