My intent was to use my Mavic 3 drone to capture colorful spring buds in the old growth forest on High Point Lake, near the Piedmont Environmental Center. The buds were not quite far enough along for a color photo. Instead, monochrome made for a much more interesting composition of the fractal branching of hardwood trees.
Cheers,
C. S.
Façade composition from the Via dell’Abbondanza (Street of Abundance) in the Pompeii ruins, Italy.
Rock Beach (Lido Lo Scoglio) composition on the Gulf of Naples, in Castellammare di Stabia, Italy. For the best viewing experience, click to see a high resolution version from my portfolio site.
Cheers!
C. S.
Southeast facing façade of the Palazzo Corvaja (Corvaja Palace) on Corso Umberto street in Taormina, Sicily
View of Palazzo Corvaja (Corvaja Palace) on the Via Teatrino Romano (Roman Theater Street) with a shadow cast by the next-door Chiesa di Santa Caterina d’Alessandria (Church of Saint Catherine of Alexandria) in Taormina, Sicily.
In theaters of ancient Greece, the skene was a structure behind the stage providing a space for stage scenery, an additional elevated stage, and storage. The façade typically included columns, arches, statues and other architectural features. The ancient Greek Theater of Taormina’s construction starting in the 3rd century BC, and was later embellished by the Romans. The theater overlooks the Ionian Sea and Mount Etna, Sicily.
Marina San Giusto in the Port of Trieste, Italy on the Adriatic Sea.
The Pompeii Civil Forum was the core of daily life of the city and was the focal point of all the main public buildings for city administration and justice, business management, and trade activities such as markets. It also was the main places of citizen worship, a once-sophisticated Roman city.
It occupied quite a large area measuring 157 x 38 meters with a fine view of Mount Vesuvius – the ultimate source of the city’s destruction in 79 AD.
Two dock workers at the Marseille cruise pier and port authority in Marseille, France. For the best viewing experience, click to view a high resolution version from my portfolio site.
Cheers,
C. S.
Abstract view of Antoni Gaudí’s window iron and tile works on the porter lodge at Park Güell in Barcelona, Spain.
Monochromia 
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