Alberto Sordi's Gallery Photo

Photographer’s Note

View from the gallery's main gate.
The image is a stich of tree shot made with the "Autostich" software, I have found it very good, better than photomerge of photoshop CS2.

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A real myth for his roman fans, who call him 'Albertone', and one of the most popular Italian movie actors, Alberto Sordi was born in Rome in 1920; during his 50-year long carreer, he has appeared in some 150 films.
He began his artistic adventure working in popular radio programs and as a movie dubber, exploiting his very particular voice: for many years Oliver Hardy has spoken Italian through Sordi.

After playing secondary roles in a number of films, in 1951 he was chosen by Fellini for the character of the 'White Sheik' in Lo sceicco bianco, and his popularity started to grow.
In 1954 he created the character of Nando Mericoni in Un americano a Roma, where he plays a childish young man whose biggest dream is to live the American way of life, and therefore pretends to be from Kansas City: the film became a cult movie (Sordi was also one of the authors of the script), and Alberto was soon invited to the United States were he received a Kansas City honorary citizenship.

Commonly known as a comic actor, as many of his well-known films are comedies, Sordi has played a great number of different characters (often named Alberto, as himself); some of his roles have also been very serious or dramatic, but always with a touch of humor.

His films usually carry elements of social satire, sometimes mild, sometimes very bitter; he likes to play a typical middle class Italian with many defects and few good qualities.
Working for important Italian directors, such as Federico Fellini, Ettore Scola, Cesare Zavattini, Mario Monicelli, Vittorio De Sica, Luigi Comencini, his films sometimes have an important cast; he also personally directed some of his movies.
Among the famous national and international stars he worked with, we could mention Vittorio Gassman, David Niven, Claudia Cardinale, Bette Davis, Monica Vitti, Bernard Blier, Silvana Mangano, Shelley Winters, and many others.
Alberto Sordi's films are enjoyable both for his Italian fans (especially romans, who adore him) and for non-Italian spectators.

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Polarisdg (457) 2007-03-15 7:18

Hi Vinicio

I like this photo with nice Symmetry.

David

jasmis (50582) 2007-03-15 7:22

Gorgeous panorama of really amazing gallery. Superb quality of this photo. Smart idea and superb result.
Regards my dear friend.

mursaloglu (5164) 2007-03-15 7:33

Caro Vinicio
e' una foto veramente tridimensionale con un effetto superbo. Tanti complimenti. ihsan

stefanocer (10408) 2007-03-15 7:34

Molto bella , è da tempo che pensavo di farne una così , troppo tardi .. , complimenti sia per la gestione delle luci non facile ed anche per la cucitura delle foto molto ben eseguita, well done.
Stefano.

besnard (30808) 2007-03-15 7:52

Bonjour Vinicio
Très belle composition de cette galerie marchande. Tu t'es place idéalement pour nous faire voir la symétrie de ces deux allées.
Bravo - merci pour le partage et bonne journée.
Nicole

Buin (37834) 2007-03-15 7:53

Hallo Vinicio!
A great panorama - with so many details! You show us an amazing place in a wonderful atmosphere and light as well. An impressive photo!
Greetings from sunny Germany!
Frank

ktanska (16621) 2007-03-15 7:58

Hi Vinicio,
Excellent use of symmetry as a special effect. And original inside large panorama. The place looks cosy and spacious with calm colours and exact exposure. I wonder what's the angle between the two halls in reality, it's hard to estimate from a panorama.
Kari

snunney (34998) 2007-03-15 8:30

Hello Vinicio,
Excellent panoramic full of life. Shows good exposure management with good lighting throughout and pleasing tones and good sharpness. Very good work.

Silvio1953 (42095) 2007-03-15 9:30

Grande Albertone, quanto ci manchi!
Grande tributo alla memoria di un grandissimo attore, Vinicio, splendida foto con magnifica prospettiva e grande tecnica, bravo, ciao Silvio
PS grazie di avermi inserito tra i tuoi preferiti:)

bostankorkulugu (33708) 2007-03-15 12:14

"bravo" for the symmetry you ve captured here in this shot, vinicio... beautiful place, and a real god job... congrats...

