Photographer's Note
Shot from below the Bridge of sighs looking up the Grand Canal as Turners painting "Venice 46".
Tech: exposed as spot reading off of the grey of the clouds using my bespoke red/blue Lee's filter. Levels adjusted in PS + crop
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BumBum
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(466) 2004-01-29 11:17
this is a perfect short, black & white really suit for this sense. AMAZING...short
Miks
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(1717) 2004-01-29 11:17
This is an extreemely striking image despite lack of a motive proper. The reason is, I guess, the dramatic clouds enhanced by the strong contrsts; Very good job on exposition here - it really makes it a an interesting shot where the eye can wander around freely, doing lots of discoveries in the details. I think Turner would have been quite pleased!
Mikkel
Opus
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(0) 2004-01-29 11:20
Fantastic image; may be my favorite b&w image here. Tonality and detail in the city are terrific, and that sky...! Excellent work and a new 'favorite'.
carper
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(96) 2004-01-29 12:13
Yes Richard this is a great capture.
a very nice photo, with a great composition, and the black and white is well chosen. Great job.
hdl
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(7035) 2004-01-29 16:44
very good; very impressive. I like this one more than your Venice 5; the clouds are more pertinent here. The best one is to my opinion Venice 1.
Jebelis
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(229) 2004-01-29 17:23
nice b& w picture... i like this shot!
i fell ''cold'' or "chilly" when i look at this picture ( weird, but this is how i feel it) and everything seems to move or give a special feeling in this picture. dynamism and beauty...
bravo!
RandomCameraGuy
(3071) 2004-01-29 18:29
Hi Rich!
This sky is much cooler than in your last, but there is something unrealistic about it's tones and contrasts when compared to the homes... I like the pic, but I find the PS work a little too obvious.
nielsenallan
(524) 2004-01-31 14:19
Another great photo from you Venice serie, dramatic, surreal, simply great...
charmante
(1090) 2004-02-04 2:54
a masterfully done shot,magical clouds.
I took pleasure in viewing your photo,por its framing & DOF.
(anyway,I think the whole series on venice are nice )
dib
(277) 2004-03-12 5:49
Incroyable sensations, on ΰ l'impression dκtre au cinιma, dans un film d'horeur de Hitchcock.
Incroyable rendu, j'aime beaucoup cette ambiance.
C'est tout simplement irrιaliste, trθs reussi
BHo
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(2177) 2004-03-27 13:23
Everything (angle, B&W tones, sharpness) looks fantastic. I'm captivated by this image.
tuanjim
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(44) 2004-03-29 22:43
Again, I really like this. Your sense for dramatic, contrasting exposure is completely down my alley. I wish I had your tech knowledge, but then I'd still have to find such a scene!! I just wonder what this would look like with some of the sky cropped. It's a fantastic sky but I kind of feel like it dominates and looms over the scenery below which kind of distracts me from this which is also fantastic in itself. Very nice shot either way though
ZWEI-KATZEN
(135) 2004-04-08 17:25
I really like the way you shoot b&w with red filters:))Your pictures knock me off my feet. Great work:)
eleparc
(24063) 2004-04-10 13:49
excelle,nt shot of Venice richard! i love it. I thought this was a wokshop you did on the sky, but reading your note it seems that not! exceptional shot!
CVTJan
(1244) 2004-04-11 3:40
Dear Richard, this is a big time killer sky !!! Wonderful. It looks so excluded from Venice here. But it gives an amazing effect which gives en exeptional picture. Composition is great too. Yours, Jan
KevRyan
(22956) 2005-01-01 17:04
Wow - what a powerful shot - I love the grand scale of this - the placing of such a well known architectural landscape against such a powerful expanse of sky. really great!
alimo3
(6854) 2005-01-27 17:41
Hi richard,
i just discover today your work and i appreciate it very much.
i like specially this one unreal with a magic sky.
Bravo.
Tom
Ramonven
(126) 2005-02-17 4:35
Wow WoW WOW!!! This is like a classic movio for me!! Incredible!! What a trill to the eye!! :) Thanks! Ramon
faubry
(35447) 2005-03-31 5:49
very good and great shot B&W, good contrasts, seems dramatic ambiance like hitckok...
thanks
francine
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BabyFishMouth (0) 2006-04-16 4:01
I LOVE this picture, its my favourite, and even that was hard to decide on. Great work Merpb
Junctus
(64) 2009-11-01 11:38
The pic looks too sharpened and the contrast is just too much - a dramatic sky looks only so if it is really dramatic, just working on the contrast often takes too many shades from the other elements of the pic, maybe a yellow filter would have been better to use. To get the presumably desired effect: wait till the next thunderstorm with black clouds, have the low afternoon sun in your back: anything will look grand ;
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Copyright: Richard Birkett (merpb)
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(2001) - Genre: Τοποθεσίες
- Medium: Μαύρο & Ασπρο
- Date Taken: 2004-01-21
- Camera: Fuji Finepix S2 Pro, Nikkor AF 12-24 f4, Digital RAW
- Έκθεση: f/22, 1/4 δευτερόλεπτα
- Details: Tripod: Yes
- Έκδοση φωτογραφίας: Πρωτότυπη έκδοση
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- Date Submitted: 2004-01-29 10:57
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