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After Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Hamburg, Sao Paulo and of course Paris, Alaniz from Argentina is pasted in Rome as part of street art without borders
So here we are, on the road again, and I hadn't sorted out the Sony A6000 to Snapseed interfaces.
I shoot RAW and my image transfers from this trip look meh. After 4 weeks it finally occurred to me to look at the file size. Lo and behold, thumbnail jpgs were transferred. Ugh.
This is why my cellphone images look sharp on Flickr and the A6000 images do not.
I tested shooting RAW + JPG and the good, full Rez JPG does transfer. Lesson learned.
Next thing is image processing.
I read about how Norman Seeff used to print high contrast works with a twist. He used a black stocking between the enlarger lens and paper to give a interesting softness to some of his images.
He wasn't by any means the only one to do this.
When I worked at Samy Cameras photo lab on Sunset Blvd in Hollyweird we used to do this at client request. It was really no big deal.
What was a bigger deal was our use of Agfa Portriga Rapid 111 Glossy paper. It gave a gorgeous deep walnut brown tone. We used this for may of the gallery shows we printed for various then famous photographers.
Taking the black stocking idea and borrowing tones from Portriga Rapid, it turns out, expresses pretty well how I feel about Rome.
So, here is a series of images done in an old, outdated, likely not very hip manner.
Panorama of the Old Part of Rome, as Seen from the Vatican
Rome is sometimes called “a capital of two states”, due to the fact that Vatican City is an independent state, completely within the city boundaries of Rome. Vatican is the smallest country in the world by both area and population but it is an independent state nevertheless. I took this photo from the dome of St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City but Vatican City doesn’t appear in this picture at all. The people of Rome seem to like brown and orangy tones very much and most house facades are painted in these colours. The big white structure that stands out in this picture is the Altare della Patria (Altar of the Fatherland). It is also known as the Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II (in English: National Monument to Victor Emmanuel II) or simply “Il Vittoriano”. Victor Emmanuell II was the king who united Italy in the 19th century.
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So here we are, on the road again, and I hadn't sorted out the Sony A6000 to Snapseed interfaces.
I shoot RAW and my image transfers from this trip look meh. After 4 weeks it finally occurred to me to look at the file size. Lo and behold, thumbnail jpgs were transferred. Ugh.
This is why my cellphone images look sharp on Flickr and the A6000 images do not.
I tested shooting RAW + JPG and the good, full Rez JPG does transfer. Lesson learned.
Next thing is image processing.
I read about how Norman Seeff used to print high contrast works with a twist. He used a black stocking between the enlarger lens and paper to give a interesting softness to some of his images.
He wasn't by any means the only one to do this.
When I worked at Samy Cameras photo lab on Sunset Blvd in Hollyweird we used to do this at client request. It was really no big deal.
What was a bigger deal was our use of Agfa Portriga Rapid 111 Glossy paper. It gave a gorgeous deep walnut brown tone. We used this for may of the gallery shows we printed for various then famous photographers.
Taking the black stocking idea and borrowing tones from Portriga Rapid, it turns out, expresses pretty well how I feel about Rome.
So, here is a series of images done in an old, outdated, likely not very hip manner.
Rom - Trevi-Brunnen
The Trevi Fountain (Italian: Fontana di Trevi) is a fountain in the Trevi district in Rome, Italy, designed by Italian architect Nicola Salvi and completed by Giuseppe Pannini. Standing 26.3 metres (86 ft) high and 49.15 metres (161.3 ft) wide, it is the largest Baroque fountain in the city and one of the most famous fountains in the world. The fountain has appeared in several notable films, including Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita, the eponymous Three Coins in the Fountain, and Roman Holiday.
The backdrop for the fountain is the Palazzo Poli, given a new façade with a giant order of Corinthian pilasters that link the two main stories. Taming of the waters is the theme of the gigantic scheme that tumbles forward, mixing water and rockwork, and filling the small square. Tritons guide Oceanus' shell chariot, taming hippocamps.
