Uploads from SBA73, tagged sigma

A dalt de tot / Up above Barcelona

nobody@flickr.com (SBA73) — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 23:33:00 -0700

SBA73 posted a photo:

Un detall del coronament de les torres de la Sagrada Familia, gràcies al fantastic Sigma 150-500mm.

www.sagradafamilia.cat/index.php

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This is a detailed view (thanks to my Sigma 150-500mm) of the top decoration of one of the towers in the basilica of La Sagrada Familia, in Barcelona, the unique work of Antoni Gaudí.

It's being built since late XIX Century, and the planned conclusion will be about 2026!

www.sagradafamilia.cat/sf-eng/index.php

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagrada_Fam%C3%ADlia

Estructures naturals / Natural structures

nobody@flickr.com (SBA73) — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 08:52:46 -0700

SBA73 posted a photo:

La Sagrada Família per fi té un interior acabat: és una meravella, el fruit del geni únic d'Antoni Gaudí. Falten les paraules per descriure-ho.

ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_Expiatori_de_la_Sagrada_Fam%...

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This is the crossing and dome of the Sagrada Família basilica, Barcelona, Catalonia. The nave and columns look like a mix between a magical forest and a Star-Wars uber-starship.

The catalan basilica of La Sagrada Família (The Holy Family) is THE global icon of Barcelona. After more than a century building it (contruction work began in 1882), in 2011 the interior was finished and consecrated by the pope Benedict XVI. It's an incredible structure, fruit of the unique mind of Antoni Gaudí. The ceilings look like a spaceship, and the nave and columns, like a palmtree forest. Work began in 1882 and should be completed in 2026, like the medieval cathedrals of old.

I'm sure JRR Tolkien whould have loved this!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagrada_Fam%C3%ADlia

www.sagradafamilia.cat/sf-eng/index.php

Cel de Girona / Sky in Girona

nobody@flickr.com (SBA73) — Sun, 05 May 2013 04:30:58 -0700

SBA73 posted a photo:

Vista amunt de la porta de Sobreportes i l'apsis de Sant Feliu, Girona.

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Looking up between the Porta de Sobreportes (Sobreportes gate) and the gothic apse of Sant Feliu de Girona basilica, Girona. It's at the heart of medieval Girona, a gorgeous place to walk.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girona

Gratapalles / Cirl bunting

nobody@flickr.com (SBA73) — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 03:04:41 -0700

SBA73 posted a photo:

També dit sit golanegre (emberiza cirlus). Fotografiat entorn de Perafita, al Lluçanès.

ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gratapalles

www.sioc.cat/fitxa.php?sci=0&sp=EMBCIR

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The cirl bunting (emberiza cirlus), picture taken in Perafita, central Catalonia.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirl_Bunting

Mallarenga blava / Blue tit

nobody@flickr.com (SBA73) — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 03:04:52 -0700

SBA73 posted a photo:

La mallarenga blava, ferreret o ferriolet (cyanistes caeruleus o també parus caeruleus), és sense dubte un dels ocells més bonics que es poden trobar a Catalunya. Fotografiat als boscos del Lluçanès.

ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mallerenga_blava

www.sioc.cat/fitxa.php?sci=0&sp=PARCAE

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The blue tit (cyanistes caeruleus, but also parus caeruleus) is one of the most beautiful birds you could find in Catalonia.

Picture taken in a pine forest near Perafita, central Catalonia.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Tit

Les Heures

nobody@flickr.com (SBA73) — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 07:22:45 -0700

SBA73 posted a photo:

Una de les masies de Perafita, al Lluçanès. Ja és esmentada al 1335, però l'estructura actual és molt més moderna.

ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perafita

pereroger.eu/?page_id=1304

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A centuries old countrihouse (in catalan, masia), in Perafita, central Catalonia. The name means "the ivy", and it's mentioned in historical documents since 1335.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perafita

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masia

Mirada directa / Hard stare

nobody@flickr.com (SBA73) — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 07:23:02 -0700

SBA73 posted a photo:

Un bou prop de Perafita. El teleobjectiu va ajudar a fer-la, perque qualsevol s'hi acosta...

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Picture taken in the fields arround Perafita, central Catalonia, with the help of a Sigma 150-500mm.

