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Bamboo texture
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Copyright: Alessandro Tura (Fellini) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 195 W: 20 N: 360] (1682)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-05-30
Categories: Nature
Camera: Olympus C-7070WZ
Exposure: f/2.8
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-07-24 1:03
Viewed: 259
Points: 18
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Lay down PoV

The Bamboo Path

A Legendary Italian Garden

That cliff, as much a part of Ninfa as the crystal river and the flowering groves, some 20 years ago risked being defaced, as the whole Ninfa park was menaced by a proposed industrial development on the slope. The water from Ninfa's lake would have gone to serve the purposes of commercial development, and the very life of the plants was in danger. Fortunately a battle -- led by the present director, Lauro Marchetti -- thwarted the plan. Mr. Marchetti and the Caetani Foundation, which now owns and runs the property, were loyally supported by most of the local population.

''For years,'' Mr. Marchetti said, in explaining this groundswell of solidarity, ''we have had a school program. School classes are brought here, but not until they have first been briefed, in the classroom.'' The children don't come just to look at the flowers; they are encouraged to understand the importance of nature conservation, a first lesson in ecological responsibility. Today's school population represents the second or third generation of beneficiaries of this program; so -- after genuine alarm -- the foundation and the appreciators of this oasis can breathe more freely. And, of course, the appreciators of this oasis include the animal population, the orioles and nightingales, the herons and kingfishers, the ducks and porcupines and owls. Well, maybe not the trout.

Keeping up a garden is a complex, never-ending task, but the atmosphere of Ninfa, belying the immense backstage commitment, still suggests serenity and cultivated leisure. Distant views are as fascinating as close-up inspection, and even the most vulnerable, and hence most protected parts of the garden, where visitors have to be excluded (the villa, where the Caetanis' English heirs vacation, and the lake), are nevertheless totally visible and enjoyable. At every turn of every path, there is likely to be a surprise: a flourishing stand of bamboo, worthy (and reminiscent) of a Kyoto temple, the exotic Brazilian plant Gunnera manicata, immediately identifiable by its immense leaves, or -- among the ruined, partly frescoed walls of what was once a church -- an invasion of, yes, weeds, but the cheeky, lovely Queen Anne's lace and ragged Robin are, after all, at home here and insouciantly hold their own against the pedigreed imported residents.

Whether or not I really climbed up to Norma nearly half a century ago, on my recent visit I was in no condition to repeat the exploit. Instead, with a friend, I drove up to another Caetani village, Sermoneta, seat of the great castle where the Borgias, among others, held sway. Driving up, you can see Ninfa from above, the confines of the oasis clear, a massive patch of deep green, shaggy with trees and curlicued with streams and canals, then, beyond it, the squared-off, regimented, fertile fields, some also green, others brown as the season requires, while long, leafy rows of fruit trees (ah! those peaches) march into the pearly haze toward the sea.

By WILLIAM WEAVER
Published on "Travel": March 30, 1997
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Ciao Ale!
Composizione più che interessante, dalla quale emerge con evidenza il meraviglioso effetto delle piante di bambù.
Splendida la gestione della luce, ben equilibrata anche in profondità.
Marco

Ciao Alessandro.
Mi piace molto questa immagine ricca di passaggi tonali fra il verde, il giallo ed il beige. Un'immagine come questa, ricca di contenuto grafico, penso però che avrebbe dovuto essere incorniciata un po'.
Ciao.
Bobo.

Ciao Alessandro
che bella profondità sei riuscito a dare a questa immaggine
cogliendo il varco nel muro di canne ottima scala cromatica
e bella luce
Complimenti
Salutoni
Vincenzo
ps saluti anche alla vera Cinzia

Ciao Alessandro.
Foto interessante e intricante, sembra di entrare in un intrico di alberi tropicali.
Ciao Renzo

Ecco cosa vede una pulce in mezzo al pelo di un cane! A parte la battuta, trovo geniale questa tua immagine, assolutamente inusuale e curiosa. Stupendo il gioco di luci che si alternano tra le canne di Bamboo. Mi piace.
Ciao
Paolo.

Ciao Alessandro,
in diversi periodi vedo che tutti abbiamo fatto foto a Ninfa, quasi qausi si poteva organizzare un meeting.
bella la luce che riflette sui bamboo, ottima texture , e buon controllo della luce anche se in una situazione molto difficile.
Giorgio.
p.s. a quando cambio userid?

Ciao Ale, prima di tutto grazie della citazione, ne sono onorato, poi complimenti per la bella foto, una versione quasi autunnale del boschetto di bambu, bravo.
Buon fine settimana
Ciao
Vinicio

Ciao Alessandro,
a prima vista potrebbe sembrare una composizione minimalista ma non è facile dare forza a questo tipo di immagini.
Devo dire che tu ci sei riuscito attraverso una esposizione accuratissima che permette la lettura di tutti i dettagli nell'addentrarsi in questa selva di bamboo e la gamma estesissima di sfumature di colore nei fusti del bamboo.
Eccellente lavoro!
Non è possibile darti 10 punti perchè non è previsto, ma per me questa foto è superba.
Ciao
Mario

Ciao Ale,
davvero di grande effetto la foto a questo canneto di bamboo.
Ottimo contrasto, sharpness nonchè la gestione delle luci che in un luogo di così fitta vegetazione non è facile di certo!

Complimenti!
Francesco

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