Siesta time Photo | TrekEarth

Photographer’s Note

Typical mediterranean home facade. Travelling through Lebanon, Syria and Cyprus, similarities in mood and architecture style was quite interesting. Cyprus is quite a relaxed environment with a truely mediterranean feel.

Facts about Cyprus:
The 3rd largest island in the mediterranean sea
joined the EU in 2004
known for its rich pottery since the Neolithic period
rich in greek and phoenician remains
The place of birth of the legendary Aphrodite, the Goddess of Beauty and Love
Its Larnaca airport is an important regional airport

Population: roughly 800,000 (2006 estimate)

Distance to Turkey 75 km
Distance to Syria 105 km
Distance to Lebanon 108 km
Distance to Rhodos (Greece) 400 km

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h_sedghi (878) 2007-02-25 13:34 [Comment]

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marcoc (132) 2007-02-25 13:53

Hi amin,
this is my kind of picture, I love scraped walls and abandoned moods.
TFS,
Marco

zo_tos (1084) 2007-03-01 8:22

hi amin,
i like very much these warm colours, maybe the window is tight croped but your composition remains really nice, thanx for sharing,
stratos

batalay (21086) 2007-03-02 11:02

Hello Amin,

This sort of color and texture is a very appealing aspect of buildings in the Mediterranean Basin — Sicily, Cyprus, etc. Wonderful shot. Although you might have to wait a long time, an overcast day might be a good time to take a photo of the same place, eliminating dark, deep shadows. The color plalette certainly would be even richer. In any event, good eye, excellent composition, exquisite exposure.

A subtle aspect found in the photo is the metal grillwork above the door. Those curves in the grill describe "logarithmic spiral," first mathematically explained by one of the Swiss family of mathematicians, Johannes Benouilli. It is the spiral that nature prefers, and it is embodied in the chambered nautilus, horns of a ram, in hurricanes, as well as in spiral galaxies. Among less attractive spirals, ones that nature is not particularly fond of is the Archimedean spiral (e.g. toilet paper). Johannes Bernoulli was so proud of his mathematical discovery that he gave explicit orders to have the spiral carved on his tomb. When he died, however, Jacques his mathematician-brother who was never very fond of Johannes, had the Archimedean spiral carved on Jacque's tombstone.

Warm regards, and thanks for this lovely shot,

Bulent

PS If you get my book, write to me at my university email address, batalay@umw.edu, and I will send you a signed bookmark that was produced for the Turkish edition of the book. It's a poor man's form of a signed book.

Warm regards,

Bulent