Mosquiter a Sabadell / Common Chiffchaff in Sabadell

nobody@flickr.com (SBA73) — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 06:31:56 -0800

SBA73 posted a photo:

Un mosquiter comú (phylloscopus collybita), fotografiat al centre de Sabadell.

ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosquiter_com%C3%BA

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A Common Chiffchaff (phylloscopus collybita) in Sabadell, my hometown.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Chiffchaff

Gafarró / Serin

nobody@flickr.com (SBA73) — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 06:32:06 -0800

SBA73 posted a photo:

Un mascle de gafarró (Serinus serinus), fotografiat al centre de Sabadell. Es va estar cantant en aquesta branca ben be mitja hora. I com xerra!

ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gafarr%C3%B3

www.sioc.cat/fitxa.php?sci=0&sp=SERSER

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A male European Serin (Serinus serinus) in Sabadell, my hometown.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Serin

Pit-roig a Sabadell / Robin in Sabadell

nobody@flickr.com (SBA73) — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 15:23:12 -0800

SBA73 posted a photo:

Un pit-roig (erithacus rubecula) fotografiat al centre de Sabadell.

ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pit-roig

www.sioc.cat/fitxa.php?sci=0&sp=ERIRUB

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An European Robin (erithacus rubecula) in Sabadell, my hometown.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Robin

Mallarenga carbonera / Great tit

nobody@flickr.com (SBA73) — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 09:06:39 -0800

SBA73 posted a photo:

Una mallarenga carbonera (parus major) a Perafita.

Foto presa amb le meu nou Sigma 150-500mm.

ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mallerenga_carbonera

www.sioc.cat/fitxa.php?sci=0&sp=PARMAJ

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A Great tit (parus major) in an old roof, Perafita (central Catalonia).

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Tit

Les voltes de Calella / Arches on Calella

nobody@flickr.com (SBA73) — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 08:24:59 -0700

SBA73 posted a photo:

Un dels racons més icònics de la Costa Brava. Com diria el poeta "no haze falta dezir nada máss".

ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calella_de_Palafrugell

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Vaulted street directly in the beach in Calella de Palafrugell. This is surely one of the most beautiful spots in the Costa Brava and all Catalonia.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calella_de_Palafrugell

Tot conflueix / All's conected

nobody@flickr.com (SBA73) — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 23:37:38 -0800

SBA73 posted a photo:

La Sagrada Família per fí té un interior acabat: és una meravella, el fruit del geni únic d'Antoni Gaudí. Falten les paraules per descriure-ho.

ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_Expiatori_de_la_Sagrada_Fam%...

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This is the crossing and dome of the Sagrada Família basilica, Barcelona, Catalonia.

The catalan basilica of La Sagrada Família (The Holy Family) is THE global icon of Barcelona. After more than a century building it, in 2011 the interior was finished and consecrated by the pope Benedict XVI. It's an incredible structure, fruit of the unique mind of Antoni Gaudí. The ceilings look like a spaceship, and the nave and columns, like a palmtree forest. Work began in 1882 and should be completed in 2026, like the medieval cathedrals of old.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagrada_Fam%C3%ADlia

www.sagradafamilia.cat/sf-eng/index.php

L'altar i el baldaquí / The altar and baldachin

nobody@flickr.com (SBA73) — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 14:29:05 -0800

SBA73 posted a photo:

La Sagrada Família per fi té un interior acabat: és una meravella, el fruit del geni únic d'Antoni Gaudí. Falten les paraules per descriure-ho.

ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_Expiatori_de_la_Sagrada_Fam%...

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View of the altar of the basilica.

The catalan basilica of La Sagrada Família (The Holy Family) is THE global icon of Barcelona. After more than a century building it (contruction work began in 1882), in 2011 the interior was finished and consecrated by the pope Benedict XVI. It's an incredible structure, fruit of the unique mind of Antoni Gaudí. The ceilings look like a spaceship, and the nave and columns, like a palmtree forest. Work began in 1882 and should be completed in 2026, like the medieval cathedrals of old.

