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Giant Pinecone


Giant Pinecone
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Copyright: Fred NEF (Freddie) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1603 W: 125 N: 1172] (6255)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-11
Categories: Architecture, Artwork
Exposure: f/2.8, 1/200 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-06-24 7:16
Viewed: 601
Points: 24
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Cortile della Pigna
This 1st century Roman bronze Pigna ("pinecone") gives the name Cortile della Pigna to the highest terrace; it was a Roman fountain. The lowest terrace is called the Cortile del Belvedere. Unless you are the pope or a clergy, you have to pay to enter the Vatican Museum to see this courtyard w/ lots and lots of pagan and iconic sculptures all around. :)

Pigna is the name of rione IX of Rome. The name means "pine cone" in Italian, and the symbol for the rione is the colossal bronze pine cone, the Pigna, which decorated a fountain in Ancient Rome next to a vast Temple of Isis. There water flowed copiously from the top of the pinecone. The Pigna was moved first to the old basilica of St. Peter's, where Dante saw it. In the 15th century it was moved to its current location, the upper end of Bramante's Cortile del Belvedere, which is now usually called in its honour the Cortile della Pigna, linking the Vatican and the Palazzo del Belvedere. There it stands today under Pirro Ligorio's vast niche at the far end, flanked by a pair of Roman bronze peacocks brought from Hadrian's mausoleum, the Castel Sant'Angelo.

-Wiki


Composition:
Exposure Time: 1/202
F-Stop: f/2.8
Focal Length: 7300/1000 mm
Metering Mode: Pattern

Pp work:
1. skew and warp
2. crop
3. saturate, sharpen, add border, and resize

Quote of the Day:
"The camera makes everyone a tourist in other people's reality, and eventually in one's own." -Susan Sontag, longtime companion of photographer Annie Leibovitz (from the mid 1980s until Sontag's death).
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To noborders: Thanxxx! :)Freddie 1 08-28 01:36
To gnada: Thanxxx!Freddie 1 07-23 01:18
To Giorgimer: Thanxxx!Freddie 1 07-18 23:58
To TheMystic: Thanxxx!Freddie 1 07-03 06:44
To GottaCarpeDiem: Thanxxx!Freddie 1 07-03 06:34
To AMKA: Thanxxx!Freddie 1 06-27 18:57
To janneman: Thanxxx!Freddie 3 06-26 18:16
To Maite: Thanxxx!Freddie 1 06-26 16:09
To sjofre: Obrigado!Freddie 1 06-26 16:07
To magda_indigo: Thanxxx!Freddie 1 06-26 12:33
To csuebele: Thanxxx!Freddie 1 06-25 08:21
To Hendrika: Thanxxx!Freddie 1 06-25 03:46
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Hi Fred:
What an amazing capture for some one who may never be there:)
I like the details that you captured on this huge architecture...
Great composition and exposures!!!
David

Hi Fred,
You're doing it again, capturing a group of people to really show us how huge the building is.
Yes, I love it, a Great picture.
TFS
Els

Good shot. Very impressive building.

the people give it a good sense of proportion, never realized it was that huge, well done and thanx, M, (*_*)

Lovely photo, great colours !

And yes, I should dig in to my pockets
to get in ...
IF they let me in ... :-)

Greetz

Jan

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  • Maite Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 236 W: 3 N: 201] (1297)
  • [2007-06-26 10:27]
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What a curious place! I didn't see it when I was there, in the Vatican. I had little time for so many things!
A fantastic shot and composition, Fred.
Thank you very much for sharing it and the valuable note.
Greetings
Maite

imponente! muito belo.

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  • AMKA Gold Star Critiquer [C: 85 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2007-06-27 7:39]
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Hi Freddie :)
Great capture..
Full of details..
Pleasing to my eyes..
Well done my friend.
TFS,
AMKA

Great picture, nice work in pp to straighten out lens distortions. Nice, even light and perfect modelling of architectural details.
Cheers
Otto

Good shot! I have been to the Vatican, but have not the chance to see this! Good note too.
*** Ursula ***

Hi Fred,

I knew this courtyard but didn't remember its dimension. Including the people gives idea of the scale.

Great!

Giorgio

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  • gnada Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2213 W: 59 N: 2467] (13879)
  • [2007-07-21 10:57]
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Hi Fred...
Very nice architectural scene...
Nice photo with a people.
Well dan, George

A beautiful framing and an interesting photo, very classic in its style,
Bravo,
Cath.

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