Hercules 💪🏻 for #texturetuesday

This big ass statue of Hercules (Ercole) can be found in Villa Spada. It was made by Bolognese sculptor Giacomo De Maria (1762-1838). In its full form it has Hercules standing and stomping down on a lion. I presume it's a reference the Nemean lion, the first of the 12 labours - but honestly that's just my best guess! ✨
Also, Hercules is the best Disney movie and you all can fight me on this.
🎶 Bless my soul Herc was on a roll... 🎶

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Four of the statues in the garden of Villa Spada, Bologna - by Nicola Zamboni. (There's a long row of these statues, overlooking the garden.)
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Recurrence 🔁

(Reupload! Sorry! It was really blurry this first time - I don't know why! 😐)

More experimentation today! This time it started with a pretty bad photo of the stairs from the front of Villa Spada and then I asked myself "What would happen if we added more stairs?" - so that's what happened! 😂 It's not completely symmetrical but it's close enough for me! The stars you see in the centre are from a bad astrophotography attempt a few months ago! ✨

#photography #amateurphotography #stairs #steps #photomanipulation #compositeimagery #spooky #eerie #dark #weird #art #digitalart #moody #dream #dreamy #stars #sky #geometry #symmetry #opticalillusion #editing #experiment #scale #villaspada #bologna #italia #italy #europe

Recurrence 🔁

More experimentation today! This time it started with a pretty bad photo of the stairs from the front of Villa Spada and then I asked myself "what would happen if we added more stairs?" - so that's what happened! 😂 It's not completely symmetrical but it's close enough for me! The stars you see in the centre are from a bad astrophotography attempt a few months ago! ✨

#photography #amateurphotography #stairs #steps #photomanipulation #compositeimagery #spooky #eerie #dark #weird #art #digitalart #moody #dream #dreamy #stars #sky #geometry #symmetry #opticalillusion #experiment #scale #villaspada #bologna #italia #italy #europe

Villa Spada - Bologna
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