I'm sure JRR Tolkien whould have loved this!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagrada_Fam%C3%ADlia

www.sagradafamilia.cat/sf-eng/index.php

No pensava veure mai aquest sostre finalitzat...

nobody@flickr.com (SBA73) — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 14:29:32 -0800

SBA73 posted a photo:

Aquí mirem la Façana del Naixement des de l'interior. Recordo la primera vegada que vaig visitar la Sagrada Família als anys 80, i els balconets que ara donen al transepte i al bosc de columnes, s'obrien al cel i els núvols... més o menys com en aquesta foto:

www.gaudiallgaudi.com/images/1983d.JPG

La Sagrada Família per fi té un interior acabat: és una meravella, el fruit del geni únic d'Antoni Gaudí. Falten les paraules per descriure-ho.

ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_Expiatori_de_la_Sagrada_Fam%...

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Here we are looking east from the center of the nave, to the interior side of the Nativity Façade, the first built. It was the only part Gaudí saw built before his death in 1927.

I remember visiting the same place and above this gothic windows there was only the sky...

The catalan basilica of La Sagrada Família (The Holy Family) is THE global icon of Barcelona. After more than a century building it (contruction work began in 1882), in 2011 the interior was finished and consecrated by the pope Benedict XVI. It's an incredible structure, fruit of the unique mind of Antoni Gaudí. The ceilings look like a spaceship, and the nave and columns, like a palmtree forest. Work began in 1882 and should be completed in 2026, like the medieval cathedrals of old.

I'm sure JRR Tolkien whould have loved this!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagrada_Fam%C3%ADlia

www.sagradafamilia.cat/sf-eng/index.php

Here you can see more or less this same side open to the elements in the 80's, as I first saw it:

www.gaudiallgaudi.com/images/1983d.JPG

El regal que ens feu Gaudí / The marvel of Gaudí

nobody@flickr.com (SBA73) — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 23:35:56 -0800

SBA73 posted a photo:

Això és una meravella / This is a marvel

nobody@flickr.com (SBA73) — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 14:49:47 -0800

SBA73 posted a photo:

La Sagrada Família per fi té un interior acabat: és una meravella, el fruit del geni únic d'Antoni Gaudí. Falten les paraules per descriure-ho.

ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_Expiatori_de_la_Sagrada_Fam%...

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This is the crossing and dome of the Sagrada Família basilica, Barcelona, Catalonia.

The catalan basilica of La Sagrada Família (The Holy Family) is THE global icon of Barcelona. After more than a century building it, in 2011 the interior was finished and consecrated by the pope Benedict XVI. It's an incredible structure, fruit of the unique mind of Antoni Gaudí. The ceilings look like a spaceship, and the nave and columns, like a palmtree forest. Work began in 1882 and should be completed in 2026, like the medieval cathedrals of old.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagrada_Fam%C3%ADlia

www.sagradafamilia.cat/sf-eng/index.php

Pinsà femella / Female chaffinch

nobody@flickr.com (SBA73) — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 07:15:46 -0700

SBA73 posted a photo:

La femella del pinsà és molt menys acolorida que el mascle. Nom cientific: fringilla coelebs.

ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fringilla_coelebs

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The female chaffinch (fringilla coelebs) is much less colourful than the male.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Chaffinch

Cotxa fumada a Sabadell / Black Redstart in Sabadell

nobody@flickr.com (SBA73) — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 15:23:25 -0800

SBA73 posted a photo:

Un mascle de cotxa fumada (Phoenicurus ochruros), fotografiat al centre de Sabadell.

ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotxa_fumada

www.sioc.cat/fitxa.php?sci=0&sp=PHOOCH

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A male Black Redstart (phoenicurus ochruros) in Sabadell, my hometown.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Redstart

Una placeta de vertigen / Vertigo square

nobody@flickr.com (SBA73) — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 23:44:25 -0800

SBA73 posted a photo:

Aquest punt circular del Carrer de Milans, al Barri Gòtic de Barcelona, és una de les fotos que tenia pendents. Ja no.

Sembla que Manu Chao viu aquí.

www.poblesdecatalunya.cat/element.php?e=2179

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This hidden corner in the Barri Gòtic of Barcelona is awesome. It's a circular corner/square in the Carrer de Milans.

www.bdebarna.net/v2/mapa.php?mapa_id=61&historia=214