twilight view of the Rio dei Mendicanti, Venice

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M10R with Elmarit 28mm ASPH, ISO 100, 13 sec. at f/4

One of Ruskin's favorite views in Venice:
"At half-past seven the gondola is waiting and takes me to the bridge before St. John and Paul, where I give an hour of my very best day's work to painting the school of Mark and vista of Canal to Murano. It's a great Canaletto view, and I'm painting it against him." John Ruskin to Charles Eliot Norton, Oct. 5, 1876

Edited June 4, 2024 by theseahawk

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SL2, ISO 50, Vario-Elmarit-SL 24-70mm, 41mm at f/8.0 and 4 seconds, taken about ten minutes before the above, combining elements of two SL2 exposures.

Undecided which photo I prefer. This one's a bit over the top, but I like the single human watching the scene. Thoughts on either one ? 

Edited June 4, 2024 by theseahawk

[OR120]

Beautiful photos. I like the bottom image, intensity of the colors, waves, and as you say- man in the door. What do you mean when you say "combining elements of two SL2 exposures"? Also - with a 4 seconds exposure - how are the boats on the right side of canal so crisp? Very little if any movement. Why is the man in the door - still - with a 4 second exposure? Interesting photo.

[david strachan]

Think it'd make a beaut print  with man in the door as a part of it all.

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[war]

My preference would be the top photo, I especially like the lighting on the faces of the buildings on either side of the canal. The second is a bit hazy but how cool is the bright color on the water!  The man in the doorway is just one of those things that happens once, that's another photo.

[theseahawk]

13 hours ago, OR120 said:

Beautiful photos. I like the bottom image, intensity of the colors, waves, and as you say- man in the door. What do you mean when you say "combining elements of two SL2 exposures"? Also - with a 4 seconds exposure - how are the boats on the right side of canal so crisp? Very little if any movement. Why is the man in the door - still - with a 4 second exposure? Interesting photo.

On the bottom image I opened two separate exposures in PS as layers and merged them. In one I had included the entire facade of he Scuola Grande di San Marco (now the main hospital in Venice) to the top of the image, and in the other had captured the light trails of a passing private taxi but cut off the top of the Scuola. So the photo composites the lower canal portion into the upper image to include both and make it almost square. In addition I used generative fill to add about 10% more of canal, boats, and lights and balance the lower part.

 

The canal and boats are from the four second exposure with the light trails and, somehow, all the boats are still in it. The man in the doorway is from the top exposure, which was six seconds, and he was just standing and staring the whole time.

The first image from the M10-R is a single frame slightly cropped and denoised. 

Edited June 5, 2024 by theseahawk

[Louis]

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A beautiful set.

[stuny]

Both are beautiful.  I very slightly prefer the top photo.