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Photographer’s Note

This is a view of the tiny village of Pienza and the Val d'Orcia from a hill on the other side of the valley, close to the little village of Monticchiello.
The picture have the original colours and light. Any post procession; just cropped and framed.

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+ We spent the past 4 days in the souther Tuscany, in the Siena Province, visiting Pienza, Montepulciano, the Val d'Orcia and Siena.

+ We were in a wonderful Agriturismo 6 kilometers east of Pienza in the Trequanda Municipality, an old farm renovated on a top of a hill with a fantastic pano view on the valley.

+ We were really lucky, with 4 days of sun, sky without clouds and hot temperature (just a t-shirt during the day).

+ We visited one of the most beautiful area of the whole world, a land blessed by all the gods, with the famous sweet hills, colorful, with the forest with autumnal colours, and the fantastic villages and small cities built during the Rinascimento, monuments, cathedrals, monumental squares everywhere, fantastic sunsets...we had all...

+ We had also excellent dinner and lunch in the local restaurants, drinking top level wines, visiting the "cantine" with tasting tour...

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- Yesterday morning at 11.20 a.m. we leaved Pienza on the way back to Milan.
420 kms and normally 4.30 by car.
We were arrived in Milan at 8.40 p.m.
Total time by car: 9.40 hours!
There were mn at works all around the highway of Firenze, and just to go there, less tha 70 kms, we spent 3 hours.
Fortunally we were in the late morning, 'cause in the afternoon people spent more than 6.30 hours to do that 70 kms!
Then after Firenze Traffic Radio estimated other 3.30 hours to go to Bologna (110 kms), so we jumped out of the Highway Roma-Milano and we took the Firenze-Mare, then the Viareggio-La Spezia, but also that one was full of cars, so we went out the highway, running on the Ligurian Alps on small streets, pass at 1000 meters and we took again the highway Genova-Milano, were after few miles of good traffic we found another jam long more than 50 kms...

- So...this is not the end...'cause a polite gypsye in an Autogrill close to Arezzo, stolen in the bag of my wife.
Inside there were 4 credit cards, Identity Card, not few money, Driver's license, National identification number, Regional Health Card...

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TOTAL:

It was a wonderful vacation...with some "small" troubles.

ChrisJ, snunney, pasternak, maltese, Silvio1953, archimatica, Jonas_Schmitt, Truja has marked this note useful

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mikolaj_kawa (31287) 2007-11-05 1:09

Ciao Paolo! Very original minimalistic composition. Amazing lightness, amazing colors. Original shot. Regards!

besnard (31072) 2007-11-05 1:11

Bonjour Paolo
Superbe dégradé de couleurs au-dessus de la ville endromie.
Bravo - merci pour le partage et bonne journée.
Nicole

ChrisJ (70443) 2007-11-05 1:35

Bonjourno Paolo

I like the gradation of tones & colours in the sky, & the low horizon level. Good sharpness & superb colour saturation, of the sunset orange. Bellisimo!

barrufeto_77 (25935) 2007-11-05 1:36

Hi Paolo.

Nice, nice soft colours. I like the different "tones" in the picture.

Well done!

Rgs, Oscar

snunney (35476) 2007-11-05 2:05

Hello Paolo,
The colours reign supreme in this minimalist but splendid composition. I like the positioning of the skyline at the bottom of the frame and also the twinkling lights which relieve the silhouette to just the right degree. Magnificent tones and clarity.

stefanocer (10412) 2007-11-05 2:32

Bel tramonto del resto tu sei uno specialista per questo tipo di foto , ottimi colori e composizione , simpatica la nota , come sempre questi ponti presentano sempre dei rischi al rientro nel tuo caso particolarmente sfortunato ci si è aggiunto anche il furto .....
spero per te che a parte il viaggio almeno la vacanza abbia lasciato un bel ricordo e belle foto ...
Stefano.

sacavem (8523) 2007-11-05 2:57

Olá Paolo Motta,

Excellent "dégradé".Great moment and composition.Very good colour and contrast. Excellent exposing.
Well done!
Regards,
Filipe

pasternak (13650) 2007-11-05 3:38

Ciao Paolo, I like this, a symbolic picture with fantastic horizontal color layers, a huge sky and some dark "sinful" earth to balance. I have also once been robbed in Italy (in Rome), so I know how does this feel like...

