The Shelter
by Ralf Rohner
Title
The Shelter
Artist
Ralf Rohner
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Description
These medieval structures, dotting the fileds and olive plantations, are a landmark of Southern Italy. They are called "furnieddhu" and were built in the dry wall technique typical for the zone. Farmers used them as shelters and to store their harvest.
During my August visit in the Salento region of Italy, I went to this furnieddhu, because it lines up perfectly with the vertical Milky Way and stands in a relatively dark part of this heavily light polluted region. What I did not know, was that a very popular open air discotheque is located on the other side of the road and bathing the structure with bright LED lights.
Sometimes, you have to bow with the blow... I adapted my low level lighting and used the headlights of passing cars to match the brightness of the discotheques flood lights and to avoid harsh shadows and highlights on the walls.
Fortunately nor the brightly lit foreground, nor the loud music affected the sky quality.
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October 24th, 2019
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