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Florence, the jewel of Italy


Florence, the jewel of Italy
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Copyright: Sunil Tantirige (linus) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1360 W: 10 N: 687] (9665)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-08-07
Categories: Daily Life, Architecture
Camera: Canon PowerShot SD600
Exposure: f/10.0, 1/400 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-08-25 19:15
Viewed: 243
Points: 25
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Here is a panoramic view of Florence taken from the Piazza Michelangelo, across the river Arno.

Florence was the cradle of renaissance of European culture following the dark ages. The city was the center for art, culture, trade, and banking. Michelangelo and Leonardo went to the same high school here in this city. It is hard to imagine that Michelangelo, Galileo, the composer Rossini, and the infamous Machiavelli are all buried in the Church of Santa Croce, few blocks away from the city centre. The main cathedral of Florence, known as the Duomo is where the architectural renaissance took off. Behind the church is the Accademia where Michelangelo’s David lives. Down the street is Uffizi Gallery, which houses the greatest collection of Italian paintings anywhere, including the Birth of Venus by Botticelli. We only had just one day to spend in this incredible city, but I would imagine you could spend a month here and still would not see and experience all that is there to see.
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Hi Sunil,
Beautiful picture nicely composed and presented with great colors and sharpness, excellent POV. and details, very well done.
Michel

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  • Beger Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2936 W: 618 N: 3365] (15449)
  • [2008-08-25 20:05]

Hi Linus,
I do agree with your title!
Florence has an incredible charm and rich inheritance!
Excellent view on the Arno River and the perspective of its multiple bridges!
I like this luminosity with the warm reflects on the city. Very beautifully done!
Annie

Hello Sunil,

I like the composition, with the Arno central in the frame!
Good details in the architecture, made outstanding by the fine light...
Lovely colours, and I always like some emphasis to a good sky!

Greetings,
Pablo -

Hi Sunil
Florence is always beautiful but I feel some of it got lost in your too big sky.
from this great pov a bit of zooming was needed.
tfs
tsilla

Hello Sunil! Amazing perspective. Wonderful cityscape. Good low horizon. Fantastic sky. Good picture. Very good composition. Well done!

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  • chrisJ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3715 W: 216 N: 3721] (28231)
  • [2008-08-26 6:15]

Hi Sunil

A marvellous blue sky & good high pov overlooking the Arno River & Florence. Excellent sharpness & colour. Tfs!

A clear composition with good light and detail. Excellent exposure. I like it a lot.
Best wishes,
Achim

A good overvieuw of thee town Sunilyou kept the sky nicely large,I like that .
jan

Bonjour Sunil,
Ma fille y est allée, il y a quelques années, elle était enchantée et ne savait comment me parler de ce joyau de l'Italie, cette jolie ville Florence!!!
Merci je la découvre aujourd'hui, elle ne m'avait pas menti, c'est magnifique!!!
Toute cette architecture est merveilleuse!!!
Amitiés
Odile

Excellent Sunil and had you used the zoom at all the light and colour would have changed dramatically. Well composed in teh vertical format and nice foreground detail,
David

Hello Sunil


Visual and big beautiful panoramic of Florence.
I like the look and of this lukewarm light that it illuminates this
beautiful landscape!
great colors and sharpness, excellent POV.
Congratulations my friend...

Sérgio

Hi Sunil,
Most people would opt for a horizon as far up as possible, but you proved that doing it differently works as well. I like the big positive space and they way the sky slowly turns from a smoggy grey to clear blue. The river is a great leadline and let the eye explore the different brigdes.
TSF,
Niek

Hi Sunil,


Excellent POV my friend! The panoramic view of the beautiful Italian city is terrific, the afternoon warm lighting makes it even more attractive! Nicely composed and presented
TFS,
Vassilis

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