Cool Pool Fantasy of Perge by brewgirlca
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This really needs a full size peek.
As many of you will know, after a steam bath the most enjoyable pleasure is to quickly jump into a cool pool. So it should come as no surprise for you by now that is precisely what the Romans did at Perge.
This is the cool pool of the bath complex. The two were connected by the stained glass passageway, the remains of which I posted previous to this image. As Noel has pointed out, the cool pool place is properly named the Frigidarium!
In my last image Photosynthesis suggested that I might have filled in the archways with photoshop stained glass. And while I am probably not skilled enough to do that with justice,I did give it a go here by flooding the pool. Also, I put in a statue of Athena (Minerva to the Romans). Each of the pedestals that you see here would have been occupied by a marble statue of either a God, Goddess or Emperor. I photographed this statue in the city musuem of nearby Antalya, but it had been excavated from Perge.
Now you can compare what I actually saw with a hint of what the cool pool might have looked like in ancient times.
Next up, the city's water works which fed this bath complex and indeed half the city of Perge.
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Comments (26)
Fascinating piece of history.
I have a lot of catching up to do, especially in your gallery, as it's one I've missed during my odd absence. (Computer crashes do that ya know!) Anyway, I love this image and the nice tweaks you've added. This is a place I'd love to visit, though knowing me, I'd wanna live near there. I'm drawn to ancient places, which is somewhat odd, since much of my science fiction focuses on the future (or alternate present times, but what are those things without roots in the past?) You have a dramatic photographic eye and I must say that your capture and control of the light is superb. I rather like seeing Minerva where She likely stood and She fits perfectly, though she's in less-weathered condition. I happen to admire much that the ancient Romans were able to accomplish; so much of what they thought up is still with us! They weren't as different from us as we'd like to think, and from what I've heard, their music was somewhat like our own stuff! That's a ramble for another day, however. Right now, I'm stuck in this image, and I suspect that something of a story might emerge from the impressions I'm getting. There are so many stories a place like this can tell: if only one were to listen. Your work here captures that superbly. And you're right. Full size zoom is a must.
WOW! More great pix from your travels! I'm sorry I haven't been keeping up the last few days...spotty gallery visits for now, I'm afraid...But I'm sure glad I caught this one! :D
Enchanting place my friend, excellent work!
I love what you did with this... totally cool work Roxy. Kinda give you and idea of what it would have looked like when in use. Beautiful work... and an excellent photo of this site.
Great idea to add water and the statue! The baths must have looked beautiful in their time. Baths were so important in Roman social life. Thanks for showing and for your narrative.
The statue & pool look very seamless & the rippled water is really well done. I looked at the image before I read your explanation & thought it might have been a different part of the baths - you had me fooled. One thing I'd suggest is that if you gave the water a blue (or green?) tint, it might give it a little more drama. Just a thought. I'm happy to have provided a small nudge to your creativity...
you did an excellent job of adding the statue and water... that is the thing I like most about poser - "thinking of ways" to make your images show what you see.... I hope you do many more of these to get comfortable = you rose to the challenge her - great job.
Wonderful capture my friend and info!!!
Beautiful photo
What a wonderful capture Roxy, and I love the way you brought it to life once again through your amazing manipulations. Very much enjoyed the history you provided also.
I'm no where near the level of proficiency that you've demonstrated with your additions, looks great!
Fantastic work on the image, Roxy. great description of the process. your postwork is seamless and very well done
Excellent shot and good clarity. The reason behind the Caldarium, Tepidarium and Frigidarium is bcoz in those days soap was not yet used. So ppl soaked themselves in a Caldarium and Tepidarium letting the heat take away all the grime, and having their skin pores clean. Finally they spent time in a frigidarium cooling off before applying scents (usually the rich did so). This is also the reason why most of such baths were public bath systems. Only the extremely rich & powerful had their private baths.
Very nice retouch. Turned out great
Fascinating image Hugs Susan~
I saw a Roman bath at Bath, England. Very cool.
A great idea well executed Roxy. Quite enjoying these. This must have been some place back in it's day!
It certainly was sizable too! Amazing to me how sophisticated the design is. I love seeing the water and the statue, helps envision a time when it was actually used!
Excellent
That's...here it comes, cool. Really. I can only imagine the beauty it must of held. Excellent photos and really great manipulation. The water and statue bring it alive. Great bit of info and always very interesting on how sophisticated people were so long ago.
I love how you've added the water to the pool, Roxy! Delightful! I'm such a space cadet the last few days that I think I need a good wake-up... Going from the steam bath to jumping into a cool pool would probably do the trick! Now you need to add a couple hot Roman ladies to your cool pool scene! :-D Wonderful photos you've been posting, and great historical information, as well. If history would have been this interesting back in school...
Excellent
Superb captures and collage. Congratulations being selected for gallery of the week 29. God Bless.
Beautiful photograph and post work. I wonder how the people who built such wondrous things could be so blood thirsty.
Quite interesting roman ruins :)