Gubbio Skyline Photo

Photographer’s Note

Continuing with my travelogue: after a day of cycling from Urbino to Gubbio, I took advantage of our rest day to explore the town. Much less tourist-trod than Urbino, but at least as fascinating in my view, this image is only the seventh TE posting from this town. It was a rather grey and cool day, but I managed to catch a hint of sunshine during the morning. This huge building which dominates the town is the Palazzo dei Consoli which is now a museum.

The city's origins are very ancient: as Ikuvium, it was an important town of the ancient Umbrian people in pre-Roman times, and is famous for the discovery there of the Eugubine (or Iguvine) Tables, a set of bronze tablets that together constitute the largest surviving text in ancient Umbrian. After the Roman conquest in the 2nd century BC the city remained important, as attested by its Roman theatre, the second-largest surviving in the world. Today the historical center of Gubbio is of decidedly medieval aspect: the town is austere in appearance because of the dark grey stone, narrow streets, and Gothic architecture.

Looking down to the left you can see the white shades of the busy market in the square, while the red flag just visible is one of thousands put up for the annual town festival – the Corsa dei Ceri, which had been held a couple of days earlier.

This is a stitch of three vertical shots at 18mm. As a WS I’m posting a different crop – which do you prefer?

fleopold, fayeulle, danyy, bibiweb, john_c, Angelillo, PixelTerror, kermit350, jlmf, pboehringer has marked this note useful

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fleopold (1359) 2007-07-30 12:00

Hello Susanna!
Beautiful view above the roofs of Gubbio! Well done high quality.
Greetings from Austria!

rhizomes (15325) 2007-07-30 12:45

Salut Susanna,
Très beau point de vue sur les toits de la ville ! Excellentes couleurs et une atmosphère très réussie, très italienne !
Christophe

fayeulle (26543) 2007-07-30 12:47

Bonsoir Susanna
Ces toitures en tuiles canal sont superbes. J'aime ces camaïeux. L'édifice de style italien ajoute évidemment sa touche.
Amicalement
JP
PS: Le WS est moins bon mais néanmoins superbe

danyy (68802) 2007-07-30 14:30

Bonjour Susanna,
bien vu cet assemblage de trois photos pour nous offrir bien plus de latitude et de toitures.
Ce sont elles avec leurs tuiles colorées qui sont vedettes de la compo.
je m'attarde aussi un peu sur le ciel que j'aime beaucoup.

Amitié.
Daniel.

Budapestman (41974) 2007-07-30 16:13

Hi Susanna,
Splendid shot, the view is beautiful, I like the fine details and the spectacular perspective, excellent image, indeed. Have a nice week
George

bibiweb (8) 2007-07-30 19:26

Salut Susanna,
Moi je préfère celle-ci à cause de son format plus "standard" qui permet de voir un peu plus de paysage au fond. La compo est bonne avec ces toits de tuiles rouges au premier plan et cette tour imposante qui surgit au milieu. Le boulot de stitching est impeccable.
Je te souhaite un bon mois d'août!
Amicalement, Brigitte

Elaine_Blath (6170) 2007-07-31 0:40

Hi Susanna,

great shot, especially the POV, the stitching of several photos makes the view quite impressive and wide, well done!

Take care, Ivana

toto (18709) 2007-07-31 0:55

Belle photo de cet ensemble de petites maison très jolies et de cette superbe église, ces toit dont certains ont l' air posé sur les autre sont très beaux,bel vue d' ensemble qui permet de regarder ce village par le dessus,avec le paysage en arrière plan. Amitiés Thomas
je reviens

Polarisdg (457) 2007-07-31 3:41

Salut Susanna,

Jolie vue des toits de Gubbio. Marrant de voir les différentes couleurs des tuiles.

A+

David

Angelillo (9065) 2007-07-31 15:33

Hi Susanna,

Great POV in this one. I like a lot the roofs, its texture, like a pattern. I like two how the castle is a kind of starting point for our eyes to see this vast horizon! The light is extraordinary! Congratulations!

