Forum Romanum Photo

Photographer’s Note

Forum Romanum

I wanted to try something else today. So this is the second picture I post which is non-digital. The first one -also from Rome- can be found here: Elephant. It's a scanned picture.

The photo was taken in May 2002, when I was in Rome with my school.
This shot shows the famous Forum Romanum, the central area of ancient Rome. The Forum is situated between the Capitoline Hill, Palatine Hill and Esquiline Hill.
On this picture are visible, from the left to the right:
the Temple of Vespasian (Templum divi Vespasiani), Arch of Septimius Severus and the Temple of Saturn (Templum Saturni).

Hope you like this picture. Maybe I'll post more scanned pictures from my trip to Rome.

Henryk_Bilor, singuanti, Emile, jafadabret, riclopes, jhm, PerR, Rosa_d_MonteLua, emjleclercq, AiresSantos, alvaraalto, Jeppe, syd1946, abulafia, neruda, papagolf21, paura has marked this note useful

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Silke (3023) 2007-02-08 18:11

Stunning POV, colours and details make this a real winner!
Lars, I am truly amazed at the quality of this scan as well
TFS
silke

Henryk_Bilor (20375) 2007-02-08 18:13

Hi Lars
Nice composition of the forum and lovely light and colours. Interesting place.
Have a good night.

singuanti (15240) 2007-02-08 22:15

Hi Lars. Despite the obvious drop in image quality the beauty still comes through loud and clear. For not doing many scans I think you did a good job. I'd like to see more of the trip. tfs Lars!

Emile (20177) 2007-02-08 22:37

Hola Lars.
Despite that it's a scanned shot it shows very good colors and details, good POV and composition, nice to see this place again, good memories. Well done. TFS.

jafadabret (40633) 2007-02-09 4:24

Lars, je serais curieux de savoir comment a été obtenu le scan. Est-ce par un professionnel à partir de la pellicule ? On peut essayer de l'améliorer mais on n'arrive pas à l'équivalent numérique.
La photo est remarquable par sa composition et son POV. J'aime l'équilibre entre les différents monuments. Les visiteurs donnent l'échelle.
Jacques

markstaples (15670) 2007-02-09 4:46

Hi Lars
A very nice composition in this shot. Nice use of the columns to frame. Good colours and quality is not bad for a scan.
Well done
Best wishes
Mark

riclopes (33137) 2007-02-09 6:41

Hej Lars, history breathes everywhere in this image. Excellent composition, from a good vantage POV. The big cupula is very well placed in the back. I support you on these diferent works my friend. The quality is not bad at all. Keep them coming!
Enjoy the weekend,
Ricardo

jhm (83742) 2007-02-09 7:02

Dag Lars,

Ik had niet verwacht om een foto te kunnen plaatsen, maar gelukkig heeft u hem gevonden.
Voor een gescande foto valt deze reuze mee, ook de kleuren en scherpheid zijn excellent genomen, samenstelling en overzicht zijn zeer goed! Ik kijk er met plezier naar.
Bedankt voor uw bezoek.

Prettig weekend,
John.

Budapestman (43238) 2007-02-09 11:59

Hi Lars,
This is a fascinating historical place. I like the impressive POV and the spectacular details. Very fine shot.
Thank you, nice days
George

PerR (1481) 2007-02-09 15:18

Hello Lars.
Well, I don't know... honestly this isn't one of your top 310 best shots... I really can't believe that this is a good photo. It doesn't have natural colours, except for the sky, maybe, and it's partially overexposed, and sharpness i missing too. Sorry, but that's my honest opinion. However, the POV is good and so is the note. Apparently the criticers above see something that I don't..
Regards
Per

Rosa_d_MonteLua (1504) 2007-02-09 15:46

Hi Lars!
This is always a very interesting subject to a photo: nice colours and shadows; nice point of view; and good clarity.
TFS and best wishes,
Rosa

t0mmm1 (5434) 2007-02-09 16:36

Hi Lars,
I like it, some because of the composition and beautiful colours, some because it is made in film, but mostly because you bring it out from the picture book to revaluate the memories and make confrontation with today's snap shots... Don't you think that time ago we did many wonderful photos, but we even didn't know it.
Have a nice weekend,
Tomi

emjleclercq (14620) 2007-02-09 17:00

Nice point of view, with plenty of things to see : the columns, the arch, the church in the background. This is also architecture, but rather different from your usual postings. Nice colors, perhaps possible increase in sharpness in my opinion (but I believe the digital has completly changed the benchmark in terms of sharpness).

All the best,

Emmanuel

AiresSantos (43250) 2007-02-10 2:14

Hi Lars,
Very nice composition, good POV. I like details colours and how you framed the picture.
Have a nice weekend
Aires

Stepan (27175) 2007-02-10 6:22

Quite unexpected to find Roma in your gallery. I like this surprise and this classical roman atmosphere. It almost makes me forget the light overexposure.
Stéphane

alvaraalto (5305) 2007-02-10 12:59

Hi Lars,
Goed om eens af te wisselen en om ons hier die goede oude tijd in dubbele betekenis te tonen.
groet Rob

Jeppe (18623) 2007-02-11 16:57

Hej Lars
Et fint view fra dette berømte sted - Den høje vinkel og folkene gør billedet - tak for synet og dets historie.

Hilsen
Jeppe

capthaddock (28640) 2007-02-11 20:08

Hi Lars - I understand this is an oldie, so the quality can be excused, I would still decrease the brightness and increase the sharpness a little.

syd1946 (17999) 2007-02-12 13:04

Hello Lars,
Very fine and interesting composition.An amcient place well captured from you.The color contrast between the Roman forum and the blue sky is great.Nice tones of the colors and excellent handle of light!
Best wishes,
Thomas

leonorkuhn (14351) 2007-02-13 7:26

Hej Lars,

I visited this place many years ago. These ruins are very impressive. I like your composition. Good colors and light.
Hilsner
Leonor

abulafia (4802) 2007-02-17 4:28

Hi Lars
Nice shot of Forum Romanum!
I have been looking in my old negatives for good shots from there, but didn't find anything as good as this one.
Nice scanning quality.
Have a nice weekend
Harry

neruda (4626) 2007-02-20 7:00

Nice arcitecture view, as like another ones, this is good too...
Cograts..
:)Later..

papagolf21 (57003) 2007-02-26 16:38

Bonsoir, mon ami Lars,
Et dire que j'ai failli passer à côté de cette très belle prise de vue.
Très belle mise en valeur de ce patrimoine architectural. Un vrai régal pour le passionné d'architecture que je suis.
Merci, Lars, de nous faire partager cette très belle prise de vue.
Amitiés.
Philippe

paura (39608) 2008-03-27 14:14

Lars,
Excellent point of view to show this amazing place. The vivid details are really interesting.

Regards

Paulo