"The Last Battle" : today is the Archangels Day. 29.09.2021 Happy Good Name Day to all the Warriors of Light!! #WhiteANGEL Photography

            In the uncertainty of this third Millennium, it feels good to think about every year we have this important Anniversary celebrating the Archangels Legacy of God.
First of all: Saint MICHAEL, Saint GABRIEL, Saint RAPHAEL.
I only know Michaels! I believe I'm closer to that Hierarchy, by temperament. 
*** Happy Name Anniversary Day to all my Michael Friends and valued Group Members! ***

Happy Day to all the luminous warriors for the Good, to all the doctors, physicians, health practitioners, the teachers, the friends, the messengers...
Last but not least: the lighting warriors can also be the Photographers! So happy Feast of Light to you all!

Furtherly: I superlike the fact that the Archangels are present in all the monotheistic religions, so, in their path, we can all feel a lil together, independently from anyone own Creed! Wow, this is a true plus!

In my photo: modern wooden hand sculpted and hand painted statue of St. Michael the Archangel (Middle XX Ct), ancient Parrosh Church, Loreo, Italy. 
Nikon Cool Pix33, my lil magic one, no in-camera effects (my Cool Pix sees almost as my eyes) Light/colour adjustment as low indoor-lighting, slight oval semi-transparent smoky frame overlapped as a foreground layer. Noise on the face gives intensity but looses clarity; what I like of this photo is the strange gradient of a golden light at the apex,  deeming from upwards to the lower part of the sculpture.  Framing allowed me to isolate the statue from the closeness of frescoes with other subjects and to delicatelly accompany and caress the sinous line of the chains.
My shooting position: laying on church floor, untill the Parrosh arrived to meet me and see what I was doing on the floor. So, I didn't have many attempts for this particular angle, just one or two. I have much better & focused shots from other perspectives but this it the one I may prefer.

I will never be tired to photograph this and other Saint Michael statues and paintings. Almost every year I come back to see this statue and I find it positioned in other places in the church. The last time was 2 years ago and the inner light had been much improved to allow me to take better shots. Michaels Angels have always a very potent appearance, a carismatic glaze which is a powerful statement.

I had the opportunity to take some interesting photos to a St. Michael marble statue this summer, near the medieval castle of Copertino (Lecce, Italy) and in the year 2016 in Belgique at the wooden statue of Saint Michel in Bruxelles, Concathédrale Saints Michel-et-Gudule. That statue almost animated in front of my camera. I and my friend could both take some very phenomenal photos with two different cameras and the peculiar effect was there in both cameras. We never shared those pics, we are still a lil scared. I would need an expert in detecting paranormal activity and in validating the absence of any edits to our photos. So I am keeping them pristine, raw until I find an expert willing to "read" them.
I think maybe two experts would be needed: an image detective and a mystic... Complicated but I keep on the hope.

*** Was the last battle over or will we prophetically have another ultimate final battle at the end of times? Will the battle conclude the story or will it initiate a totally new and different Era and Dimension ? ***
   

Taken on: September 1, 2018

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