Fontana horses heads, a photo from Florence, Tuscany

Photographer's Note

The Horses heads in close-up, part of the Fontana-del-Nettuno, situated on the Piazza della Signoria, in front of the Palazzo Vecchio, Firenze.
The opposite side of those heads posted in the WS, with "David" statue's on it's BG.
RAW converted into JPEG.
Ike
Map: 43.76959, 11.25596

adramad, Kofman, Charo, pierrefonds, nobuikehonda, jhm, danos, paololg, kordinator, blagov58, baddori, pajaran has marked this note useful

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snunney (67334) 2011-07-27 8:51

Hello Ike,
A great close-up on these horses' heads. A well framed composition with excellent detail and colour.

adramad (27552) 2011-07-27 9:07

Hello Ike.
A superb composition in this first level of the heads of the horses, the sculpture is very beautiful and shows these animals with stunning realism.
Great sharpness and brightness in order to appreciate the authentic beauty. Well done.
Best regards.
Luis.

JFS (32129) 2011-07-27 12:15

Hi Ike,
Imposing and clear image, wonderful fountain. Firenze is very powerful...

Have a good night!

Cheers,
Juan

siudzi (23879) 2011-07-27 13:35

Hello Ike,
You have cropped this scene perfectly! The horses heads sculptures are absolutely marvelous and presented very well with fantastic sharpness. Bravo!
Cheers, Malgorzata

Charo (51174) 2011-07-27 16:52

Hello Ike,
You took another point of view different from mine, the horses, I like the composition with great depth and texture.
Best wishes,
Charo

pierrefonds (48347) 2011-07-27 17:20

Hi Ike,

The tight frame is putting the head of the horses in evidence. The close-up point of view is showing the details and colors of the head pof the horses. The late afternoon light has a special effect on the colors. Have a nice day.

Pierre

nobuikehonda (3846) 2011-07-27 23:20

Hello Ike,

I can't resist the tight cropping of those two horses. The details are so well reproduced with clarity and balance. POV is also superb. The three dimensional effect the image has is stunning. TFS

Very best regards,
Nobu.

emka (58140) 2011-07-27 23:46

Hi Ike,

original photo of the Neptun Fountain. Excellent close-up. Beautiful horse heads. I like it very much (more than clasic shots.)

Warm regards

Malgo

lakshmip1949 (19110) 2011-07-28 2:39

Hello Ike,

A well composed image of these horses' heads in close up. It is very unusual to capture the heads without capturing the fountain. I like this pov.

Lakshmi

jhm (122444) 2011-07-28 4:11

Hello Ike,

Perfect anatomic portrait of the heads of the horses.
Sharpness and clarity are wonderful.
Composition and presentation are pleasant for look at.
Very well done, TFS.

Best regards,
John.

lousat (57626) 2011-07-28 15:03

Hi Ike,very nice idea and a magnificent perspective whit a perfect focus on the 2 horses and and great sharpness and light balance,very very nice the rich background too.Thanks for share,have a nice day,Luciano

danos (73974) 2011-07-29 1:06

Good morning Ike,
nice the close up view of the two marble heads of the horses, as we can see a lot of details of this art work.Good presentation as the colour management.

Have a good day,Danos

clic (11001) 2011-07-29 7:12

Many thanks for your kind words, dear Ike.
Those smiling horses look quite sympathic and I notice the sculptor spared no fine details on his work.
Shalom.
Robert

jemaflor (68913) 2011-07-29 8:17

Hi Ike,
Good focus on these "horses", perfect sharpness, nice light on statue, well managed.

npecanhuk (53901) 2011-07-30 5:45

Hi Ike!
This is less classical, but no less interesting nor beautiful! I love the idea and really enjoy the visual results!
Sharp fg, blurred bg, exposure, colors and composition are all excellent here!
Very good work!
TFS - congrats,
Cheers,
Neyvan

jmdias (45790) 2011-07-30 7:25

ike

nice details of this fountain. I liked the slice of the art here. good framing and sharpness, nice soft light. TFS

hugs

jorge

paololg (31442) 2011-07-30 14:27

Ciao dear Ike,
amazing close-up of these horses, captured with perfect sharpness, that seem to be in 3D. Very impressive the photo quality of the details, really seems to be in front of the fountain. It's always a great pleasure to see photos taken so well, congratulations!
Ciao, have a nice Sunday!
Paolo

kordinator (13411) 2011-07-31 0:45

Hello Ike
Very nice detail, from the fountain in Florence.
Both versions of horses with and without David are excellent.
Image quality is excellent because when the light is perfectly adequate and adjustment is the inevitable result.
Excellent composition.
Best regards
Saša

xuaxo (6830) 2011-08-01 5:23

Beautiful detail of the horses. Interesting light and colour.
Greetings,
F.

sacimar (25957) 2011-09-07 8:22

Hello Ike,

I like this image, the details of the horses heads are excellent, you created a good composition, well done,

Best regards,

Sergio

maloutim (8608) 2011-10-04 0:24

Hi Ike,
Tis and the WS are great close-ups of the horses'heads, with details so fine that one can see the wild expressions of the animals. They look very earnest at their ride and very determined.
I like the contrast of the big heads against the old buildings at the back. So typical nowadays to see the satellite dish on old roofs !
Only the colours worry me a little : Some overexposure ? I don't know ?
Thanks for sharing anyway.
Best regards.
Marie-Louise.

blagov58 (257) 2011-10-04 18:02

Great shot with excellent light and nice shadows. It would be great for horses to have more space in front - the picture may look better this way.

baddori (18988) 2012-07-21 2:30

Caro Ike
Statues and monuments you are particularly congenial.
The sharpness and fine details emerge almost in 3D.
This in Pisa, Florence or in short ditanza with David.
Photos and reality blend as a harmonious idyll.
Take this taste of Italy "classic" than the more traditional greek that was inspiring.
The great Greek abozzatori in Italy for lovers of detail, beautiful but almost unnatural.
The picture with the proportions, and the context places the "beautiful" in the context of rough at times ... but enriching it.
GF

jcpix (3285) 2012-09-06 16:08

Hello Ike,

Great close up on this photo, the details really stand out, very sharp focus. It's a bit of an odd color with the blues, but it works to add some contrast. So many wonderful things to photograph in such a beautiful city and you've done well to capture some of its charm. Bravo!

Best Wishes
Jason

pajaran (36224) 2013-04-11 23:10

Dobar dan.
Lep pogled na skulpture glave konja ...
Dobar snimak, kontrast, lepe boje.
Dobar rad, lepo pokazno.
Imajte lep dan, sve najbolje za vikend.
Srecno.
Paja.

Good day.
Nice view of the horse head sculpture ...
Good shot, contrast, beautiful color.
Good work, nice demonstration.
Have a nice day, all the best for the weekend.
Good luck.
Paja.