AZach Posted April 14, 2017 Share #2101 Posted April 14, 2017 (edited) Advertisement (gone after registration) Thanks Wilson, correct. This building is currently not used as there is no more tuberculosis left and the site is protected landmark and cannot be upgraded to modern hospital technical standards. Anyway the above mentioned architects and their works keep fascinating through centuries. So your turn, please! Rgds, Arto Edited April 14, 2017 by AZach 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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wlaidlaw Posted April 14, 2017 Share #2102 Posted April 14, 2017 OK folks, here is your next one. Taken with M240 and Tri-Elmar at 28mm. Clue: It's not in Finland Wilson Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/161026-do-you-know-this-building-game-thread/?do=findComment&comment=3254527'>More sharing options...
AZach Posted April 14, 2017 Share #2103 Posted April 14, 2017 Hello Wilson, style and the sign with characters suggest Taiwan? Rgds, Arto Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted April 14, 2017 Share #2104 Posted April 14, 2017 Arto, Correct. Is their lettering any different to Mandarin? I suppose in styling, there might be some hang overs from the Japanese occupation from 1895 to 1945. On a historical note, the Japanese invaded "Formosa," as Taiwan had been named by the Portuguese, some three hundred years earlier, for coal but mainly for timber. Virtually all the large trees in Japan had been cut down by 1895 and there was a huge demand for timber for building in Japan. If you look at the photo below, which I took of an original photo hanging in a very odd hotel, that I stayed at in the Alishan National Forest. This had been built as a rest house for Japanese Army Officers in 1905 and I think they were still serving army food. You can see the incredible size of the trees in Taiwan at that time. You can only imagine the time and work it took to cut down one of these giants by axe and maybe two handed saw. Sadly there are no trees of this size left in Taiwan and it will be hundreds of years until the replanted tree stock reaches it again. Wilson Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/161026-do-you-know-this-building-game-thread/?do=findComment&comment=3254632'>More sharing options...
Michael Geschlecht Posted April 14, 2017 Share #2105 Posted April 14, 2017 (edited) Hello Wilson, Did you ever find out what type of tree this is? It would be interesting to know. If a person were to plant a tree of that type in more or less the same spot: The tree that would grow would most likely be a smaller & weaker variety of what was there before. When someone comes & cuts First Growth Forests & then takes the wood away & then uses the land for something else: They take away the nutrients that the trees that they cut grew from. When they then use the land for other purposes such as crops they take away more nutrients. Much of the utilization of forests & such, going back for a very long time, has been destructive because most of the systems of utilization took away a lot of nutrients with little or no concern for equivalent replenishment. The tree in the photo benefited from at least 10,000 years of build up of organic materials before it was cut. 10,000 years is more or less when the last Ice Age ended. Just like a lot of people's illnesses today are a factor of their eating "junk food": You can't grow a healthy tree in incomplete earth. Right near where I am writing this from, there is a White Oak that is probably about 150 years old. This is an area of the World where White Oaks are a Native Species. This tree is about 11 meters tall. If an equivalent 150 year old White Oak had been growing in this same spot 400 or so years ago, before Europeans came to this part of the World: The tree would most likely have been at least twice that height, if not more & it would most likely also have been healthier. Best Regards, Michael Edited April 14, 2017 by Michael Geschlecht Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted April 15, 2017 Share #2106 Posted April 15, 2017 Michael, They were mostly Taxonium Distichum or Red Cypress. There are still one or two left in very inaccessible places, like near the indigenous peoples' village of Ssumakushi, which can only be reached by folk, whose legs work much better than mine. Thankfully this whole area is to be made another national park to protect it from loggers. The thing that the Taiwanese are trying to work out how to protect from, is mass mainland chinese tourism. The small village of Alishan where I stayed in the central mountainous area, often has 200 to 300 bus loads of tourists arriving any one day. They rush about in packs being shouted by by "uncles" with amplified megaphones. If you get in the way of one of these packs, they will at best push you out of the way or at worst, trample over you. Wilson 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZach Posted April 16, 2017 Share #2107 Posted April 16, 2017 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hello, thanks for the story about the giant trees, it is a shame and pity that it happened. The Buddhist Temple is Hsiang-Te in Taroku National Park, I guess. Regards, Arto Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted April 16, 2017 Share #2108 Posted April 16, 2017 Arto, That is correct. I stayed in the Silks Place Hotel in the Taroko Gorge, one of the nicer hotels during my three week trip by rail, all round Taiwan. You can walk up to the temple from the hotel, although few seem to do do as you can see in my photo of the deserted temple. The only people there were one or two monks. The colours in my photograph are not artificial, it really is that vivid orange. Your turn Wilson Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZach Posted April 16, 2017 Share #2109 Posted April 16, 2017 (edited) Thanks, maybe will include that target to my "to-do" list.... The next one is an inside view that was painted by the architect of the building (having many other great frescoes by other artists as well). Name architect, building and period when constructed. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! M8, 28/Elmarit, Jan '12 Edited April 16, 2017 by AZach Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! M8, 28/Elmarit, Jan '12 ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/161026-do-you-know-this-building-game-thread/?do=findComment&comment=3255934'>More sharing options...
