Holy Angles of Burgos

September 30, 2009 By: erik Category: Art, Photos, Spain, Travel 112 views

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I really like cathedrals. They are a testament to what humans can do with good planning, hard work, creativity, patience, and good funding. I am left in awe by the meticulous detail of carving stone after stone after stone with the exact same shape, so that, when stacked together, they form perfect beautiful lines from floor to canopied ceiling. So I have a pillar fetish, so what?

Below are some photos I took during our recent visit to the Burgos Cathedral that didn’t quite fit in with the main post.

I also dig vanishing point photography.

If I’d had a tripod, I could have done more depth of field control. Oh well.

This last one is my favorite.

	Burgos Cathedral
	On Saturday afternoon, we took a stroll around the center of Burgos and visited the Burgos Cathedral. To get there, we had to walk a little along the Arlanzón River that runs through the center of Burgos. It was a beautiful day and a wonderful walk. I now invite you to walk along with us [...]
	Vanishing Points
	Here are a few photos that I’ve taken over the past year or two that all have something in common: vanishing points. A vanishing point is a point in a perspective drawing to which parallel lines seem to converge. Roman Arches – A covered walkway lining the Plaza del Obradoiro in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, [...]
	Sky Guitar
	The other day, I was admiring how shiny and reflective the surface of my classical guitar is and, like a good amateur photographer, started thinking of subjects I could reflect it in. Naturally, my first idea was a narcissistic one, but I couldn’t figure out how to position the camera and lighting to make that [...]

Escorpiuser

When I go to the Burgos’ cathedral and see upwards, especially under the “cimborrio”, I feel vertigo, so high it is. It’s the sensation that you get when look to the bottom of some very deep well, although here the “bottom” (which is the cupola) is very luminous… and very wide. Not to speak about the artistic stained glass windows or the sculpted stones…

I like your shoots, good job.

Mini Erik

Whitby Harbour, UK

05/21/13

Fantastic.

05/19/13

Four year olds are pure id.

“Daddy, after I finish this dessert, I want another bowl filled to the top with nothing but [whipped] cream. Okay?”

05/19/13

Convinced my daughter to watch Star Wars with me by promising that it had a princess.

05/18/13

George Catlin, Prairie Meadows Burning, 1832

From the Smithsonian American Art Museum:

George Catlin painted ominous, swirling clouds of black smoke that loom out of the distance and drive the Indians before them. The artist was an eyewitness to such terrifying events, and described the fire’s “thunder rumbling as it goes.” But he also wrote that prairie fires made for “some of the most beautiful scenes that are to be witnessed in this country, and also some of the most sublime.”

05/16/13

American in Spain