Piazza Pretoria, a photo from Palermo, Sicily

Photographer's Note

Parziale veduta di Piazza Pretoria a Palermo.

Piazza Pretoria detta anche Piazza della Vergogna per via della nudità delle sue statue, si trova sul limite del quartiere della Kalsa, in prossimità dell'angolo del Cassaro con via Maqueda, a pochi metri dai Quattro Canti, centro esatto della città storica di Palermo.

La foto l'ho scattata durante il mio tour siciliano in compagnia di Ludo (Polpo56) e di sua moglie con la mia Lumix/Leica in quanto la Fuji è attualmente in assistenza per un guasto.

Gigidusud, Sonata11, baddori, jjcordier, bayno, gervaso, delpeoples has marked this note useful

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PaulVDV (15017) 2012-05-14 15:04

Ciao Francesco,
This square certainly has a lot of statues. Beautiful to find them on different levels.
The picture has an excellent depth of field, clarity and sharpness.
Best regards, Paul

Gigidusud (8078) 2012-05-14 15:04

Ciao Francesco,
L'ultimo voto per il cugino!:)
Bellissimo scatto nell angolo di questa famosa piazza.
Complimenti!
Ghislaine

Ricx (13435) 2012-05-14 15:34

Hi Freancesco- how fascinating.. I come from the City of Pretoria - named after a chap called Pretorius- I wonder how this paizza got its name

npecanhuk (53909) 2012-05-14 17:26

Ciao Francesco!
Wonderful statues in a very attractive urban environmet!
Truly interesting and beautiful picture!
Sharpness, exposure, colors, chosen pov, horizontal format, black & white borders and composition are all excellent and really pleased me!
TFS - congrats,
Buona settimana,
Neyvan

Sonata11 (28341) 2012-05-14 20:10

Hello Francesco,
An interesting composition of this an amazingly beautiful Piazza Pretoria and its architecture with fabulous statues. Accounted for as great in terms of color and sharpness. Beautifully photographed. I really like it. Thanks for sharing.
Best regards,
Barbara

SnapRJW (18752) 2012-05-14 22:26

Hello Francesco - I think what impresses me most about this shot, apart from the subject matter, is the way you have composed it and the contrasting colours of the statues and buildings. The statues stand out very well against the architecture and the DOF is excellent - pin sharp details throughout. The light has given strong shadows and contrast which emphasises the modelling nicely. Warm regards rosemary

emka (58152) 2012-05-14 22:42

Ciao caro L'Assessore,

Haha, so many nude bodies here. You made nice trip with TE friends. Interesting composition with many details, great colours.

WArm regrads

MAlgo

baddori (18988) 2012-05-14 22:48

Francesco
Un nuovo "neo classicismo" fotografico.
Alla purezza della costruzione aggiungi la purezza della riproduzione fotografica.
Splendido il "dolce" contrasto tra il biancone delle statue e balaustra ed il grigio "cotto" delle facciate.
In PP esaltazione di quello che io chiamo "avorio" quando il bianco esce ...
Un abbraccio
Gianfranco

ifege (9440) 2012-05-14 23:47

Hi Francesco
Great one here - it almost looks like the statures are strolling about.
Sorry can't join your other website - I'm invloved in another big one already.
cheers
Ian

bayno (16209) 2012-05-15 0:49

Ciao Francesco,
sei stato molto bravo a gestire la luce potente, di solito con una luce così forte è facile bruciare i marmi bianchi, bella inquqdratura e un gran definizione, bravo...
buona giornata...
Valter

Sergiom (39259) 2012-05-15 5:20

Ciao Francesco

Cette très belle collection de statues de marbre semblent attendre avec impatience les touristes et les photographes tout en prenant un peu de soleil. Une très belle composition.

Amicalement

Serge

timecapturer (30334) 2012-05-15 5:39

Hi Francesco
this is delightful. Love the composition which is perfectly balanced and so irresistable. Superb sharpness and clarity make this so powerful and captivating. Stunning!

Regards - Brian.

Budapestman (82620) 2012-05-15 12:39

Hi Francesco,
a spectacular photo with splendid details, the composition is very attractive, great POV and lights, Tfs! Have a nice week! Kellemes hetet kívánok!
György

gervaso (8043) 2012-05-15 18:19

Hello, Francesco!

An image full of architectural and artistic details, excellently and peacefully placed around the frame! Very good colors and sharpness! Wonderful job!

delpeoples (44960) 2012-05-16 3:31

Caro Cicc

Ricordo bene questa piazza che sembra molto diversa di giorno. Bellissima l'architettura e dettagli anche se e' chiamato "una vergogna". Anche il Davide ha il foglio di fico, ma questi Palermitani, muh! Spero che hai catturato anche i Quattro Canti questa volta.

grazie per la condivisione e passa una bella jurnata
Lisa

chrisvek (5483) 2012-05-16 12:48

Ηello Francesco

Very nice details of this sculture art on this photo.Great composition and very nice POV.Very good framing.Well done!

Have a good evening
Chris

mauro61 (52527) 2012-05-16 13:36

ciao Francesco,
mi piace il taglio che presenta una parte di questa bella e famosa piazza.
La luce è ben gestita e tutti gli elementi della composizione mantengono la loro naturale bellezza,
saluti
maurizio

JFS (32153) 2012-05-17 0:37

Ciao Francesco!
What a beautiful shot! The whole image is delighful with such a nice and rich arquitecture...The light managment is superb too.

My best regards,
Juan

annjackman (13219) 2012-05-17 10:03

Hello Francesco,
I enjoy this very much. I have visited this square when it was full of people and the light was very strong - my pictures were not good. You took this from a good angle giving a well organised composition. The exposure and sharpness are spot on - very well done.
Regards, Ann

macjake (39235) 2012-05-20 0:48

Hi Francesco
now thats a bust! haha....couldn't help myself!
hard to count them all, but i think there are 8 or 9 sculptures in all here.
its great that they managed to be all tucked in under the rooftops of the architecture, it just looks better that way.
eleagant and rich looking subjects.
Cheers
Craig