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Clock
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Copyright: Guy Gysemberg (Gdouble) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1073 W: 60 N: 1115] (5181)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-03-25
Categories: Architecture
Camera: Canon 350d, 18-55 f3.5-5.6 ef-s
Exposure: f/9.0, 1/250 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Travelogue: Voyage ŕ Venise
Date Submitted: 2008-05-09 23:37
Viewed: 520
Points: 6
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note [French]
The construction of the tower goes back to 1496.

The clock indicates the hour, the phases of the Moon, the position of the sun and the signs of the zodiac, and the seasons. It was useful for the navigators to envisage the favorable moments of navigation. Above the winged lion of Marc Saint, automats sound the hours.

The names of "Moors" would come from the particularly dark color of bronze.

The Tower of the Clock, or Turn of the Moors, is one of the most famous monuments of Venice: it dominates like a triumphal arch the access to the nerve centre of Venice, the antique street della Merceria (of the Trade)

With his large astronomical clock, chief of work of technique and ingeniery, it is an element impossible to circumvent of the image even of Venice and it marks some, from now on since five hundred years exactly, the life, the history and the infinite race of time.

http://www.venise1.com/tour-de-l-horloge-a-venise-424.html

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  • jhm Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 12706 W: 272 N: 16945] (67812)
  • [2008-05-11 5:02]

Hallo Guy,

Ik vind uw foto zeker net slecht, alleen de schaduw die valt op het gebouw is natuurlijk niet de beste oplossing.
Maar dit is nu eenmaal het probleem, men komt ergens en men ziet dit mooi gebouw, dan gaat men over tot vastleggen van het beeld.
Moest het allemaal zijn zoals we zouden willen dan zou alles perfect, zijn of zouden we denken dat het perfect is.
Beste Guy, kleuren en samenstelling in het kader van het gebouw is zeer mooi, eveneens de scherpte en presentatie.

Prettige pinksterdagen,
John.

Hi Guy
A well framed shot of this clock in difficult lighting conditions. All the details are nice and sharp. Well done.
Best wishes
Mark

Bonjour Guy.
La photo rejoint la beauté des enluminures avec un dessin précis et un bleu d'une grande beauté.
Jacques

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