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This shot is of the Chianalea dry dock repair area is also home to a summer pop up restaurant that specializes in swordfish sandwiches in unique configurations, it also captures what this region is known for, the color violet in the sunrise. The Costa Viola is famous for the cast of violet light at particular times of the day mostly when the sun is low, the “Purple Coast” runs from just north of Reggio Calabria and besides Scilla it comprises the municipalities of Bagnara Calabra, Palmi, and Seminara. Along this 35km stretch of coast Scilla is the star, the jewel in the Violet tourist crown all the while it still maintains its authenticity as a fishing village, an easy place to fall in love with and a hard love to forget.
I took this on Sept 15th 2023 with my D850 and Tamron 24-70mm f2.8 G2 Lens at 31mm, 1/250s, f2.8 ISO 1250 processed in LR, PS +Lumenzia ,Topaz, and DXO
Disclaimer: My style is a study of romantic realism and still a work in progress
I came home from work today to find my front yard filled with these beautiful dime sized beautiful flowers. I dont have much time with flickr lately. Health care is crazy right now.
When you are on the other side of this scene you sometimes forget that at its heart Scilla was a swordfishing village and you can sometimes see the boats return passing by the beach after what we hope was a successful mornings fish. While there is more fishing for tourists at this stage of the towns life than fish they still have a thriving fishing community that keeps the multitude of seafood restaurants supplied and tourists bellies full. For me this all comes together with the star of show the simple but delicious swordfish sandwich, Scilla offers two versions of the sandwich one with tomatoes, olives, and capers or another version with caramelized Tropea onion and rocket both extremely tasty.
I took this on Sept 15th 2023 with my D850 and Tamron 24-70mm f2.8 G2 Lens at 42mm, 1/60s, f2.8 ISO 6400 processed in LR, PS +Lumenzia ,Topaz, and DXO
Disclaimer: My style is a study of romantic realism and still a work in progress
INFO: Scilla sibirica wächst zur Zeit (Mitte bis Ende März) in großen Mengen auf dem denkmalgeschützten Bergfriedhof in Hannover.
Mit ihrer besonderen Ausstrahlung inspiriert dieses kleine Blausternchen zur intensiven Beschäftigung mit ihr und auch zur Nutzung künstlerischer Freiheit!
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I have sometimes heard of Scilla’s Chianalea being called the Venice of the South by the locals, for its sake I hope that it never reaches that level of touristic development and keeps its sleepy laid-back village feel for as long as possible. Pictured here is the main throughfare of the Chianalea in the silence of the early morning, to the left are the wealthier houses with rear views of the sea some with patios built stilted above the water and to the right more modest houses that back onto the hillside infilled as high as terrain will permit. The Chianalea area was home to the fishermen and their families with houses clustered along the foot of the steep hillsides following the coast now it is home to most of the seafood restaurants in Scilla and become fishers of men.
I took this on Sept 15th 2023 with my D850 and Tamron 24-70mm f2.8 G2 Lens at 26mm, 1/250s, f2.8 ISO 6400 processed in LR, PS +Lumenzia ,Topaz, and DXO
Disclaimer: My style is a study of romantic realism and still a work in progress
With this last look at Scilla we say goodbye for now, this shot taken from the end of the Marina Grande as the sunrise casts its glow across Castle Ruffo and warms up the shore for the next visitors looking to enjoy some late season beach time. For me this may be my favorite spot on the lower half of the Tyrrhenian seaside of Calabria due to its unique combination of beach and town ,that is saying a lot given the other spots we have seen from Pizzo to this place as we explored this portion of the coast Now we move our focus from the Tyrrhenian seaside to the mountains, always keeping our right side to the coastline and the beaches of the Ionian starting our mountainous visit with the medieval village of Gerace.
I took this on Sept 15th 2023 with my D850 and Tamron 24-70mm f2.8 G2 Lens at 42mm, 1/400s, f2.8 ISO 64 processed in LR, PS +Lumenzia ,Topaz, and DXO
Disclaimer: My style is a study of romantic realism and still a work in progress
Scylla just the name evokes enchantment amongst local storytellers, long held myths told and retold about a nymph turned into one half of a tag team that guard the “Straits of Messina” the other guardian being Charybdis the whirlpool master. With a name like Scilla you have a lot to overcome, your six headed monstrous side with big belly full of many sailors needs some compensation and I feel that she has done this with one of the most beautiful coastal villages I have ever visited Chianalea. I think this little village may be a siren child of the Scylla given the way the lapping of the sea against the houses seems to pull you forward with its song but try to resist its pull and pause along the way to explore every nook.
I took this on Sept 15th 2023 with my D850 and Tamron 24-70mm f2.8 G2 Lens at 52mm, 1/250s, f2.8 ISO 2000 processed in LR, PS +Lumenzia ,Topaz, and DXO
Disclaimer: My style is a study of romantic realism and still a work in progress