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Italy - Tuscany

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by greyflash, Jun 23, 2005.

  1. greyflash

    greyflash Subscribing Member

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    Jan 29, 2005
    St. George, Utah
    I have just finished processing and posting the first of three galleries on my trip to Italy earlier in the month. Here are six pictures from that gallery, I hope you enjoy them. All images taken handheld with a D2H and 17-55mm f2.8 lens.

    Assembly hall, Uffizi palace, Florence

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    Pont del Vecchio, Florence

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    Side chapel, Duomo, Florence

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    Christ and Mary Magdalene

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    Michaelangelo sculpture

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    Sculpture of Phillipi Brunelleschi's death

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    greyflash, Jun 23, 2005
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  2. Chris101

    Chris101

    34,612
    Feb 2, 2005
    Arizona
    Great stuff Gordon! I especially like the last one - it shows the texture of the stone and you can see the agony that both the subject and the artist went through. Keep processing and show us more!

    PS on image #2, is the camera tilted, or does the building slope like that - it's Italy ya know so ... ;) 
     
    Chris101, Jun 23, 2005
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  3. Ken-L

    Ken-L Guest

    This is great.....show some more great shots and I won't have to go there....
     
    Ken-L, Jun 23, 2005
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  4. greyflash

    greyflash Subscribing Member

    33,088
    Jan 29, 2005
    St. George, Utah
    Thanks Chris. Image #2 was shot with my 17-55mm lens and because the scene is so large you have no choice but to tilt the camera up. This of course leads to converging lines at the top of the image. If there were a way to shoot from higher up and keep you camera level that would not happen but alas there is not.
     
    greyflash, Jun 23, 2005
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  5. greyflash

    greyflash Subscribing Member

    33,088
    Jan 29, 2005
    St. George, Utah
    Thanks Ken, you can see the rest of the gallery by going onto my Pbase website. I am still working of gallery #2 and #3.
     
    greyflash, Jun 23, 2005
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  6. mike mac

    mike mac

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    Jan 25, 2005
    East Norriton, PA
    Very nice love the forth one it just reached out and grabbed me for soem reason great comp on your part
     
    mike mac, Jun 23, 2005
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  7. greyflash

    greyflash Subscribing Member

    33,088
    Jan 29, 2005
    St. George, Utah
    Thanks Mike, I gave a lot of thought to that image. I purposely let the focus on Mary go soft in order to give emphasis to Christ. It is also one of my favorites. Handholding the camera for all of the indoor shots was a challenge in that it was fairly dark in almost every building.
     
    greyflash, Jun 23, 2005
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  8. patrickh

    patrickh

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    May 4, 2005
    Thousand Oaks
    Gordon, You are giving us all a major treat. First wife and now Florence. Small typo - it's Uffizi. But under any name it is lovely. What a treat to look back on! I too like the tomb, but it's a hard choice over the soft madonna.
     
    patrickh, Jun 23, 2005
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  9. confused

    confused

    499
    May 4, 2005
    Western Washington
    I have never really seen any photos of italy aside from a few and there on tv. This was a real treat to see some images from there. Great stuff and awesome captures!
     
    confused, Jun 23, 2005
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  10. greyflash

    greyflash Subscribing Member

    33,088
    Jan 29, 2005
    St. George, Utah
    Hi Patrick and Elliott,

    This was a fun trip and I am happy to share it with you. Thanks for the correction Patrick, I will make the change.
     
    greyflash, Jun 23, 2005
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  11. daodang

    daodang

    1,901
    Feb 1, 2005
    Montreal Quebec Canada
    Nice shots Gordon. Look like you had a great trip :!: . Regards.
     
    daodang, Jun 23, 2005
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  12. hans

    hans

    827
    Feb 5, 2005
    The Netherlands
    Gordon

    First and last are great,gonna take a look at your gallery later

    Hope you both had a unforgettable trip
     
    hans, Jun 23, 2005
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  13. greyflash

    greyflash Subscribing Member

    33,088
    Jan 29, 2005
    St. George, Utah
    Thanks Dao and Hans. The trip was fun but a lot of hard work too with all the walking every day.
     
    greyflash, Jun 23, 2005
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  14. Crayaco

    Crayaco

    503
    May 4, 2005
    Salida, Colorado
    Very nice shots. Have always wanted to go to Italy.

    Now I can view it from the comfort of my recliner.
     
    Crayaco, Jun 23, 2005
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  15. greyflash

    greyflash Subscribing Member

    33,088
    Jan 29, 2005
    St. George, Utah
    I'm glad I could help your live vicariously. Thanks for your comments.
     
    greyflash, Jun 23, 2005
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  16. Uncle Frank

    Uncle Frank

    1,011
    Jan 26, 2005
    San Jose, CA
    Good to see your photos from Italy, Gordon...
    ... but the best part is having you back 8).

    I just finished my tour of gallery 1. It's filled with wonderful images, but for me, this one stood out from the pack.

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    Uncle Frank, Jun 24, 2005
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  17. greyflash

    greyflash Subscribing Member

    33,088
    Jan 29, 2005
    St. George, Utah
    Hi Frank, thanks for taking the time to look and comment. As for the above picture, I think we all felt that way, I just couldn't find anyplace to sleep like that. After 40 hours in route we were pretty wasted.
     
    greyflash, Jun 24, 2005
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