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Weekly Photo Challenge: Dance

19 Saturday Mar 2016

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dance, dancer, photography, photos, Rome, Weekly Photo Challenge, Weekly Photo Challenge: Dance

I know I have posted these before – but how could I not when the Weekly Photo Challenge is DANCE?

While walking through a park in Rome I came across a dancer. It was November, still warm-ish, and the leaves were falling from the trees – and there she was striking one elegant pose after the other in her bare feet. I couldn’t resist taking a few photos as she plie-d and failli-d. There was just something magical about her dancing through the leaves.

dancer1

dancer2

Weekly Photo Challenge: Time

06 Saturday Feb 2016

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photos, potography, Rome, time, travel, Villa Borghese, Water clocks, Weekly Photo Challenge, Weekly Photo Challenge: Time

I don’t wear a watch, I haven’t since I was a teenager. For some reasons never quite worked for me, literally, they would either always decided to go too fast or too slow, or stop altogether – and wearing a watch that does show you the correct time is a bit of annoying.

So I have lived most of my life following my own time, and thankfully there are clocks everywhere to help out in those moments when I loose track of it. And I have to admit there is something quite liberating about not always knowing what time it is exactly.

The Water Clock in the Villa Borghese - by letting water flow out of the encased body of the clock. Water clocks were among the earliest chronometers that did not depend on the observation of celestial bodies, but since the flow of water is hard to control they didn't measure time accurately

The Water Clock in the Villa Borghese in Rome – by letting water flow out of the encased body of the clock time is measured. Water clocks were among the earliest chronometers that did not depend on the observation of celestial bodies, but since the flow of water is hard to control they can’t measure time accurately

Weekly Photo Challenge – Motion (2)

26 Sunday Apr 2015

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dancer, Motion, photography, photos, Rome, Weekly Photo Challenge, Weekly Photo Challenge - Motion

Today I saw some strangers in the park doing Tai-Chi, or something like it. As I walked past I thought how graceful they looked and how beautiful their slow-motion movements were and I remembered a photo I had taken in Rome a year and half ago. It was  a dancer in the park , a graceful lady in motion while the trees swayed in the autumn breeze.

dancer in the park

dancer2dancer in the park – beauty in motion

Weekly Photo Challenge: Rule of Thirds

21 Saturday Feb 2015

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photography, photos, Rome, Rule of Thirds, Weekly Photo Challenge, Weekly Photo Challenge: Rule of Thirds

I love the idea behind the rule of thirds and thought I would post a few photos I took when I was in Rome .. all adhering to the rule of thirds (more or less).

So here are my “rule of thirds in Rome”:

lamp in a  third

lamp in a third

looking up into a third

looking up into a third

flowerpots hanging in a  third ... except one

flowerpots hanging in a third … except one

a third of water

a third of water

leafy third

leafy third

which third way

which third way

a third way down

a third way down

The basic rule of thirds is quite simple really, place the object of interest away from the center off to the side.This creates an

But the rule of thirds is more than that, there are three thirds both horizontally and vertically, dividing a photo into nine space, so if you place the object (or objects) on or near any of these intersecting space it creates a visually interesting image.

Weekly photo challenge – Nighttime

28 Sunday Sep 2014

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Egypt, Finland, holidays, Italy, Nighttime, photography, photos, Rome, Russia, Spanish Steps, St Petersburg, the Nile, Weekly Photo Challenge, Weekly photo challenge - Nighttime

 

I took this while in Finland. A Friend took me out to their cabin in the woods. After a long and very sweating time in the sauna I went down to the lake for a cold dip,  and my only company was the moon

I took this while in Finland. A Friend took me out to their cabin in the woods. After a long and very sweating time in the sauna I went down to the lake for a cold dip, and my only company was the moon

Last year I went to Rome and on my first night I took this photo of a lamp up near the Spanish Steps

Last year I went to Rome and on my first night I took this photo of a lamp up near the Spanish Steps

A few years ago a friend and I went on a trip down the Nile, it was a wonderful holiday filled with mystical adventures and tales of the ancient world. Every night we would make our way down the Nile on a lovely cruise ship and the sun setting over the water would always make me dream

A few years ago a friend and I went on a trip down the Nile, it was a wonderful holiday filled with mystical adventures and tales of the ancient world. Every night we would make our way down the Nile on a lovely cruise ship and the sun setting over the water would always make me dream

I am particularly proud of this photo. I took it while in St Petersburg and somehow the light was just perfect. I rested my camera on teh bridge I was standing on, terrified I'd drop it into the water, held it with my left hand , took the shoot with my right hand and hoped the picture would be clear. I think it worked quite well

I am particularly proud of this photo. I took it while in St Petersburg and somehow the light was just perfect. I rested my camera on the bridge I was standing on, terrified I’d drop it into the water, held it with my left hand , took the shoot with my right hand and hoped the picture would be clear. I think it worked quite well

 

remembering Rome

16 Wednesday Jul 2014

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city break, holidays, Italy, photography, photos, Rome, travel

Today is one of those beautiful sunny days that makes everyone smile. Maybe it was the happy mood that is floating around Dublin, but for what ever reason, I decided to treat myself to a lovely lunch at my local Italian, the best in all of Dublin. And maybe it was the food but with each forkful of pasta my mind wandered to my my trip to Rome last year. It was in November, so  the weather was mixed, but it didn’t matter the city was enough to enchant me.

And because I can’t share the images and memories sin my head here are a few of my favourite photos:

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Relics

13 Sunday Jul 2014

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Flavian Amphitheater, New7Wonders of the World, Rome, The Colosseum, Weekly Photo Challenge, Weekly Photo Challenge: Relics

The Colosseum in Rome is probably one of the most famous relics in the world and tells us of a time with the Roman Empire was a super power. It is the largest amphitheater in the world  and was complete 80AD under the emperor Titus.

Back in the day it could seat up to 80.000 spectators and was used for a whole array of spectacular events, such as mock sea battles (they could flood the arena), gladiatorial contests and animal hunts. However against popular belief they didn’t hold any chariot races in the Coloseum, or Flavian Amphitheater as it is also know, and whether of not Christians were martyred in it is disputed.

Today the Colosseum, like the entire historic center of Rome, is listed as a world heritage site and is listed as one of the New7Wonders of the World.

These are the seats with the best view, some ancient marble tablets still tell us who sat here

These are the seats with the best view, some ancient marble tablets still tell us who sat here

one of many arches

one of many arches

the left overs of what was beneath the wooden arena.

the left overs of what was beneath the wooden arena.

some mossy stones

some mossy stones

the Colosseum is made of millions of bricks

the Colosseum is made of millions of bricks

some nightly illumination

some nightly illumination

 

 

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