Venice - take two

[Kaye Leggett]

As well as the iconic buildings of the Grand Canal, there are many nuggets in Venice..... so a few here

1. The Grand Canal



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4.

[Shadowman]

Nice series.

[IzzieK]

These are all very good, Kaye but I like the simplicity of #2 image. The owner or resident of that building must have a boat or some sort of transport that can be taken out of that door compare it to the last image where there are bricks piled up the door...just a thought.

[Rebel]

Nice Kaye, the first one is my favourite.

Did you notice the smell? I went in September and didn't notice it at all?

[John 2]

Some great memories Kaye, for me as well as for you. Nice series. The Grand Canal in that warm light is particularly attractive.

[Mike Buckley]

This set is even stronger for me than the first set, though my wish for a blacker black point still holds true for this set. I just love the details of Venice and you did an excellent job of capturing them.

I'm trying to figure out how you captured such a large expanse of water in the first photo with no boats or gondolas. Surely you didn't remove them during post-processing.

In the first image, consider cropping at the top just above the tallest building and cropping on the bottom just below the far left building for a panorama-style aspect ratio.

[Wavelength]

Beautiful set of images

[FootLoose]

Nice set, Kaye. I love the textures in the 2nd shot. In fact, I would probably crop most of the water out to remove most of the reflection and just have the wall as the subject.

[Dave Humphries]

I'm trying to figure out how you captured such a large expanse of water in the first photo with no boats or gondolas.

The answer was in the other thread Mike - Kaye (and hubby) got up and out very early


Hi Kaye,

My thoughts on these:
#1 requires some CA (Chromatic Aberration) correction, but a good clear viw
#2 this composition doesn't really work for me, cropped a little too tight on left
#3 is another where I feel I wanted to see what was above
#4 is OK though - although the hint of flowers makes me want to see the whole frontage

Never satisfied, that's me!


I can't make my mind up about Venice, I visited when still a teenager - and that was a very long time ago, even so, I think I'd rather like to visit some 300-400 years (?) ago to see it when it was all 'new' - the unfortunate tidal extremes and flooding over many winters has done so much damage, as we can see

If only they had built it as a floating city, rather than as it is. Probably a silly thing to say; likely impractical back then.

It sadly seems much of the city is now beyond practical help/repair nowadays.

[Kaye Leggett]

Thanks Izzie. Indeed there was a boat.....but not one you would want to include in the image - hence Dave's requirement for more because perhaps they are cropped a little too much....I am going to look at these again and also the black point. Thanks for your input Mike and to you all for looking and commenting. I'm glad I provoked a few memories too.

[bnnrcn]

Nice series Kaye #1 is my fav and I like the light on the buildings very much.