Roman Architecture

Hi Folks,


It has been a bit awkward trying to post on the blog lately but none the less here is the contribution for this post.
Split or Spalato as it was formerly known was formerly the Roman Emperor Diocletian's holiday residence.
It was basically an army fortress and the walls were thick and high.
Inside near the area called Peristille was where he used to be his final resting place.
The Romans were influenced by the Greeks and the Egyptians in the way they built buildings etc.

The Greek Influenced Architecture

 Columns being one of the things they liked to support they're structures. Marble was the stone of choice as well so definitely very strong. What is my observation here? Well apart from the fact that it is 1700 years old I just like the lines and the late afternoon sun. The old bell tower is at the back (Sveti Duje's Camponel) which was built a long time later after the fall of the Roman Empire.


The next part of the architecture is the placement of the little Sphinx supposedly to guard the Emperor's resting place.

The Little Sphinx

It is also quite old but that is where the Egyptian influence is.
I made this photo a black and white because it was mainly dark and light contrast so ideal for black and white.

Those are my photographic observations, feel free to make any comments whether they are good or bad.


Vedran















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If I Were A Rich Man

Hi Folks,

It has been a little while since my last post so the theme of today is boats.

Here around Split apart from the traject's (car ferry's) that go to the islands there is also a sailing club.
It is situated below Marjan Hill and there are sail and pleasure craft there.

A few yachts in the marina.

There are plenty of yachts here and they are all quite nice looking. People come from all over Europe and America to Split, as the sailing around the islands of the coast of Dalmatia is phenomenal. There are over 1000 islands along the coast.

The next type of boat is the type that the millionaires seem to own and they are nice to look at altho out of most peoples price range I would assume.

Nice Playboy Toy

Not sure as to whom this belongs to but it is definitely something I would love to have one day if I wasn't so afraid of the water. This little boat to me is a Playboy Toy with its different colouring and the three levels. I like the styling and it is not the usual cream/white that tend to be the colour scheme of most boats these days.


We come now to what I call the pleasure craft which are not quite in the league of the boat previous but still expensive none the less.

The Pleasure Craft.

Even these boats are beyond my affordability but it still is nice to see them. Just looking at them makes me drool but maybe one day....

These are My Photographic Observations for today.
I like the light that shines of all the boats as I took these photos late afternoon/early evening and it just gave a nice softness to the photos over all. I hope you all agree.


Vedran