Domitian's Gate - Hierapolis - Turkey by brewgirlca
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"Hot Springs of Hierapolis"
January 2013
Been at this site five years now and have seen a lot of growth - both artistically and spiritually thanks to the many good friends I have met here. I work with Poserpro2012, photoshop CS6, PSPX2, Perfect Effects 3 and Photomatrix 4. I love working in the material room and continue to find lots of growth there. I also do a lot of postwork fixing, special affects, and framing, all for which photoshop is indispensible. I love doing postwork; no image is anywhere near complete without it.
In the last year or so I've added quite a bit of photography to my gallery. I started with a Nikon Coolpix 9100 point and shoot. It gives amazing quality and its small size makes it easy to pack around and just grab some shots as they come into my vision. I still use it for sneaky people shots but now I use a Nikon D5100 DSLR for my more serious keeper work. Had I known how all consuming my passion for photography would become I should have jumped to a D600 low end pro camera.In my gallery you will see mostly storylines based upon my own visions and versions of Mesopotamian Mythology, sprinkled with some Celtic works and an occasional pinup or two and quite a few special requests. I have long been a writer, though a terrible speller, and so most of my images come with a storyline or poem. No image seems complete to me without words to accompany them.In high school I trained in both the Sciences and Fine Arts but when I went to university I had to choose one or the other and so I went with the life sciences. Art dropped out of my life for a long time... though I never gave up my interest in archeology and mythology. I wound up with a graduate degree in the life sciences with majors in physical geography, ecology and evolutionary biology. My love of nature and a deep naturalistic spirituality eventually led me to the wikkan tradition.Some five and a half years ago I discovered poser after coming across some great 3-d art on the web and after some six months of stumble bum practice I joined this site.Doing this type of art has released many visions and stories that were locked up inside my soul for many ages. It has allowed me to explore the life and times of my primal spiritual ancestor, a girl also named Roxanne, who lived in the Sumerian regions. She whispers the stories of these classic legends in my mind and I create the images to go with them.My stories are mostly written as dialogue and they tend to be rather long. So grab a coffee, a tea or better yet a beer, kick back, relax and stay a while.I hope you enjoy your stay here.Hugs and blessed beRoxy
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Comments (27)
twelvemark21
Definitely more than worth the full screen look! Exceptional landscape...
SidheRoseGraphics
Lol...as if a gate ever stopped anyone. A really fantastic panorama here, Roxy. It must have been quite splendorous in it's day and truly monumental in scope and grandeur. Kind of sad to see it mostly in rubble like this, but such is the life of ancient cities. The trees in the background there must be fairly old. They make a splendid backdrop, don't they?
Faemike55
Very beautiful scene, Roxy It must have been quite a sight in its day
mgtcs
Ohhh...This is a marvelous capture Roxy, beautiful place, gorgeous in full scree!
vaggabondd
the capture is awesome my friend, but I would really like to know how you can to be there. I think you have had a lot of journeys and I am jealous :)
brewgirlca
Good point Rayvn! I should have said, "The enforcement of what you could and could not do was controlled by where you stood in relation to Domatian's Gate."
shingleboot
Really great scene and historical info.
eekdog Online Now!
what's really interesting is that this much still remains after all this time, wonderful info and pic lil sis. your art is captivating and your photography is breathtaking hon. hugs steve
odile
Again a beautiful and informative picture and narrative! This is so interesting!
vitachick
The history of the scenes u are posting are so interesting. We should have one of those gates at the Mexican/US border..Oops.
Blush
Great scene and info Hugs Susan~
nitegrafix
Fantastic shot! I'm a fan of history, love the back story
3dpoetry
Brilliant shot
adrie
An brilliant capture Roxy, we have bin there too...and it's indeed a beautiful view.
0rest4wicked
Would love to eplore this! Presented well with the B&W!
magnus073
What a simply epic photo this one is Roxie, and thanks do much for providing all the background info
nefertiabet
Wonderful photo and info, thanks!!!
bmac62
Very inspiring...so much to see. We have lots of travels in our future but none of us can see it all. Like this in B&W...adds to the historic feel.
RodS
A most spectacular shot, Roxy! One can imagine what this must have been like in its heyday. Still it has that quality of antiquity that is almost indescribable.. Although a different place and a different time, I can almost see Ishtar and Ninshubar walking among the ruins..
densa
wonderful shot
drifterlee
Awesome shot!
watapki66
Wonderful scene and thanks for the information!
auntietk
Wonderful image!
vyktohria
WOW!!! Gorgeous B&W, Hon! And yeah, color photography is great, but MAN! Archaeological sites and ruins (imho) look sooooo much better in B&W! It kinda gives them a sense of timelessness...
adorety
Great shot and some interesting info especially the 'gate law'. The B&W makes it look like an old archaeological presentation from the 20s. Nice presentation.
Rhanagaz
Excellent capture, Roxy! It's all about tax! :o)
Dreamdesigner
I agree to Arthur about your B&W choice so nice:-))And of course all about "Damn" tax,Always!...LOL:-)))))))Again I say Thank you my friend for your great introductions about those precious historical places!:-))))