A hazy snapshot of the modern face of Panama City, Panama at the crack of dawn after a rainy night. The buildings look foggy and blurry giving the scenery a touch of mystery and magic. Photo by ©Omar Upegui R.
Posts Tagged ‘Photograph’
A City in the Haze
Posted in Photography, tagged Buildings, Metropolis, Panama, Panama Bay, Panama City, Photograph, Photography, Skyline, Tourism on June 10, 2013 | 3 Comments »
The Gates of Heaven
Posted in Photography, tagged Marinas, Panama, Panama City, Photograph, Photographs, Skyline, Tourism on June 6, 2013 | 4 Comments »
As Panama City evolves into the twenty-first century its buildings are growing higher and higher, like the tower of Babel—the biblical gate of heaven. Photo by ©Omar Upegui R.
Old Shell Street Vendors’ Stand
Posted in Photography, tagged Casco Viejo, Old Shell, Panama, Panama City, Photograph, Photography, Street Vendors, Tourism on June 5, 2013 | 2 Comments »
Snapshot of a lonely stand at Plaza de Francia in the old section of Panama City during an early Sunday morning. There was only one early bird when I got there about 06:30 a.m. I wanted to capture the “golden light”. Photo by ©Omar Upegui R.
Coca Cola is Much More Than a Soda
Posted in Photography, tagged Buildings, Café Coca Cola, Old Shell, Panama, Photograph, Photography, Santa Ana, Tourism on June 2, 2013 | 2 Comments »
Snapshot of Café Coca Cola beside the park of Santa Ana in Panama City, Panama. It’s one of the oldest cafes in the nation. Photo by ©Omar Upegui R.
Photo by ©Omar Upegui R. and Michael Moore
Lampposts
Posted in Photography, tagged Lampposts, Las Bóvedas, Modern Panama, Old Shell, Photograph, Photography, Plaza de Francia, Skyscrapers, Tourism on May 30, 2013 | 2 Comments »
Snapshot of elegant lampposts enticing Plaza de Francia in the old section of Panama City. In the background tall buildings emerge symbolizing the future of the nation as in plunges forward in the twenty-first century. Photo by ©Omar Upegui R.
Siblings in the Land of Nod
Posted in Photography, tagged Family, Home, Love, Photograph, Photography, Siblings, Sleep, The Twisters on May 29, 2013 | 3 Comments »
Snapshot of Paola and Abdiel (two of the Twisters) taking an afternoon nap after a heavy lunch. They were home for the day. Abdiel is currently enjoying a mid-term school vacation. Photo by ©Omar Upegui R.
Golden Theater
Posted in Photography, tagged Casco Viejo, Golden Building, Golden Light, National Theater, Panama, Photograph, Photography, Tourism on May 28, 2013 | 2 Comments »
Snapshot of the Teatro Nacional (National Theatre) shimmered by the rising sun hovering over Panama Bay. It was early morning and the edifice was the color of gold as you can appreciate in the image. Photo by ©Omar Upegui R.
Tranquil Blue Waters
Posted in Photography, tagged Blue Sky, Blue Water, Casco Viejo, Old Shell, Panama City, Photograph, Photography, Tourism on May 26, 2013 | 3 Comments »
Snapshot of a tranquil blue water reflecting a tranquil blue sky in Panama City, Panama. (Please click on the image to expand.) Photo by ©Omar Upegui R.
Blue
Posted in Literature, Photography, tagged Blue, Coastal Strip, Colors, English, Literature, Panama, Panama City, Photograph, Photography, Poems, Poetry, Robert L. Jones on May 25, 2013 | 2 Comments »
Snapshot of the construction site of the third and final phase of the Coastal Strip leading to the Bridge of the Americas in Panama City, Panama. Photo by ©Omar Upegui R.
As you can see in the picture above, the predominant color is blue, as in the blue of the sky and the blue of the ocean. Color is one of the main elements in the composition of any decent photograph worthwhile placing your eye balls on, as well as pattern, tone, volume, shape, lines, and lighting among many others.
Blue is also a great topic to address in a brilliant poem such as “Blue” written by Robert L. Jones. Images and text can sometimes create powerful mental impressions. Good Day.
Blue
By Robert L. Jones
I have seen enough blue-green
for one day. My eyes are tired
of peering at the busy speckled lines
the lasered surface throws back.
Outside, the light falls
in jagged needles through raveled air.
The world is gray.
From up there, it’s blue,
the tiny water world, where life
climbed into the air and turned green,
maybe from envy that it’s not
somewhere else. It’s not easy, being
this way. It’s impossible to rest
with that great light going on
and off always in the same place,
knowing that it’s necessary,
unless you want to turn
white, in icy quiet,
against the black still motion
of the tattered specks of stars.
It’s enough to send you running
ragged, back to the sea.
Down there it’s blue, too,
the color of deep water
when at eighty feet there’s no bottom
and no sides to choose. Suspended,
up-ended, you have no sense
of proportion, lose perspective.
There’s only drifting with the flow,
until your bubbles rip a seam
upward showing you where
you have to go—back to the green,
and then the yellow and the red,
measured out in time for you
to find, until you reach
white, and you’ve got it all.
All is too much to see.
We must have shades.
The separation of the light
exists somewhere in particles,
torn into fragmentary bits to play,
scattered like the fall leaves,
but moving in waves—hello, goodbye—
on a collision course with white,
and black, and gray.
The green of life requires blue,
not too deep or too intense,
just a line of blue-green held in mind,
to knit tatters of shrouded days,
tint the darkness,
and relieve the time of glare.
Once in a while
you know where it belongs,
in the order of the sharp-edged
double bow I saw this morning,
cutting its way into gray memory
to even up the edges
of the ragged clouds.
Source: Poetry (January 2000)
Back in the Days When Knigthood Was in Vogue
Posted in Photography, tagged Don Quixote, Literature, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Panama, Photograph, Photography, Sancho Panza, Sculpture, Statues, Tourism, University of Panama, William Shakespeare on May 22, 2013 | 2 Comments »
Snapshot of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, the best writer of the Spanish language. Picture taken inside the campus of the University of Panama. Photo by ©Omar Upegui R.
Snapshot of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza in search of a lady in distress—Dulcinea del Toboso. They are the main characters of the greatest novel written by Cervantes. Photo by ©Omar Upegui R.
Photo by ©Omar Upegui R.
His magnum literary work, Don Quixote, considered to be the first modern European novel, is a classic of Western literature, and is regarded amongst the best works of fiction ever written.
His influence on the Spanish language has been so great that the language is often called la lengua de Cervantes (“the language of Cervantes”). He was dubbed El Príncipe de los Ingenios (“The Prince of Wits”).
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra is to the Spanish language, what William Shakespeare is to the English language. Good Day.