Cheers
Alexander

John_F_Kennedy (31994) 2007-11-05 4:23

Great place at great time. I like such sunsets, especially with colourful sky like on your picture.
Best wishes,
Achim

pitboy (230) 2007-11-05 5:31

Ciao Paolo,
ottimo skyline di una citta che secondo me è a dir poco fantastica. Ottimi colori per me che sono un amante dei tramonti.
Saluti.
Fabio.

carper (65696) 2007-11-05 7:10

Yes Paolo,
I like the shot the sky is fantastic, the few lights and the colours are grear, fine piece of art, have a nice day. Paolo.
gr. jaap

maltese (21537) 2007-11-05 9:47

Hello Paolo
Simple mais beau!!
C'est une très belle photo avec de couleurs vraiment superbes!!
De l'excellent travail
Amicalement
Hervé

granchius (3503) 2007-11-05 9:54

Ciao Paolo!
Stupendo tramonto in un cielo pulitissimo. Sei stato in Val d'Orcia, leggo, (si sarebbe potuto quasi quasi organizzare un meeting) e quindi rimango in attesa di vedere le tue foto di questa bellissima parte d'Italy.
A presto e complimenti ancora.
Carlo

PS: è stato un viaggio di ritorno un pò movimentato? meglio andare all'estero la prossima volta eh?

izmirli (3285) 2007-11-05 11:36

merhaba dear paolo
wonderful colours and wonderful composition.
well done.
best regards.
gürkan akçakır.

archimatica (13344) 2007-11-05 14:28

Una storia tipicamente italiana che racconti con grande cuore. L'italia è uno dei posti più complicati al mondo nel quale vivere, oltre agli imprevisti non compresi e da pagare come extra.
La foto è stupenda e ti auguro anche il meglio, compreso ritrovare tutto!
Un saluto comprensivo
Renzo

danyy (69465) 2007-11-05 14:44

Tout simple et tout beauc Paolo, la beauté qui émane des couleurs et de leur répartition en subtil dégradé.
Cadrage efficace.
Regards.
daniel.

jurek1951 (26156) 2007-11-05 15:40

Hi Paolo,
Beautiful picture nicely composed with great colours, Excellent point of view and sharpness picture,..well done.
Georg

meltemi (9746) 2007-11-05 23:53

Ciao Paolo,
sembra quasi un grande arcobaleno questo cielo davvero impressionante. La luce è bellissima e la chiarezza davvero notevole. Bravo. Ciao.
Stella

azaf1 (15547) 2007-11-06 0:33

Paolo hi!
A geat minimalist capture, pervaded my serenity and warm atmosphere. Great colours and frame.
My respects
Argiris

Silvio1953 (42869) 2007-11-06 10:38

Ciao Paolo, semplice, se preferisci minimalista, composizione con un fantastico skyline e colori che con incredibile gradualità sfumano dal rosso intenso al blu cupo, bellissima, bravo, ciao Silvio

Jonas_Schmitt (3074) 2007-11-06 11:57

Hi Paolo!
Very nice picture with excellent colors of the sky.I like the contrast between the lower and the upper side of teh sky,too.Maybe I would have cropped it closer at the bottom,but anyway a nice composition!
Tfs,Jonas

IgorDeleze (9247) 2007-11-08 6:51

Hello,
"simple" but very nice!
Great strong colors.
Greetings.
Igor

Truja (4948) 2007-11-10 14:52

Hi Paolo,
relajante y especial fotografía!Me gusta el efecto cromático conseguido, pués paso a paso vas disfrutando de varios colores.
Bellísima fotografía!!
Salut, Jordi

Photo Information

Copyright: Paolo Motta (Paolo) (40755)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-11-03
Categories: Nature, Architecture
Camera: Nikon d40 dslr
Exposure: f/3.5, 1/15 seconds
More Photo Info: view
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Our personal list of the UNESCO World Heritage, TOSCANA - November 2007 [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2007-11-05 1:06