A vaporetto ride in the morning down the Grand Canal of Venice offers the excitement of a unique city awakening.
I was shooting "architecture" not realizing there was interesting human activity also in the view finder.
In the first, I was intrigued by the parked gondolas, the mosaic on the building and the bridge over the canal. Not until I was tuning did I realize there was a couple on the bridge romantically viewing the small canal. From their clothing I deduce they were newlyweds at the end of an all-night reception. What a wonderful memory to share with their children and grandchildren. I just wish I could share the shot with them. How would that fit into the wedding album?
When tuning the second, I ended up cropping out a lot of the architecture I had originally been attracted to because I realized I had captured a morning coffee drinker admiring the GC activity...he probably does every morning.
The third shot is interesting because of the missing middle of the sculpture.
jerryc41 wrote:
Nice shots
Glad you like them, Jerry. Thanks.
Interesting subjects and well-composed.
phlash46
Loc: Westchester County, New York
Good shooting and captions.
Thanks, jay. It's an interesting exercise shooting from a moving boat, particularly the "Honeymooners". I was trying to compose the constantly changing small canal into my shot and had no time to realize there were people on the bridge...took multiple rapid shots.
phlash46 wrote:
Good shooting and captions.
Why, thank you, Bruce. I've never had a comment on my captions.
Love these. The first has so many interesting things to focus on, but somehow it all works together.
Many thanks, NMGal. I agree with your assessment of the first shot. I made an attempt to zoom in (via crop) on the couple, but it lacks sharpness.
UTMike wrote:
Very nice set, Dave!
Thanks for commenting, Mike.
Great set, I think the couple in no 1 add the finishing touch to the picture...
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