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Dark Duomo
Mark Twain said the following of the Duomo in Milan in his work, Innocents Abroad:
What a wonder it is! So grand, so solemn, so vast! And yet so delicate, so airy, so graceful! A very world of solid weight, and yet it seems ...a delusion of frostwork that might vanish with a breath!...The central one of its five great doors is bordered with a bas-relief of birds and fruits and beasts and insects, which have been so ingeniously carved out of the marble that they seem like living creatures-- and the figures are so numerous and the design so complex, that one might study it a week without exhausting its interest...everywhere that a niche or a perch can be found about the enormous building, from summit to base, there is a marble statue, and every statue is a study in itself...Away above, on the lofty roof, rank on rank of carved and fretted spires spring high in the air, and through their rich tracery one sees the sky beyond. ...(Up on) the roof...springing from its broad marble flagstones, were the long files of spires, looking very tall close at hand, but diminishing in the distance...We could see, now, that the statue on the top of each was the size of a large man, though they all looked like dolls from the street... They say that the Cathedral of Milan is second only to St. Peter's at Rome. I cannot understand how it can be second to anything made by human hands.
from my daily photo blog at www.stuckincustoms.com
Comments and faves
.marcel bianchi, CATIC-TEDer, .Nichole., danvartanian, and 338 other people added this photo to their favorites.
Amundn (71 months ago | reply)
wow! Magnifficent and a bit scary-lookin' !
.marcel bianchi (71 months ago | reply)
amazing!
mliebenberg (71 months ago | reply)
Good work here Trey! All you need is some lightning rods in the background! :-)
Linda_HM (71 months ago | reply)
Wow. I love the dramatic effect of the light and the sky. Good work indeed! The World Through My Eyes
fish-bone (71 months ago | reply)
Very nice effect!
.Nichole. (71 months ago | reply)
Beautiful!
ToRtU _ (71 months ago | reply)
Great effect, good composition....Congrats.....
s@ndra (71 months ago | reply)
Maybe they regard it as second in importance, due to the Vatican being more important... This is a stunning cathedral!
FrazerDan (71 months ago | reply)
Dear lord this photo rules.. Great job!!!
SarahGeleyn (71 months ago | reply)
wo-ow this is one of the most impressing photos i've seen. i like gothic architecture, because it's so dark and mysterious (which is quite ironic when you realise that all it does is point upwards, to god...)
Your post-processing is awesome. Fav.
ARTHURIMPARATO (71 months ago | reply)
Super cool.
DerrickT (71 months ago | reply)
BOOMslang!
dospaz (71 months ago | reply)
Imposing
Jo Ann 315 (71 months ago | reply)
Fantastic work. This looks so midieval. The sky so ominous. I love it. Thank you for adding me as a contact.
SkyShaper (71 months ago | reply)
One of your very best
*Sabine* (71 months ago | reply)
Beautiful work, very dramatic sky.
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'Syo [deleted] (71 months ago | reply)
brilliant... wicked brilliant!!!
Valpopando (71 months ago | reply)
Beautiful atmosphere !!!
the horror effect
: )))
susan_r4 (71 months ago | reply)
Beautiful Trey!
fotoJENica (71 months ago | reply)
This is from some sort of fairy tale you are writing... right? Awesome!
PhotoToasty (71 months ago | reply)
Gothic! Very dramatic image!
Sr. Fruc [deleted] (71 months ago | reply)
It looks like a castle from horror movies!
TjF Photography [deleted] (71 months ago | reply)
You're brilliantly Amazing
soooosh (71 months ago | reply)
impossible! haahaa brilliant. perfecto~
LukeLatino [deleted] (71 months ago | reply)
amazing architecture!
Found deep inside the secret crypt of
Stuck in Customs Brilliant Cabal!
hinderik (70 months ago | reply)
also a very nice one
mankind is predictable :D
www.flickr.com/photos/hinderik/56109536/
buruneko (64 months ago | reply)
wow!, indeed.
ryran (64 months ago | reply)
Awesome synergy between the background sky and the building itself... I love this.
SarahCartwright (63 months ago | reply)
Wow, fantastic!
Dejah (63 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Gothic Churches, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Ninphea (62 months ago | reply)
WoWWWWW!! Wonderful shot... I've live in this town!!!
sunnyonweb (62 months ago | reply)
COOL!!
JustJordin (61 months ago | reply)
this is awesome
ductus (61 months ago | reply)
amazing images !
here you can step into the duomo, turn around, look in all directions,
the next best thing to being there.
when you click on a thumbnail the interactive panorama viewer will open, top right please click "high" to enjoy the high quality fullscreen view
milan.arounder.com/milans_duomo_cathedral/
-Nogs- (60 months ago | reply)
AAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! its an awesome pic..... freaky too....i dunno from where dracula might enter :P
rogilde - roberto la forgia (60 months ago | reply)
Ciao, sono amministratore di un gruppo chiamato Io Amo Milano. Ci farebbe piacere aggiungere le tuo foto al gruppo.
WorldFlickr (58 months ago | reply)
Hi, I am an admin for a group called Landmarks around the world, and I discovered this great shot in La Scala, Italy. We love to have your photo added to the group.
Thomas and Lynn (57 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Dark Religion, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
redrubynail (57 months ago | reply)
I love the way it all looks so magic and evil.
My kind of picture. ^^,
anghelika ::)) (56 months ago | reply)
bella da far.... paura
jcarrionphoto (56 months ago | reply)
Hola, soy el administrador de un grupo llamado the biggest buildings in HDR y nos encantaría agregar tu foto al grupo.
Congratulations on the pictures with your daughter, I suppose. They are magnificent. As you get those colors saturate draw?
Greetings
mckirkjane (55 months ago | reply)
In Spain there are such kind of doms... Sagra da Familia it looks... But at first it looks like Koln Dom...
Thanks for sharing... Great job...
Mc@J.
dreuxschwartz (54 months ago | reply)
good catch!
Rodrigo_Soldon (54 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Wonderful photos for the world - Please comment on two (2), and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Luckies (54 months ago | reply)
bellissima foto :)
misshammeram (53 months ago | reply)
Faithfull i (53 months ago | reply)
WOW reminds me of ghostbuster's
heathbala (52 months ago | reply)
beautiful and thanks for the quote
smallshot (52 months ago | reply)
Hounted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : (
Voice of Art (52 months ago | reply)
wonderful architecture