Along the Aurelia SS1 Photo

Photographer’s Note

That image was took few days ago during our travel to Roma from Milano.
The direct higway Milano-Roma was crowded for men at work and different crashs, so we took the highway that from the Eastern point of Liguria go South to Roma on the coastline, along the Tirrenic Sea.
For the first 180 km there is an highway, then there is the Strada Statale Aurelia N°1 (It's know in Italy as SS1-Aurelia).
It's one of the oldest street of the world, one of the first built by the Romans. It was built during the III Century b.C. from Roma to Cerveteri, an Etruscan impportant city. In the 109 b.C. it was extended to Genova.
The Aurelia street took the name from the censor Aurelius Cotta (241 b.C.) or from the console Aurelio (200 b.C.).
The Aurelia leave Roma on the Western suburb and run along the coast for 600 km to Genova and it runs in some of the most beautiful landscapes of Italy: the Ligurian Eastern coast (Portofino, Cinque Terre, Camogli, Lerici), the Versilia in the Northern Tuscany (Viareggio, Pietrasanta, Torre del Lago, Massa). then the middle Tuscany (Pisa, Livorno, Castiglioncello, Cecina, Rosignano), then the Southern part of Tuscany the historical region of the Maremma (that for the most part is on the Grosseto Province).
The image was took close to the small medieval village of Capalbio, one of the most beautiful villagges of Maremma, and close to the wonderful Monte Argentario peninsula that it is far away on the middle of the image.
Capalbio is the Southern city of Tuscany, close to the border of Lazio, the Roman Region.
Maremma is a big area know for the large horizon, farmers, the low number of population, the wonderful small villages, the excellent food and the Italian Cow-Boys, the Butteri Maremmani.

This is a site about Butteri

ajcsousa, rbcy1974, fabio_ts, PixelTerror, supereira, efigesta, PLD_images, huynt, aloyho, feather, oochappan, fayeulle, Emile has marked this note useful

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ajcsousa (1804) 2005-10-04 4:12

Ciao Paolo,
Nice sunset. Nice composition. Amazing sky and Beautiful light and colors. Well done
Regards, António

rbcy1974 (20732) 2005-10-04 4:20

Hi Paolo,
Nice sunset, nice ilhuetes in the background. Beautiful sky.
Regards
Daniel

fabio_ts (13670) 2005-10-04 4:22

WOW Paolo,
a volte rallentare un pò la marcia uscendo dalle solite strade regala orizzonti inaspettati.. qui hai trovato una splendida immagine da regalare a noi "trekheartisti"... ottimo "colpo"

buona giornata, Fabio.

barrufeto_77 (24439) 2005-10-04 4:28

Ciao Paolo.

Beautifull. The sun and the clouds near it are lovely. An "idilic" image!

Furthermore, Thanks for your notes because on easter I'd like to go to Italy and this is a helpful note!

Regards, Oscar.

Amirsun (2114) 2005-10-04 4:39

Hi Paolo! Very nice shot and great tones of red. Excellent composition with the sun in the golden spot.
Tanks for posting.
Regards
Amir

PixelTerror (81500) 2005-10-04 5:11

Ciao Paolo,
A classical sunset exercize, the sun is well placed, the colors wonderfully warm, some silhouettes can be spotted on the horizon and the clouds add patterns for the light to play on, shortly said a good sunset !
Have a nice day,
Jean-Yves

supereira (9576) 2005-10-04 5:30

Beautiful sky.I like the composition and DOF.Great contrast between the sky and the black silhouettes.Good colors,light and sharpness.Good job!

efigesta (12181) 2005-10-04 5:46

Ciao Paolo, nice pic, beauty sky and i like the DOF and POV, Tks regards manuel matos

Zepi (22848) 2005-10-04 6:51

Hello Paolo
Magnifiques couleurs,superbe payage!
C'est très chaud ces tonalités!
J'adore
Merci pour le partage
Amicalement,
Sébastien

PLD_images (7137) 2005-10-04 7:13

Great image Paolo.

Your use of proportions here works really well with all that amazing sky and it's warm colors. You managed the light well for an against the sun photo.
Great text also.

huynt (5077) 2005-10-04 7:14

Ciao
Bravo for the new hope in the new beautiful day from your great shot. I also made a trip from Swiztland Lugano to Milano - Venice- Roma - Fioren -Torino in Jan 2001. Well done.Huy

jinju (14259) 2005-10-04 7:51

Hi Paolo,

its a serene shot. Nice colors and light. Good composition. As I said its serene, perhaps a bit too serene. Id like to see something that jumps out at us a bit more, perhaps something in the sky.

Gix (3559) 2005-10-04 8:41

ciao Paolo,
non sono l'unico che apprezza di viaggiare fuori dalle autostrade!, in autostrada non si può fotografare tanto facilmente...
Bellissimo tramonto, scommetto che non c'era neanche troppo traffico.
ciao, Giorgio

aloyho (6079) 2005-10-04 9:26

Hi Paolo,
I like your idea of putting the horizon close to the bottom horizontal as it lets us enjoy the beauty of the sky. It also emphasized the feeling of the setting sun and that it is going to disappear soon. Superb lighting control despite having to face the glaring sun. Very impressive!! Have a nice day.

gaby (19791) 2005-10-04 11:04

Paolo bonsoir - tu es toujours un des maîtres incontestés et incontestables du coucher de soleil - celui là est particulièrement splendide avec des tons extras -
Merci et bonne soirée
Gaby

paolino (1024) 2005-10-04 16:23

Conosco bene questa strada, l'ho percorsa un sacco di volte, ed effettivamente la Maremma sembra avere qualcohe volta degli orizzonti piu' vasti. La foto comunque e' molto suggestiva, un bel tramonto con le nuvole messe al posto giusto e splendidi colori.
Ciao Paolo

toni_al (14904) 2005-10-04 17:28

Hi Paolo
Magnifique coucher de soleil, les proportions sont bien choisies.
Amitiés
@+ Toni

oochappan (22433) 2005-10-04 18:06

A nice moment Paolo that you captured here on the way, a lot of warm coloring from the orange sun in the cloudy sky, not overexposed at all on the sun, not so evident, very well done with a good note.

leonorkuhn (9832) 2005-10-04 21:45

Ciao Paolo,
Splendido tramonto! Wonderful reddish sky and clouds. Nice view of the trucks in the highway. Well done.
Leonor

faubry (31481) 2005-10-05 3:56

very nice sunset, i like these silhouettes in background, beautiful light!
bravo
francine

fayeulle (26297) 2005-10-05 5:08

Hi Paolao
Very well colored sky. Nice capture.
Well done and super note
JP

feather (46273) 2005-10-05 9:49

Stunning colours and cloud formation; just enough silhouetted land to anchor the image.
Kath

alejandroguzman (4672) 2005-10-06 1:04

Another superb picture from u Paolo....with great composition and DOF

hugs
alejandro

simonekarl (404) 2006-07-07 7:51

Ciao Paolo
Grosseto is the featured destination today!
I love your sunset on the Aurelia, so many beautiful tones and the silluette of the casale on the horizon. Veramente Bella.
Simone..
ps Forza Azzurri : )

humayun (508) 2007-06-20 22:47

Ciao Paolo,.
vey very great image.at the light of sun the houses thats great.
Nice sunset. Nice composition. Amazing sky and Beautiful light and colors.
weldon