Regards,
Angel.

Cretense (56192) 2007-08-01 4:33

HI Susanna!

Great POV for this excellent architecture photo! Great composition with these beautiful rooftops covering great part of the framing. The depht of field is perfect! Brilliant colours, too! Congratulations!

Best regards,
Hercules

john_c (24635) 2007-08-01 7:15

Hi Susanna,
There is great depth in this photo, and I like your generous proportion of foreground, with the orange and red tones so pleasing. The tower is nicely off to the side, and there is the wonderful mini scene of the countryside unfolding in the distance. Very fine work...later.
John

grattounet (0) 2007-08-01 14:48

Bonjour,
voilà une photo sympa, bonne composition ...
amitié alain

PixelTerror (86138) 2007-08-03 2:24

Ciao Bella,
... et sur les 7 y'en a 3 prises a peu pres du meme PoV. Merci de me faire decouvrir un autre endroit que je pourrai aller pixelliser lors de mon prochain passage dans le coin, c'est le probleme avecc l'Italie, y'a tellement d'endroits superbe qu'on ne finit jamais de les decouvrir ! Bon stitch, moi je prefere celle ci car la composition est plus ouvertue sur le paysage environnant.
Buona fine di settimana,
Jean-Yves

kermit350 (8988) 2007-08-03 11:49

Bonjour Susanna,

J'aime beaucoup le dei Consoli de Palazzo placé à la droite et cet impressionnant enchevêtrement de toits, ainsi que cette belle lumière qui fait ressortir la beauté de cette vue et la rend vraiment magnifique, c’est une photo très bien cadrée avec moult détails, un assemblage d’image qui donne une vue extra et d’une grande profondeur, bien amicalement

John_F_Kennedy (31427) 2007-08-06 0:25

Good POV and perspective, excellent details. Nice work.
Best wishes,
Achim

jlmf (968) 2007-08-10 4:24

Salut Suzanna,
l'Italie Mmmm j'adore les restorente pizza etc.
Ta photo est très belle avec ces couleur naturelle, de joli toits et une trés belle vue sous un ciel plus claire qu'ici en belgique ou au moin il n'y a pas de pluie.
Bon pov
Amitié
Joss

ben4321 (9805) 2007-08-10 6:21

It's an interesting view over the town Susanna, and I like the off-centre placement of the palace.
I've never tried photo-stitching myself, but it's worked well for you here and allowed you to get a much wider view than you could have done otherwise.
I think I'd have preferred it if you'd framed it a bit further forward so that the rooves ran the whole way along the bottom of the frame, just to get rid of that triangular gap. I did a quick WS.
All in all it's well taken, and a good example of the stitching technique - I'll have to give it a go!

Cheers,
Ben

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feather (49860) 2007-08-12 14:38

No question about it, I prefer this one with the three images stitched. It has a much better balance as the castle is well situated to the right of the image. The POV is very good so the whole sweep of the roof tops lead our eye right to the town scenery. Very good work.
Kath

devimeuxbe (55865) 2007-08-17 13:15

Bonsoir Suzanna
La perspective est très belle sur ces toits. nLe contraste est beau avec le batiment qui emerge.
Excellente lumière et netteté.
Amicalement
Bertrand

pboehringer (770) 2007-08-18 14:28

Susanna, I never would have though that this is a stitched photography. The outcome is splendid! Regarding your question which I prefer comparing all three images I place my favorite as the 3 stitched and cropped one. I like to plunge in this image right away on the roof without that "hole" in the foreground. Good composition with the castle to the right and the city and hills to the left.
Regards, Peter

capthaddock (28640) 2007-09-02 11:52

Hi Susanna - flawles stitch, I would never have guessed that this was one, there isn't that much difference with the WS version, maybe I prefer the other one as the fg is "cleaner", but the proportions seemed it a bit panoramic, I guess I had an issue with the antenna at the lower left and the wall in the bottom right corner.