Gondolas

ivar

I spend a few hours in Venice (Italy) yesterday afternoon.
Saw these gondolas coming by, thought it looked very "touristy" so I figured I'd do the right touristy thing and take a few shots :click

I haven't had any time to do some decent pp'ing so these are nearly straight out of the camera. Both taken with 30d and 24-105.



This is the rearside (stern?) of the gondolas

Richard

Nice. It's a great place for photography, but a few hours is really not enough.

Cheers,

Awais Yaqub

Beautiful photos ! loved them

Skippy

ivar wrote:

I spend a few hours in Venice (Italy) yesterday afternoon.
Saw these gondolas coming by, thought it looked very "touristy" so I figured I'd do the right touristy thing and take a few shots
I haven't had any time to do some decent pp'ing so these are nearly straight out of the camera. Both taken with 30d and 24-105.
This is the rearside (stern?) of the gondolas

Hi there Ivar, I have had the pleasure of travelling in a Gondola in Venice, many many moons ago, there was a man playing and singing as we floated along, and the window shutters on the houses that lined the pathways opened up and people looked as we slowly moved along.

We were tourists back then

Nice shots Ivar .... Skippy
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ivar

rsinmadrid wrote:

Nice. It's a great place for photography, but a few hours is really not enough.

Cheers,

Thanks! I know, and I would love to go back some time but I only had a few hours this timeunfortunately :cry

ivar

Awais Yaqub wrote:

Beautiful photos ! loved them

Thanks for looking, Awais! I'm glad you like them.

ivar

Skippy wrote:

Hi there Ivar, I have had the pleasure of travelling in a Gondola in Venice, many many moons ago, there was a man playing and singing as we floated along, and the window shutters on the houses that lined the pathways opened up and people looked as we slowly moved along.

We were tourists back then

Nice shots Ivar .... Skippy
.

Thanks Skip!

I didn't actually go in one of the gondolas, not enough time, but we did walk through the little alleys and streets, it was nice. I have some more shots, but I need to organize and pp them a bit. I'll post some soon.

JillG

Nice shots.. That canal is sooooo narrow:D Very pretty ornate sterns (yes the back of a boat, and the bow is the front ) That 24-105 is such a great lens, I love mine.

Jill

saurora

Wow, looks like our freeway traffic going out of town on Memorial Day weekend!!! Neat shots Ivar...what a shame to be passing through so quickly. I hope to go there someday.

ShepsMom

Nice shots Ivar. Venice is a beautiful little place to visit! And it's healthy, no cars!!

ivar

JillG wrote:

Nice shots.. That canal is sooooo narrow:D Very pretty ornate sterns (yes the back of a boat, and the bow is the front ) That 24-105 is such a great lens, I love mine.

Jill

Thanks for looking, Jill! Yeah. I wasn't sure if 'stern' worked for gondolas too, hahaha. Yes, I love the 24-105. I can't imagine not having it anymore

ivar

saurora wrote:

Wow, looks like our freeway traffic going out of town on Memorial Day weekend!!! Neat shots Ivar...what a shame to be passing through so quickly. I hope to go there someday.

Hahaha, yeah, and this was a quiet canal. There were some parts, it was crazy. Boats everywhere, trying to pass eachother. Yep, I was only there for a few hours. It would be nice to be there for a little longer. It was smaller than I expected though, and besides sight-seeing there really is nothing to do, so I wouldn't want to be there for a week or longer. I'll definitely go back some time though. Let me know when you are going

ivar

ShepsMom wrote:

Nice shots Ivar. Venice is a beautiful little place to visit! And it's healthy, no cars!!

Thanks! Yes, it is beautiful actually, I really liked it. The lack of cars is healthy, all the pizzas not so much maybe