Recent content by Julian Tanase

That dog's attitude really makes this photograph a nice one, Brian.

Thank you, Peter !

Late reply, Rob, sorry: yes, left carriage it was.

The Troytsa is a religious wooden monument, usually showing Christ on a cross (or just a cross) in various models, depending on the artist's skills or local custom. Apparently, of Slavic provenance and part of the legacy the Eastern Church, is present under various forms in the Eastern Europe...

Rob, you managed to say what I felt but didn't knew how to say it: "doubt and questioning, which it could be argued led to the Enlightenment of Hume and others." Thank you !

I am an atheist, not by design (born in the Orthodox church), but by conviction. I will be hard pressed to appreciate a religious event for what it stands for, seen from the Church point of view. What I look for in churches, monasteries, is the history of it, not the hand or words of this or...

Thank you, Gianluca, appreciated!

Night of the Easter, in an orthodox churchyard, where the people in this village where I was on visit) are holding their vigil. Ancient tradition, deeply rooted in the orthodox religious belief. Very impressive, to see all these people here united by this custom. It is perhaps the most important...

I really like how the pipe is bending the knee (well, both of them). A different anatomy indeed, really good photograph !

While all look right as they should, my heart goes with Galatea. I know this sculpture, as I have seen it among the first things when I first visited Greenwich, and I noticed how Rubensian she looked. Those were the times when Cutty Sark was still untouched by the later flames, and the Admiralty...

Not sure, Rob...it could be anything. Phone booth? Most probably, but out of use now. Modern life, as you said...

My first thought was to name the photograph "Wrong finger". But then again I noticed the King pointing thus, and I changed my mind :)

Nikkormat FT3, Rollei 80s.

Where eagles dare, sort of thing... :)

No buses there nowadays, Peter, it's all pedestrian zone. At times, one may feel one is the only resident of this old place, as the square is empty most mornings. Times change, I guess...