CHRISTMAS MOON

The moon was almost full at Christmas. I don't know if this is a rare or regular occurrence. It caught my attention, that's for sure.

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The moon is posing above the Christmas lights that cover one of the buildings in the center of Medulin in this opening shot.

Here you can see the entire building. More or less, the entire building. You can't see its rear side.

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Medulin is my hometown. I live there, and since for various reasons I don't travel much, the place appears often in these posts I'm hooked on publishing here on Hive.
It's a fairly colorful little town, especially at Christmas, but it doesn't look too bad in black & white either.
The above photograph shows a good chunk of Medulin's main square.

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You can take another look at the Christmas moon in this set of four photographs. I played a bit with it in Photoshop today while preparing the post.

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This is the Church of the Mother of God of Health, my favorite among the buildings that border the main square.

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The Church of the Mother of God of Health is an old little church with the oldest of its elements dating from the 15th century but the stained-glass artwork on its front facade is only a few decades old.

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After watching the moon for a while, this piece of sacral art framed in a circle, looked like another moon to me. Seeing that thing in a new way was a surprisingly exciting experience.

Here you can see my reflection in the glass of the building presented in the first two photographs of this post.

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I was walking back home after visiting a friend that lives on the opposite end of town when the almost - full moon inspired me to take these photographs on the main square, less than a hundred meters from my neiberhood.
Sometimes I feel like there's nothing new I can photograph in this small town after living here my whole life.
I'm glad to be proven wrong about that relatively often.

And that's it. Let's stop this thing.

AS ALWAYS HERE ON HIVE, THE PHOTOGRAPHS ARE MY WORK.