In the centre a robustly-modelled triumphal arch is superimposed on the palazzo façade. The centre niche or exedra framing Oceanus has free-standing columns for maximal light and shade. In the niches flanking Oceanus, Abundance spills water from her urn and Salubrity holds a cup from which a snake drinks. Above, bas reliefs illustrate the Roman origin of the aqueducts.
The Tritons and horses provide symmetrical balance, with the maximum contrast in their mood and poses[citation needed] (by 1730, rococo was already in full bloom in France and Germany).
Coins are purportedly meant to be thrown using the right hand over the left shoulder. This was the theme of 1954's Three Coins in the Fountain and the Academy Award-winning song by that name which introduced the picture.
An estimated 3,000 Euros are thrown into the fountain each day. In 2016, an estimated €1.4 million (US$1.5 million) was thrown into the fountain. The money has been used to subsidise a supermarket for Rome's needy; however, there are regular attempts to steal coins from the fountain although it is illegal to do so.
(Wikipedia)
Der Trevi-Brunnen, italienisch Fontana di Trevi, ist der populärste und mit rund 26 Meter Höhe und rund 50 Meter Breite größte Brunnen Roms und einer der bekanntesten Brunnen der Welt.
Er wurde 1732 bis 1762 nach einem Entwurf von Nicola Salvi im spätbarocken, im Übergang zum klassizistischen Stil, im Anschluss an den Palazzo Poli erbaut. Er ist eine der wichtigsten Sehenswürdigkeiten Roms.
Der Brunnen wurde am 3. November 2015 nach langen Restaurierungsarbeiten wieder neu eröffnet.
Der Trevi-Brunnen besteht aus einer Palastfassade, der ein Triumphbogen vorgesetzt ist. Davor tummeln sich Meeresgestalten auf einer Felslandschaft, über die sich das Wasser in ein großes, flaches Becken ergießt. Das verwendete Material ist Travertin aus Tivoli und Marmor aus Carrara.
Der Trevi-Brunnen ist der dritte Brunnen in Rom, der als Endpunkt einer renovierten antiken Wasserleitung das Triumphbogenmotiv aufnimmt. Salvi entwickelt die Vorbilder, den Mosesbrunnen (1587 fertiggestellt) und die Fontana Paola (1613 fertiggestellt), weiter und führt deren Architekturprinzip in monumentalerer Form aus.
Salvis Thema waren die Naturgewalten, die das Werk der Menschen bedrohen. Auf der rechten Seite scheint die Fassade durch die hervorbrechenden Felsen bereits zu zerbrechen. Die dramatische Wirkung wird noch durch das vom fließenden Wasser erzeugte Meeresrauschen verstärkt, das schon in den Seitengassen zu hören ist. Salvi hat lange experimentiert, mit welcher Steinoberfläche er diesen Effekt trotz der relativ geringen Wassermenge erreichen kann. Auf den Felsen sind allerlei Fabelwesen des Meeres wie Meerespferde und Tritonen angeordnet, die dem Betrachter entgegenstürmen. Über ihnen steht im Zentrum der herrschaftliche Meeresgott Oceanus bereits in der mittleren Nische des Triumphbogens.
Der Triumphbogen stellt eine Neuinterpretation des Konstantinbogens dar. In den Nischen rechts und links des Oceanus stehen Figuren, die von Filippo della Valle geschaffen wurden, die die Gesundheit und die Fruchtbarkeit symbolisieren. Darüber befindet sich jeweils ein Relief. Rechts zeigt eine Jungfrau (lateinisch virgo, daher der Name Aqua Virgo) Soldaten Agrippas die Quelle in den Sabiner Bergen. Links befiehlt Agrippa den Bau des Aquädukts. Auf dem Architrav stehen vier Figuren, die als Allegorien von rechts nach links die satten Wiesen, die Gaben des Herbstes, die Fruchtbarkeit der Felder und die Fülle der Früchte darstellen. Die Inschriften huldigen den am Bau beteiligten Päpsten. Bekrönt wird die Brunnenanlage mit dem Wappen Clemens XII.
(Wikipedia)
Basilica Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri / Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels and the Martyrs - Piazza della Repubblica - Roma / Rome - Lazio - Italia / Italy