Foliage on Fire

Fall colours in the urban neighbourhood. The first two pictures and the last one are shot from my drawing room window; the next two near the Talfer torrent.

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Muehlbacher Klause

... a picture in a picture in a picture in a picture ...

Once upon a time, say 1000 years ago and for some century (roughly until CE 1800) this was a toll station, customs as we say today. In Roman times here passed the border between the Roman province of Raetia and the kingdom of Norikum. We can assume that on this point existed something like a stronghold. In medieval times here existed a border checkpoint between the counties of Pustrissa (controlled by the counts of Gorizia) and the county of Nurital. This is the endpoint of the Pustrissa Valley (today Pusteria Valley or Pustertal in German language); the endpoint on the other side is the little town of Lienz, about 90 km towards east, in Austrian territory.
The ruins we see now were restaured since 1978. During the month of november an interesting exhibition of artistically elaborated photographs can be visited in these highly suggestive surroundings: the ruins revisited through the eye of the young artist Giancarlo Lamonaca.
(Some more picture in http://www.flickr.com/photos/hugo-angel/)
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Renon, excursion

View of the Sciliar: this mountain is something like a symbol of the tyrolean territory
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Halloween

Halloween a San Genesio/Jenesien, a village very near to Bolzano
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A Day in Salzburg

a whale bone and a shark

as usual, the day couldn't pass without raining
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Venice - Mulino Stucky

Molino Stucky - a mill since 1833. The mill worked until 1955. The monster in imperial (neo-gothic) style we see now was constructed towards the end of the 19th century. In 2003 during reconstruction occured a ruinous fire. Now the reconstruction works ar almost completed and soon the Mulino Stucky should reopen as a Grand Hotel of the Hilton chain. (See also the picture in the previous post)
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Venice, some more pictures

Last sun rays on the island of Burano
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Sunday morning at the entrance of San Marco cathedral

Sunny days in Venice

I just returned this evening from Venice where I did a great deal of walking

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New Digicam!

Here the F(ace)D(etection)-gimmick of the S6500 detected one face. Maybe it works on mooncalves too (LOL).

It's a couple of days now that I'm shooting with a new digicam. The new Fuji S6500 should be an upgrade to the S5600. Image quality seems OK. The picture above should sum up the improvement of the new cam over the old one (left crop: old cam - right crop: new cam).
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Ahr/Aurino (Pusteria Valley)

Excursion in the "natural area" of the Aurino river (Pusteria Valley)
In this same river are the rapids where the action of "Rapids" by Tim Parks takes place (see http://vitaalpina.blogspot.com/2006/03/readings-rapids-by-tim-parks.html)
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Sabiona (Klausen/Chiusa)

Sabiona: this is one of the very important historical sites in the Tyrolean territory. It was the first seat of the local bishopric (Sabiensis episcopus) from about AD 500. About AD 1000 the bishop moved his seat to Brixen/Bressanone.

At the foot of Sabiona there is a very small town, Klausen/Chiusa. Here I had an excellent beer (local brew).
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