Santa Maria della Salute Photo

Photographer’s Note

Venice was attacked many times and with disastrous outcomes by a terrible enemy: the terrifying "Black Death". The Plague arrived for the first time in Venice in 1347, on a ship coming from Caffa. It was a catastrophe of frightening proportions: more than 3/5 of the population died in the 18 successive months.
Later, the Black Death hit on other occasions, including the terrible epidemic of 1630, that killed a third of the population. It was on this occasion that the Venetians turned to the Virgin, promising to build a church in her honour, in exchange for salvation. And in 1631, the plague defeated, the Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute was erected in thanks to the Virgin, under the supervision of Baldassarre Longhena.
The Basilica, next to the Dogana (Customs-house), stands out on the Venetian skyline for its white colour and for its architectural forms, closer in style to the Classical Renaissance than to the typical Venetian style.
http://www.italyguides.it/us/venice_italy/venice_basilica_churches/santa_maria_della_salute.htm

Picture scanned with HP ScanJet 5370c

Camera: Nikon N90s

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halukkaratas (125) 2008-09-28 2:09

Hi,

Great POV and colors, and also cloudy sky in the background adds to the composition.
Congratulations,
Haluk

Guntin (1317) 2008-09-28 2:51

Qué fácil parece sacar las típicas tomas de edificios turísticos, como este de la foto, y que difícil es realmente conseguir una imagen que valga la pena, verdad?

Unas veces por las hordas de turistas, otras porque el punto de vista no nos gusta, otras porque el cielo no vale para nada....

Y tú aquí lo bordaste. La definición es brutal, el azul del cielo es limpísimo, y esas nubes breves y juguetonas llenan la foto de contenido. Supongo que habrás utilizado un polarizador. pero la gran duda es, hiciste algo en PS para conseguir esa nitidez tan perfecta en las formas de la fachada?

Un abrazo
Víctor