Showing posts with label photography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label photography. Show all posts

15 January 2014

Venice - classic views

There must be thousands of thousands of photographs of Venice in print and online, but on visiting Venice I found that few photographers caught what I saw. Of those with a similar perspective, some took almost identical shots as myself, although not quite, we all have our differences in style. I enjoyed sharing their work, so have here published a part of my own portfolio on Venice to share. Yes, there are thousands more.

To begin, I have on this page posted a selection of classic views, or rather, my view on classic Venetian landmarks. But then, there seems to be a stunning view around every corner in Venice. And we all have our own lasting impressions. And there are so many views and details which I saw but did not even try to capture with the camera. I stopped and admired, took time, and simply appreciated Venice.

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The Campanile di San Marco and the Doge's Palace

Ponte del Sospiri - the Bridge of sighs

San Marco

Piazetta San Marco

Church of Santa Maria della Salute and gondolas

Fortuna above the globe

The Moors atop the Clocktower

A quiet canal

Canal -side homes

Gondola workshop

The Rialto Bridge

The lower reaches of the Grand Canal

Palaces along the Grand Canal

The Giudecca Canal from the church of S. Giorgio

Venice skyline

San Giorgio

A quiet campo
                             
Statues on the roof of the Biblioteca Marciana
The domes of the church of Santa Maria della Salute

The Lion of S. Marco and S. Theodore on top of two granite columns.



Venice - life

Venice is a dense city where space is a premium commodity; the buildings are close together, the streets are narrow and apart from the Grand Canal, the waterways are narrow. There is not much room for pedestrians, so life goes on in proximity. Then on the plus side; there is no road traffic, the people are friendly, courteous and everyone gets along fine. We can walk for miles through the alleyways and never take the same route twice. While doing so, I took a set of photographs to portray just a tiny part of life of the city, its people and its visitors. There is so much more.

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Local traffic

Heavy traffic

Taxi - Gondola

Kidsnboats

Ambulance in a hurry

Not so local craft

Cameras out

Step life

Tourists on the Rialto Bridge

Tourists at the Bridge of Sighs

Local style

Student life

Canal life

Sunday fishing

Even here

Spring sunshine

Feeding the pigeons

Commuters

Sunday in a campo

Sunday is washday

14 January 2014

Venice - flavour

There are certain sights, sounds, smells and tastes that are are of Venice, and nowhere else. I can't capture all these sensations with a camera, although I have tried. So here I have put together a series of images, which to me, say Venice. Each to their own.

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Busy waterways

Still mornings

Coloured poles

The smell and taste of coffee

Sounds from secret gardens

Home lifestyle

No road motor vehicle traffic sounds

Cool shady walkways

Bells ringing in the morning

How loud in the campanile

Old and new

Houses with history

Glimpses into the past

The sound and smell of rainy days

The smell of low tide

Each building has its own personality

Whispers in marble halls

The sound of water lapping against gondolas

Echoes along the canals

Soft light leads the way

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