Last week, it was my great pleasure to pay a return visit to the Mezquita in the UNESCO Historic Centre of Córdoba, where I was delighted to capture these dazzling sunbeams making their geometric patterns against the famous red and white arches.
Isn´t nature wonderful?
This post is my response to the WordPress Photo Challenge: GEOMETRIC ; Travel Theme: BRIGHT and this week´s Sunday Post: WONDERFUL.
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This photo is amazing. But I bet that the atmosphere in that place was simply incredible. Sunlight creates such ethereal effects!
The Mezquita really is an incredible place to visit and it was made all the more special with the sunbeams playing throughout the building 🙂
Love the sun beams. It’s like heaven opened and bliss came through. Beautiful!
Yes, there is an ethereal quality about it, isn´t there?
Thanks for your lovely comments and continued support for my blog. It´s always much appreciated.
Whenever I see sunrays in a house of worship I always think of God atop the clouds overhead. What a glorious photograph!
Maybe He was shining his huge torch downwards 🙂
Thanks for your encouraging comment – much appreciated.
Fantastic photo Marianne, really captures the mezquita at it´s best, the lightbeams are fantastic, very creative photo! Makes me feel lucky to live near such a beautiful building!
Thanks Giana – I had fun trying to capture these photos 🙂
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You are right…your photo captured a magical moment.
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That really is one hell of an image – wow – clever you Marianne. I love it the light, the composition…everything is just beautiful with it
Means a lot, Jo, thanks for saying so 🙂
Awwwwwww…trying to come up with an image for the month…blue has me stumped at the moment. Lucky there are lots of days left…hehehe
Very nice catch! Sunrays illuminating churches are always symbolical of how nature works in mysterious ways.
Many things work in mysterious ways 🙂
I agree Marianne 🙂 It is wonderful as well 🙂 I did it once long time ago – put one post for two challenges :D. When are you off to Aussie land?
In two weeks 🙂
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This is fantastic. Well done one “killing 3 birds with one stone.” 🙂
Thanks Sylvia 🙂
Those shafts of light really are wonderful!
Fabulous photo. Mystical as well as geometric!
Glad you like it! 🙂
Beautiful shot.
An exquisite and wonderful photo, both because of the natural golden and blue light versus the man-made structures.
I appreciate your input, Marion – thanks 🙂
Beautiful! The sunlight adds such an ethereal quality! Perfect for a church. 🙂
I agree – most ethereal, particularly considering where the picture was taken.
Thanks for your comment Cathy, and for your continuing support of my blog 🙂
You’re welcome! I’m always happy to visit. Am a little behind now because I was away in Ethiopia, but I WILL catch up!
Stunning image my friend truly wonderful and Geometrical ,Thanks for sharing 🙂
It´s wonderful to have you back, Jake.
What a picture!! Fantastic!
Thanks 🙂
Certainly wonderful Marianne 🙂 Would give anything to be able to return for a shot like that 🙂
Thanks Madhu, it made me realise that I´m really starting to think about the images I capture (and want to capture).
Valuable lesson learned 🙂
Stunning image. Thank you for sharing…
You´re welcome Richert – thanks for taking the time and trouble to comment. It´s much appreciated 🙂
My pleasure Marianne.
I’ve been to Cordoba twice, did I miss this? I love Spain.
Did you? It´s surely difficult to miss.
*sigh* – you´ll just have to go back 🙂
Ooh, let’s see some more sunbeam shots, Marianne! Cordoba is one of my favourite places,too.
Beautiful picture and perfect for the challenge(s)! Nice going 🙂
It was a lucky strike!
This picture has a real ethereal quality to it!
Thanks, Dallas 🙂
wow….just wow!! truly an amazing shot!!
Thanks Tobyo – glad you like it 🙂
Now that IS clever ! 🙂 Mystical even …
Isn’t it *wonderful* when a Challenge fits a photo so perfectly or is it the other way *round* oops
Have *bright* weekend M 😉
Yes, it was a bright idea 🙂
Have a wonderful weekend!
🙂
See how bright my smile is at that idea of yours!
x I won’t go on anymore . Brownie Promise.
One expects to see Kirk and Spock rematerialising… 😉
Ah yes – “Beam me up, Scotty”!
Ahhh…Big Man and I had our first “date” (feel a bit old to use that word!) in Cordoba and seeing this post bought back many happy memories!
OOHHH glad they are happy memories – wouldn´t have wanted to upset you 😉
Thanks for the comment, Tanya 🙂
awe, that is so sweet!!! Me encanta Cordoba…..
Bless our little love birds 🙂
he he, yes indeed!!
It´s a very romantic place – all that history just seeping out of every wall!
I absolutely LOVE Córdoba – it´s one of my favourite cities .)
Lucky you (to get to see it again) in such magical light – beautiful Marianne 🙂
That´s the word – magical 🙂
The interior is stunning enough, but for you to both witness and capture the sunbeams is quite amazing, and clever. Nature is wonderful 🙂
I have to admit I stood for quite a while, mesmerized by the sunbeams. I took a few other photos from near and far of the same subject. Of course, that gave me the idea to look for other sunbeams as they entered the Mexquita – so all-in-all I´ve not got quite a collection 🙂
Wow, Marianne! How beautiful is that?
Once I noticed the sunbeams playing through the windows, I managed to capture a few throughout the Mezquita 🙂
I was very fortunate.
Stunning Marianne!
Morning Gilly – you´re up early. Are you an early riser, like me?
Thanks 🙂
Good morning! yes I’m up at 6 most days and today I’m off early to do a craft fair. Have a lovely weekend 🙂
OOHH … have a great day, Gilly 🙂
Great photo Marianne………and a lovely place.
Thanks Paddy, and yes, The Mezquita is an amazing place. I´ve been several times, yet I always see something new 🙂
Me too, Richard. I love the straight lines of the natural sunbeams against the curve of the arches.
Thanks for letting me know your thoughts 🙂
The flaring light streaming in from above could be seen as spoiling the shot – i think it adds to it!
Me too, Richard. I love the straight lines of the natural sunbeams against the curve of the arches.
Thanks for letting me know your thoughts 🙂