Florence from below
Aug, 2016Views
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I call it a Renaissance trip. It's just one of those things you want to have lived but then you where born 5 centuries too late and had to come up with a solution that doesn't involve time travel. Florence is one of those cities which architecture embodies and carries moments of great cultural progress, stretches them through time and stands as palpable evidence of things that have been. They are, finally, physical manifestations of human genius that carry not only information, but feelings. And those are the ones that leave a mark on the human soul. Photography's main purpose is to describe something. I doesn't recreate feelings, but it can merely suggest their presence, based on the perception of sight only. This picture doesn't make you feel the emotions of the artists that carved the marble for these facades, or the architects' dreams of grandeur, or the engineers satisfaction in giving means to building those dreams. But it does tell you about them, doesn't it? It's more like an invitation to actually go interact with these places, involve all your senses in acquiring their knowledge. Touch that marble, feel its texture and observe its reaction to light. That creates a personal connection to the sculptor that 500 or so years ago carved it. And that's where you start feeling. Emotions stay with you forever, while brute information is volatile. This photo is meant to capture Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral's grandeur.Time
It was a (clearly) sunny day, around midday.Lighting
Light's main purpose is to create contrasts, highlighting the details of otherwise dull monoliths.Equipment
Nikon d80, with sigma 10-20mm lenses and C-PL(W) filterInspiration
That renaissance trip I was talking about. I did say photography cannot recreate feelings, but feelings are everything that a photo carries for the photographer.Editing
Adjusted constrast, highlights and saturation of raw picture.In my camera bag
I never have more than one setup. That means my only camera ( Nikon d80 ) with one kind of lenses. This allows me to experiment the most with every kind of setup. I am an architect first of all, and passionate photographer after.Feedback
Not really. It was something personal, i wouldn't say I can give any advice, but i usually experiment a subject (of the photo) in as many ways possible. Sometimes i get a view that moves me particularly, and that's when I occasionally take a photo. It reminds me how I felt, and makes me feel again.