Michael Geschlecht Posted April 21, 2017 Share #2110 Posted April 21, 2017 Hello Arto, Could we be somewhere in Italy?Best Regards, Michael Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZach Posted April 21, 2017 Share #2111 Posted April 21, 2017 Hello Michael, yes we are in Italy indeed, Regards, Arto Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Geschlecht Posted April 21, 2017 Share #2112 Posted April 21, 2017 Hello Arto, Anywhere near the Arno River?Best Regards, Michael Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZach Posted April 21, 2017 Share #2113 Posted April 21, 2017 Hello Michael, this building is quite close (less than 100 m) to a river, but not Arno. Regards, Arto Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZach Posted April 25, 2017 Share #2114 Posted April 25, 2017 Hello, maybe it is time to provide an additional clue. This villa is often referred as "one of the noblest and most harmonious creations of the Italian Renaissance". Of course a matter of opinion, myself tending to agree. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/161026-do-you-know-this-building-game-thread/?do=findComment&comment=3261880'>More sharing options...
Musotographer Posted April 29, 2017 Share #2115 Posted April 29, 2017 It's the Villa Farnesina in Rome, close to the Tiber. It contains the stunning Loggia of Apollo and Psyche, probably planned by Raphael, and executed by Giulio Romano amongst others. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZach Posted April 29, 2017 Share #2116 Posted April 29, 2017 Hello, that is correct - really not to be missed if/when visiting Rome. Your turn, please. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musotographer Posted April 29, 2017 Share #2117 Posted April 29, 2017 It's one of the many things not to be missed in Rome - thanks for reminding us all about it, it's many years since I was there. Something completely different now - the name please of the building in which the photo was taken, and preferably the distinct part of that building. This shouldn't be too hard...... Christopher Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/161026-do-you-know-this-building-game-thread/?do=findComment&comment=3265193'>More sharing options...
adan Posted April 30, 2017 Share #2118 Posted April 30, 2017 Well, if it isn't in London, someone sure did a good job of simulating London somewhere else on Earth! Victoria Tower (Parliament) on the skyline left, BT Tower on the skyline right, St. Katharine Docks (or some other dock/body of water) the Thames through the railing at right. A little triangulation gives: Southwark, and then - top floor ("Viewing Level") of the Switch House addition to the Tate Modern. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musotographer Posted April 30, 2017 Share #2119 Posted April 30, 2017 (edited) Well triangulated - I did say it wasn't too hard, though I suppose I was hoping that someone would get it from the very distinctive pierced brick pattern of the outer skin: Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! The Switch House is a great playground for photographers, as are Tates Modern and Britain generally. Over to you...... Christopher (Incidentally, I've been re-reading your brilliant thread on the Mandler lenses - so informative, if er, expensive....! ) Edited April 30, 2017 by Musotographer Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! The Switch House is a great playground for photographers, as are Tates Modern and Britain generally. Over to you...... Christopher (Incidentally, I've been re-reading your brilliant thread on the Mandler lenses - so informative, if er, expensive....! ) ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/161026-do-you-know-this-building-game-thread/?do=findComment&comment=3265322'>More sharing options...
adan Posted April 30, 2017 Share #2120 Posted April 30, 2017 The third triangulation "key" is the swath of trees along the Thames - only one place they occur, the Inner Temple Gardens. BTW, I've actually had lunch in the revolving restaurant of the BT Tower - 50 (oh, my, Lord!) years ago - so it grabs my attention whenever I see it. Prawn cocktail and lamb chops, IIRC. Anyway, digging into the bottom of my barrel.... Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Quote Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/161026-do-you-know-this-building-game-thread/?do=findComment&comment=3265547'>More sharing options...
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