When I was in front of this old medieval facade of my city, the time and the talk of the projection of the shadows on the stone began to speak to me. In a strange language, a mixture of all the civilizations that have passed through the city of Cáceres, Celts, Romans, Arabs, Christians, French and current tourists from all over the world mixing cultures and merging peoples. Those projected branches seemed to have their own language with a great influence from the Arab world that ruled this city for some centuries. Stories of Caliphs, Moorish princesses, cultures of poetry, science, economics, agriculture, astrology, medicine, philosophy and golden hens were being revealed to me with the movement of the branches.
Nature always provides very complex designs in its shadow drawings and depending on the angle from which one observes, fantastic natural drawings full of imagination can be found. Many times I compare and stop to observe them as if it were that game of the clouds where our heads look for what they think they see in their whimsical designs.

One of the issues that most fascinates me when looking for that image is the shadows, reflections and details that make the dimension of what I see and try to capture have that volume and sensation of a double inverse plane. What strikes me about looking for these types of images reminds me of my principles in analog photography, with those negatives and developed.

Then I look for the most geometric projections of the objects depending on the position of the sun and the design caused by the light hitting a solid surface. These types of images remind me of those old studies on shadow projections and the great philosopher Thales of Miletus. In a very remote past where the earth was thought to be flat, someone deduced that this was impossible due to the shadow and its projection. In a relatively short period of time and at different points in the north of the African continent, different stakes were measured throughout the day, the length of their shadows was changing. It was then concluded that only an oval or round surface could cause this effect. This is just a brushstroke of an old memory that I have had and that brings to my mind the image that I present to you, the banks.

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@oscarps Sombras naturales y sombras artificiales

Cuando me encontraba enfrente de esta antigua fachada medieval de mi ciudad el tiempo y el hablar de la proyección de las sombras sobre la piedra comenzaron a hablarme. En un extraño idioma mezcla de de todas las civilizaciones que han pasado por la ciudad de Cáceres, celtas, romanos, árabes, cristianos, franceses y los actuales turistas de todas las partes del mundo mezclando culturas y fusionando pueblos. Aquellas ramas proyectadas parecían tener un lenguaje propio con una gran influencia del mundo árabe que gobernó esta ciudad durante algunos siglos. Historias de Califas, princesas moras, culturas de poesía, ciencia, economía, agricultura, astrología, medicina, filosofía y gallinas doradas se me estaban revelando con el mover de las ramas.
La naturaleza siempre proporciona diseños muy complejos en sus dibujos de sombras y según el ángulo desde que uno observe se pueden encontrar fantásticos dibujos naturales cargado de imaginación. Muchas veces asemejo y me paro a observarlas como si se tratase de ese juego de las nubes donde nuestras cabezas buscan que es lo que creen ver en sus caprichosos diseños.

Busco después las proyecciones más geométricas de los objetos dependiendo de la posición del sol y el diseño que provoca la luz al incidir sobre una superficie solida. Este tipo de imágenes me hace recordar aquellos viejos estudios sobre proyecciones de las sombras y al gran filósofo Tales de Mileto. En un pasado muy remoto donde se pensaba que la tierra era plana alguien dedujo que esto era imposible debido a la sobra y su proyección. En un período relativamente corto de tiempo y en distintos puntos del norte del continente africano diferentes estacas eran medidas a lo largo del día, la longitud de sus sombras iba cambiando. Se llego entonces a la conclusión de que solamente en una superficie ovalada o redonda se podría causar este efecto. Esto solo es una pincelada de un viejo recuerdo que he tenido y que me trae a mi mente la imagen que os presento, los bancos.

Categoría	Phototalent
Ajustes	ISO-100 f/8 1/100s
Cámara	Nikon D7100 - Olympus E410 y Kodak Z
Lente	Nikkor or Olympus
Localización	Spain

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poshtoken (83) 3 years ago

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ekavieka (73) 3 years ago

Those are some great shadows. The first one looks mystical.

oscarps (74) 3 years ago

The shadows of those bare branches lead me to your same comment, I try to find out what strange message I can get in them, thanks for your visit and comment, greetings. @ekavieka

melinda010100 (78) 3 years ago

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ooh!! Thanks for telling me, I'm still starting to get familiar with all this. A hug @melinda010100

PhotoEdits @oscarps Natural shadows and artificial shadows by oscarps

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