Photo of the day: March 11,2010 Canon Ft

No photo shop tricks, just a scan from a Kodachrome-X slide, Shot at the Valley of the Temples in Agrigento, Sicily in August 1972. on a night when there happened to be a full moon raising. This is the old Siciliot city of Agrakas whose temples are perhaps the best preserved of all those in Magna Grecia. Siciliots was the name that Greeks used to call Sicilians. The Greeks came to settle and became Sicilians. They were not conquerors as Sicilian cities like Syracuse and Agrakas rivaled in power and culture any city in Greece. It was in 414 BC when they tried to conquer and were beaten by the Syracusans that their decline began. It was sad that following the Punic wars, the Romans took possession of Sicily making it their first Province. The excesses of Verres and other Romans led to a pillage of the Island. Contrary to what is thought, the Romans were really barbarians compared to the Hellenized world. But that was what happened. The Romans were really very nasty and ruthless. They still are in the way the govern Italy. The canon Ft had the fabulous Canon 50mm F1.4 FL lens. A truly wonderful lens. The ASA was a mere 64! Today we are not happy even as ISO reaches ridiculous levels. Go figure.
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