The Red Website

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The Colosseum in Rome is remebered by one and all for the ancient shenanigans that are supposed to have taken place there. Legends of the Roman Circus, of gladiator battles and wild beasts, have filtered through the ages into common knowledge. But, in this particular photo, the monument looks a little extra bloody, lit with red lights from the inside, with the fading blue sky behind it. A spectacle indeed.

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What is it about red flowers that never gets old? This simple shot of a red lily against the blue sky is pleasingly simple. The bright crimsons of the flower are balanced well by the fresh green of the stalks, and the the brilliance of the Sun hitting the stamens and un-opened buds. Nature rarely requires setting or decoration, for it is beauty itself.