Saint Mark’s Skyline – Venice
Venice Skyline
Yesterday I was at San Giorgio Maggiore’s island to take some last photos of the exhibition “The Sky Over Nine Columns” by Heinz Mack, before the structure will leave Venice, that should happen in a couple of days. The sun set down, leaving the sky half bright, half dark, as the first lights of the city were lighted up creating a terrific atmosphere for a skyline shot of St. Mark’s Square with its Campanile and Doge’s Palace.
The photographer within the frame is one of the participants to the enticing workshop held by Rohan Reilly (definitely worthy to check his website).
Location: San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice.
What to shot: San Giorgio Maggiore has a small harbor, a renaissance church, a Benedictine monastery, but it also offers a good view of St. Mark’s Square and the lagoon across.
Ideal time to shot: I prefer to be at San Giorgio at sunset, when the light illuminates the Doge’s Palace and St. Mark’s Campanile sideways.
Gear: From wide angles to teles.
How to get there: Public transport water bus stations S. Giorgio (line 2).
Coordinates: 45°25′45″N 12°20′35″E
Better quality here.
Hola Bruno,
No tengo palabras para contarte lo que he sentido al ver tu foto.
Es preciosa, y me hubiera encantado estar allí en Venecia para poder disfrutar las vistas en ese momento. Tengo verdaderas ganas de volver por la ciudad.
Saludos.
Hola! Muchísimas gracias! Espero que mis fotos te puedean dar la sensación de estar mirando la ciudad desde aqui! Venecia te espera pronto! 🙂
The High Quality image is better by far – the photographer has created a little motion blur which looks odd but the overall scene is magnificent.
Thanks Andrew! Now I’m the one with some gear’s problems, I have some dust on my sensor that I can’t have rid off! Damn! 😉
Gorgeous photo.Your photography skills are quite evident. 🙂
Thank you Judy for your lovely comment and for stopping by! 🙂
Beautiful picture! 🙂
Thank you! 🙂
Beautiful. The lighting. I look at the beautiful buildings and my eyes gaze up at the skyline. Just beautiful.
Thank you Joanna! Being there at twilight made half of the shot 😉 I love the special light conditions of that moment, the buildings of Venice made the rest.
The combination of colors captured here is captivating. Nice Shot! 🙂
Thanks Orples, it lasted just a few minutes before fading into darkness, but it was really worthy being there at twilight! 😉
Your work/captures are remarkable. Thanks for sharing them.
Thanks Eric, shooting is just half of the fun, sharing the results make it fulfilling! 😉
I’m very glad you’re back in Venice, capturing its magic and its light. Biarritz didn’t charm me as your Venice does. Everything in this photo is superb – light, sky, photographer, skyline.
Thank you morselsandscraps, I am flattered by your words! 😉 Hope to visit also Potato Point one day!!
Utterly WONDERFUL, Bruno !!! – I hope the photographer is duly grateful to be part of such a photographic frame.
Thank you M-R, it’s always flattering for me reading your comments! I’m afraid the photographer wasn’t aware he was part of my shot! 🙂 🙂
Imagine how chuffed he would be !!! 🙂
Wonderful image – love the light you’ve captured.
Thank you Ellie! I love to shoot at the blue hour; Sometimes it’s just amazing what the light can do! 😉
Thanks for liking my blog. Photographing Venice has unending possibilities. Black and White iespecially.
Your photos of Venice are beautiful. I’m re-blogging this to my site. Thanks for sharing, S x 🙂
Reblogged this on Siobhan Daiko's blog about her writing and life of romance and adventure in Hong Kong and Italy and commented:
I’m re-blogging these wonderful pictures of Venice. Enjoy!
My favorite time of day. Beautiful shot.
It is a really interesting picture…thanks for sharing
Wow!