Macro is probably the most popular forms of photography, and with good reason. It is easily accessible, and it is a very broad genre of photography. Mentha arvensis is a wild mint that is native to the central part of the United States. The scent of this wild mint growing in a field is often so strong you can smell it long before you can see it.#adriano
Source: Macro Photography
“It’s so curious: one can resist tears and ‘behave’ very well in the hardest hours of grief. But then someone makes you a friendly sign behind a window, or one notices that a flower that was in bud only yesterday has suddenly blossomed, or a letter slips from a drawer… and everything collapses. ” ― Colette
Source: Gerbere
“It is said there are flowers that bloom only once in a hundred years. Why should there not be some that bloom once in a thousand, in ten thousand years? Perhaps we never know about them simply because this “once in a thousand years” has come today.” (Yevgeny Zamyatin, We)Photo ©BrendaC.
Source: Hibiscus
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ttps://niume.com/post/194095″>The festival of Sant’Efisio takes place every year on 1st May and is a magical celebration of faith and folklore, the sacred and the profane. A festival rich in colours, costumes, tradition ; the long procession: 3500 inhabitants of the island dressed in traditional costumes from every town and village and more than 200 riders on horseback.On the day of the festival people from all over the island gather together in Cagliari to take part in the procession. The event attracts thousands of tourists who are welcomed as privileged spectators of what is probably the island’s most authentic manifestation of popular worship. http://www.sardegnaturismo.it/en/event/festa-di-santefisio-2015Photo © Daniela Serra – All Rights Reserved
Source: Sardinia (Italy). The colors of traditional costumes
“Feeling at peace, however fragilely, made it easy to slip into the visionary end of the dark-sight. The rose shadows said that they loved the sun, but that they also loved the dark, where their roots grew through the lightless mystery of the earth. The roses said: You do not have to choose. ” ― Robin McKinley, Sunshine
Source: Roses
Romanesco broccoli, also known as Roman cauliflower, Broccolo Romanesco, Romanesque cauliflower or simply Romanesco, is an edible flower bud of the species Brassica oleracea. First documented in Italy, it is chartreuse in color. Romanesco has a striking appearance because its form is a natural approximation of a fractal. When compared to a traditional cauliflower, its texture as a vegetable is far more crunchy, and its flavor is not as assertive, being delicate and nutty. It has been grown in Italy since the 16th Century. – Wikipedia #adriano
Source: Broccoli Romanesco
“If the landscape changes, then I don’t know who I am either. The landscape is a refracted autobiography. As it disappears you lose your sense of self.” (Iain Sinclair)I totally agree. This is one of many Italian landscapes. Photo © Daniela Serra 2016 – All Rights Reserved
Source: Landscapes
”Bolgi created his Saint Helena (1629–1639) for one of the niches at the crossing of St. Peter’s Basilica, one of the choice commissions of his generation, for which he had doubtless been promoted by Bernini in preference to Finelli. Bolgi laboured for a decade on the figure that epitomised his career and, in some degree, his detraction: Wittkower remarked on its “classicizing coolness, its boring precision”, and its position directly across from Bernini’s masterful Saint Longinus invited unflattering comparisons.” – WikipediaTaken in St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome in #HeavyHdr #adriano
Source: Art in Rome
“It’s so curious: one can resist tears and ‘behave’ very well in the hardest hours of grief. But then someone makes you a friendly sign behind a window, or one notices that a flower that was in bud only yesterday has suddenly blossomed, or a letter slips from a drawer… and everything collapses. ” ― Colette
Source: Gerbere
Have a nice #caturday. “If animals could speak, the dog would be a blundering outspoken fellow; but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much.”( Mark Twain ). Photo © Daniela Serra 2016 – All Rights Reserved
Source: #Cats
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