best regards

korkut:)

pat0500 (21513) 2007-03-15 12:34

Hi Vinicio,
Very good composition of these three pictures, good pano..!
Good perspective in the two galleries, very good light and good atmosphere.
Good shot my friend..:-)
Best regards,
Patrick

gilou530 (35350) 2007-03-15 13:46

salut vinicio
super assemblage et belle perspective de ces deux allées, la version large est top avec beaucoup de netteté, bravo
amitiés
gilbert

josepmarin (33837) 2007-03-15 15:34

Ciao Vinicio,
perfecto stitch, con un gran resultado y una gran calidad de imagen.
La composición simétrica trabaja muy bien en este encuadre, donde vemos la elegancia de esta galería y donde captas muy bien el ambiente y el dinamismo que da la gente.
Buena iluminación y colores naturales. La versión larga es excelente, tiene muy buena definición.
Bien hecha.
Un saludo,
Josep

lukas (2027) 2007-03-15 16:18

Hi Vinicio
Excellent symmetry and special effect,
beautiful stitch, very well done
Luc

bebep (2087) 2007-03-15 21:33

Ciao Vinicio,
lavoro fino! non deve essere stato facile con la luce artificiale rendere così bene i dettagli senza avere troppi fantasmi sulla foto, BRAVO

a presto

Giuseppe

vagabondtravels (6115) 2007-03-15 23:31

Hi Vincicio

Great note and good job putting this image together. Nice pp. I really like this comp.
Ben

gary91 (15321) 2007-03-16 2:48

Hello Vinicio,
Very good rendering of this gallery. We have been there during our week-end and I am impressed to see what you have done here. You certainly had to wait in order not to have people across several images... nice work.
Have a nice week-end
Best regards, Christian

bruce_wayne (1507) 2007-03-16 4:28

Ciao Vinicio
gran bella idea e molto ben riuscita...adoro questa galleria e so che non è facile fargli delle fotografie, ma questa è molto ben riuscita, le luci e i colori sono catturati benissimo, senza considerare l'effetto Large che fa rimanere senza fiato!!!

Bruce W.

Paolo (40713) 2007-03-16 5:33

Ciao Vinicio, ottima foto e ottimo lavoro con Autostitch (che è un programmino fantastico!!)
bella questa doppia prospettiva speculare, lunga e con ottima luce e qualità.
peccato che fuori dall'Italia quasi nessuno conosca l'ALbertone e le sue fantastiche commedie!
buon w.e.
ciao

Gerrit (35861) 2007-03-16 7:05

Hi Vincio,
fine panoramic view with strong perspective and good colours and sharpness.
Regards, Gerrit

lestans (15460) 2007-03-16 8:07

Ciao Vinicio!
fantastica composizione simmetrica della galleria, ottimi dettagli e nitidezza! Bel fatta anche la nota.
Ho apprezzato molto la versione grande, ricchissima e perfetta.
Io adopero Panoramamaker che deve essere un buon programma perchè mi corregge discretamente bene. Per ora non tento di scricare programmi perchè quassù fra i colli non siamo benedetti dall'ADSL e ci vuole una vita.
Ciao - buon fine settimana!!

Livia

pastadog (12821) 2007-03-16 17:20

Excellent work, Vinicio! The depth is really spec-ta-cu-lar; also the symmetry, in fact for a second I thought there was a reflection here. Congratulations for this amazing post. TFS, Daniel.

alainh (35379) 2007-03-17 4:32

Hello Vinicio.
night captures haven't no more secrets for you !!
always a pleasure and the symetrie you catch here is a best.
have a nice weekend Vinicio
alain

kittyhawk (1687) 2007-03-17 11:09

Hello Vinicio,

Very nice panoramic view in this photo. I really like how you've captured this scene. I allso like the detail and the people show how busy this place might be. TFS.

Friendly,
- Halgeir

JCG (25469) 2007-03-19 4:51

Hi Vinicio,

A very beautiful assembly of an irreproachable quality. I like very much the symmetry of these two commercial galleries. In large version one appreciates much the clearness of the details. Beautiful management of the light too. Cheer Vinicio and thank you for the note.

With my all friendships,

Jean-Charles

sebinho342 (18740) 2007-03-19 8:16

Hi Vinicio, oh double perspective for the price of one !
As a fan of that kind of shot i can't miss this one :)
Impressive roman architecture, you show it well to us there.
A very good shot

danyy (69029) 2007-03-19 18:18

Fantastique réalisation Vinicio, autant pour les prises de vue que les assemblages.
Cela ne manque pas de qualité mais surtout de graphisme de pas la symetrie. On a un peu l'impression de voir un reflet.
Belles lumières.
Bien à toi.
Daniel.