Florence, Italy – Part 3, 2006
I visited Florence, Italy thrice – once in 1978 on a coach tour from my assignment at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, again in 2003 with my church choir, and a 3rd time in 2006 with a secular chorus I sang with. I took photographs all 3 times: in 1978 probably with a Nikkormat FT camera on Ektachrome film; in 2003 with a combination of Nikon FE and Nikon N70 cameras; and in 2006 with a Nikon D7000 digital camera. In 2003 I know I used ASA 400 film in the N70 and ASA 800 film in the FE (mostly for indoor shots). This set will use photos from all 3 visits. Minimal PP is involved, as I’d not yet come to use Lightroom. Panoramas were executed using Autostitch.
Florence is the capital city of the Tuscany region of Italy, and was a center of medieval European trand and finance, making it one of the wealthiest cities of that era. Many consider it to have been the birthplace of the Renaissance, and called “the Athens of the Middle Ages”. It was once ruled by the powerful Medici family. The language spoken there ultimately became the standard for Italian throughout the country. The entire World looks to Florance for fashion.
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David Casteel, on Flickr (Porta alla Croce, in the Piazza Cesare Beccaria)
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David Casteel, on Flickr (a street scene)
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David Casteel, on Flickr (Cloisters of Basilica Santa Croce)
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David Casteel, on Flickr (tomb of Michaelangelo in Basilica Santa Croce)
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David Casteel, on Flickr (flowers for sale)
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David Casteel, on Flickr (Piazza Bargello)
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David Casteel, on Flickr (an interesting building)
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David Casteel, on Flickr (Pinocchio doll)
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David Casteel, on Flickr (nice little garden upstream of the Ponte Vecchio)
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David Casteel, on Flickr (Ponte Vecchio)
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David Casteel, on Flickr (view from Ponte Vecchio)
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