Thursday 22 October 2009

If On An Autumn's Morning A Traveler


Golden Fig Leaf
Franziskanerplatz

Fig Tree
Morning Delivery
Franziskanerplatz

Shop Sign
Hegenbart Antiques
Ballgasse 8

Kleines Café
Franziskanerplatz

The Traveler would have
found a city held captive
by a dense layer of high fog,
denying the dull grey morning
any reflection of light.

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Photographs and Text
22 October 2009
© by Merisi

Title inspired
by Italo Calvino's 1979 novel
"Se una notte d'inverno un viaggiatore"
(If On A Winter's Night A Traveler")

34 comments:

  1. The Golden Leaf is beautifully captured!

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  2. @ Wandring Star:
    It took me awhile tp find a way to photograph it without the white sign in the door.

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  3. Love, love love the leaf!! BEAUTIFUL!!

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  4. "Being held captive by the fog"...I love the image and feel this puts in my head.
    Lovely solitary fig leaf picture. It goes well with the fog shrouded mind pictures.

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  5. @ Cheffie-Mom,
    it was the bright sight of my morning. ;-)

    @ photowannabe,
    bound and gagged too, I'm tellung you! ;-)

    @ Juju at Tales of Whimsy.,
    *smile*

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  6. self portrait is very cleverly done Merisi...

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  7. love that leaf! It's dancing across the page. Great sp, too! ;))

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  8. I didn't know figs could grow that far north!

    The weather is very similar in Montreal today. Makes one melancholy in a sort of happy way.

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  9. @ oiasantorini,
    I realized only at home that I had a selfportrait.
    I had tried to photograph the very unusual entrance to a defunct jewelry store on Graben.

    @ sue,
    thank you! :-)

    @ Rashed,
    they survive winters in protected southerly exposures. I am curious what will happen to this tree.

    The weather is very similar in Montreal today. Makes one melancholy in a sort of happy way.

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  10. @ Charles Gramlich,
    me too, with some good prosciutto! ;-)

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  11. Andre Veloux22 October, 2009

    The first self portrait? Surely not!?

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  12. @ Andre Veloux,
    there's another one, somewhere on the blog.
    I usually don't aim to take my own picture. ;-)

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  13. Beautiful photos, Merisi! And I like the self portrait too...

    My little fig tree hasn't turned golden yet; it still has all its leaves. But I don't think it will be much longer before autumn really finds us here in So Cal.

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  14. The golden curves of the leaf against the blue geometry of the door make for a wonderful picture! And I loved the second one, showing the whole scene -- and nice to see a picture of Merisi herself.

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  15. If that was you in the last photo, how on earth did you manage to take the picture? Split personality? lol :)

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  16. Well Merisi, this post has beauty and wit in its photos and captions. And, arriving a bit late, must say that I've also really enjoyed reading the earlier comments and your replies.

    What a lovely community you summon.

    xo

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  17. autumn is here indeed - bringing along all these beautiful images.

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  18. sweet is the leaf as the fruit it bears...

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  19. Oh, my God! These photos are amazing. I love them. Many thanks, you've made my day.

    Greetings from London.

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  20. Not many leaves left on the tree but still beautiful.
    Loved the self portrait.

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  21. Wonderful and clever, as always, Merisi! :o)

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  22. Love the blues Merisi. Through your eyes, I see Vienna as just about the cleanest spot on earth.

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  23. Oh to be in Franziskanerplatz, now that Autumn's there... wonderful photos.

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  24. Hi there...I`m back in blogland and catching up on all the 100`s of fabulous posts I missed out on.....and here you are still takingthe most beautiful photographs.....missed you --Gypsy Purple -Chamara

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  25. @ Sara,
    thank you!
    Ah, to be in Southern California!
    ;-)

    @ Vicki Lane,
    I like the van there: Without it, the scene would have been to busy to notice the leaves (I have tried to capture them before, albei without van, and did not like the result).

    @ jinksy,
    it's a reflection, there's a thick plate glass door! ;-)

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  26. @ Frances,
    I feel so lucky, you and all other visitors are a true joy and honour, I appreciate all of you immensely!

    @ Lara,
    one appreciates colour even more when the days are grey and the temperatures are sinking.

    @ Shadow,
    fresh ripe figs or a fig tart,
    I would love to have right now! :-)

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  27. @A Cuban In London,
    you are welcome! :-)

    @ Arkansas Patti,
    yes, those last leaves are hanging on for dear life! ;-)

    @ Tracy,
    thank you! :-)

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  28. @ Carolyn Parker,
    Vienna must be one of the cleanest places around,
    no question about it (and the city authorities are working hard to teach dog owners proper manners - they are a bit recalcitrant!).

    @ Gavin Plumley,
    I am already looking forward to Christmastime! ;-)

    @ Gypsy Purple,
    welcome back, a wonderful surprise! :-)

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  29. I can't believe the fig tree is almost leaf-less. It seems like just the other day that you were basking in warmth and roses.

    (LOVE the picture of you.)

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  30. Love the blues here, and the self-portrait (so nice to know there's a person behind the camera ;) )
    And I adored Calvino's poetic novel, though not in Italian. Perfect post, Merisi. Thank you.

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  31. @ Bee,
    we have been hit by a polar front that simply stole our beautiful autumn! One day we had summer-like weather, then, sudenly, temperatures fell so fast, it snowed one morning. I am still in mourning of the sun and light lost and pray for a miracle.

    @ ds,
    there's indeed a person behind the camera, and passionately so! *smile*
    Reading Calvino is enrichment and balsam for the soul! "Phyllis is a space in which routes are drawn between points suspended in the void ..." - "Invisible Cities"

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  32. A fig tree in the street, wow.

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