The rock over the rock Photo

Photographer’s Note

This is a view from the sea of the eastern side of Lerici, with the Castle dominating the Poets' Gulf.
Lerici was controlled for many centuries by the Lord of Lucca, then by the Malaspina Family and finally in the 1174 by the Repubblica di Genova.
DUring the XIII° century Genova lost the war with Pisa, and Lerici was occupied by the Tuscans. In all the XIII and XIV century Lerici was a war field in the batlle between Genova and the various Lords of Tuscany. The Castle that was probably built in the first time by the Byzantin in the VIII century was rebuilt many times.
In the 1479 Genova won the last war againt the Tuscany Lord and became the owner of the Mediterranean Sea with Venezia.
The Lerici's Castle became one of the most important defensive point of the Ligurian Capital. The last work or renovation in the Castle were did in the 1555; today the Castle is an important Paleontologic and Geo-paleontologic Museum.

Gregtom, bantonbuju, jinju, IRCrockett, AmiBe, PixelTerror, Gix, andchew, jhm, Zanni, supereira, carper, capthaddock, Emile, ChrisJ has marked this note useful

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Gregtom (7119) 2005-05-24 4:09

Beautiful picture, Paolo! Nicely composed and coloured. Good contrast and point of view.
regards,
Grzegorz

bantonbuju (48796) 2005-05-24 4:14

buongiorno paolo,
so now we have a chance to see a day-shot of the place; no surprise the poets liked it - its so charming;
good colours and compo;
like the photo;
have a nice day, jerzy

sandip (3492) 2005-05-24 4:20

good landscape Paolo. i like all the colors here..the water , the sky the cloud .. everything.. nice work.

Haymotion (1793) 2005-05-24 5:22

Belle photo prise au larges !!
Cette forteresse est impressionante...
Ton angle de vue ajoute encore à la hauteur de la forteresse et le ciel bleu avec ces nuages finit bien la composition
Bravo
Vince

Zepi (22848) 2005-05-24 5:27

Salut Paolo !
Très belle composition
J'aime ce magnifique paysage!
Incroyable ciel,belle prise!
Bien joué
Magnifique travail
Amicalement,
Sébastien

jinju (14265) 2005-05-24 5:48

Nice composition. The castel sure dominates all of the town below, and the port. The sky you capture is very dramatic, like its foretelling of some invasion. Will the castle have to be ready for another confrontation? Nice photo and great note.

gaby (19793) 2005-05-24 6:07

Hi Paolo,
Your italian landscapes are wonderful - a great great serie -
I like a lot this one with his superb sky -
Thanks
Gaby

hugolef (4909) 2005-05-24 6:11

Hello Paolo
nice compo, i like the way you frame it. The place is beautiful. well composed.
regards, hugues

PixelTerror (86837) 2005-05-24 7:28

Ciao Paolo,
That's an impressive castle dominating well its surroundings and a view that appeals to me I like medieval castles ! Your view is nice with just a small overexposure on one boat to the left, just where the sun was striking. Having a general view like this is good to get an idea of the place, I hope you have other closer shots to have the castle displayed bigger on the screen ? This makes me willing to visit this place one day !
Have a nice day,
Jean-Yves

AmiBe (6042) 2005-05-24 7:37

Hi Paolo,
nice picture, this castle is very impressive.
Good point of view.
You give me a good idea for stoping there this summer.
The clouds in the sky are very nice.

rbcy1974 (20746) 2005-05-24 8:04

Bongiorno Paolo
Nice photo and compsition. Where is this place inr elation to La Spezia?
Regards
Daniel

Gix (3559) 2005-05-24 8:26

Hehe, non vale!, guarda che bella luce avevi tu!
Ciao Paolo, l'hai presa dal battello per le 5 terre ?
Molto bella, si vede anche la discesa verso il molo che io non ho fatto tempo a percorrere (sono sceso per la scala ripida).
Beh, credo che il comune dovrebbe offrirci un gelato (a te un Negroni...)
Comunque ero circa dove dici tu, ma non al bar, sopra il muretto del frangiflutti. Per necessità, perchè era giorno di mercatino e dovevo tagliare fuori i furgoni...
Vediamo se anche tu hai fatto qualche foto delle vie interne...
Giorgio

Leonie (8647) 2005-05-24 8:28

Ciao Paolo,
Bella vista di questa cittadina ligure..ho vissuto un'anno a Genova, ma non sono mai andata a Lerici. Conosco meglio la riviera ponente. Dovrei tornarci... Complimenti!

Ciao, Léonie

andchew (476) 2005-05-24 9:39

Hi Paolo, Very nice compo with the castle above the water with contrasting sky. Regards, Andrew

jhm (83298) 2005-05-24 11:31

Hello Paolo,
I like this wonderful picture, excellent composition, the castle in the middle this is a real eye catcher. Thanks for your interesting note.
Regards,
John

dolin (15647) 2005-05-24 14:28

Hi Paolo.
Very nice landscape.
Beautifull castle with a good light and nice sky.
Good choice for the proportions and good framing.
Nice view, thank's
Fred

jemaflor (39759) 2005-05-24 15:20

Very nice, good light, colors well captured. A shot who smell summer holidays.

Zanni (5891) 2005-05-25 3:12

Spettacolare immagine del castello di Lerici ove trascorsi un week-end prima di sposarmi (più di dieci anni fa!) quando ancora non ero diventato il fotografo affermato di oggi :-))). Quindi non ho nel mio portfolio foto di Lerici e ricordo il famoso adagio: la più bella foto è quella che non hai scattato. Meno male che ci sei tu a rinverdire bei ricordi anche se per la verità la pioggia allora fu inerosabilmente costante. Nitida e ben composta: mi piace il castello al centro sospeso tra mare e cielo.

supereira (9576) 2005-05-25 6:06

Great view.I like the composition and and DOF.Great contrast between the sky and the castle.Very good colors,contrasts,light and sharpness.I like a lot the sky,good clouds and blue.Good job!

carper (65622) 2005-05-26 0:40

very good view Paolo,
I like the point of view a lot, the depth is great, the composition is good, great sky fantastic composition, very good job,
gr. Jaap

capthaddock (28640) 2005-05-26 10:18

Hi Paolo - the Castle is a tasty meat for this sea & sky sandwich

Emile (20117) 2005-05-29 11:08

Impresionante foto Paolo.
Muy bien captada, excelente composicion.
Me gustan muchos los diferentes contrastes de colores y el enfoque.
Well done.

ChrisJ (70443) 2005-05-31 6:01

Bonjourno Paolo

A good landscape of the contrast between the artificial 'rock' of the castle, over the natural rock of the cliff. Could be sharper, but pov, color & lighting are all superb. Bellisimo!

michalu (792) 2005-06-06 0:28