ROD in VENICE II

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Comment by Jon Paton on October 15, 2013 at 11:16am

I remember making panoramas with an MPP Microcord 6 x 6 cm in the late 70s and being taken aback by the amazing quality of cameras used by the Japanese tourists around me. I was supposed to be a serious photographer and they were tourists but their kit was far superior. However, many of them photographed me as I grappled with my old camera and tripod photographing all the angles necessary.

Comment by yves maraux on October 15, 2013 at 11:11am

colours dealer & poet from Venice from the north

Comment by Rod Summers / VEC on October 15, 2013 at 10:30am

The most noticeable thing in Venice at this time is the amount of restauration to houses that is being undertaken, there is very noisy work being carried out to buildings/homes on both sides of this apartment.  And yes, there seems to be more evidence of wood rot at the bottom of doors but that observation might just be me looking for graphic imagery.  As for sinking, no, there is no apparent evidence of that, but with the sea level predicted to rise by 50 + centimeters over the next century and the increased severe storm activity that is already affecting the whole planet... well, who knows? It would seem that Italy and the Europeans are doing what they can to preserve this city; there is a canal draining system in operation in an effort to shore up the foundations of buildings but how effective these efforts will be in the long term is anybodies guess, especially as fleets of massive cruise ships make devastating waves in their need to bring mega-tourism to the city.

Two other things that I have noticed over my visits is that now many of the tourists are Chinese and that the camera quality as used by the average tourist has improved, there almost as many SLRs as compact digital cameras.

Comment by Jon Paton on October 15, 2013 at 8:47am

The rotten doors remind me that the water is rising and the city is sinking. Have you noticed much evidence between your visits?

Comment by Rod Summers / VEC on October 14, 2013 at 8:29pm

Autumn is really knocking on the doors of Venice now, parts of the day are warm, then there is a little rain, occasional sunshine and cooling quickly in the evenings.  In the early Spring the light in Venice is bright, hard and crisp white, at this time of the year it is softer and greys abound:

the ghost of Ray?

Comment by Rod Summers / VEC on October 12, 2013 at 8:11pm

Hi Rebecca, the street musicians in the photo do requests!  They spend 8 months of the year walking the streets and cafés of Venice and four months back at home in Romania, they asked me to do a shoot for the cover of their next CD, the African guy from Camaroon saw us working and walked into the photo then a spontanious sing-song started:)

The weather man lied, it was a beautiful day today and hot! Basil died

It is true Michael, Venice canal water has never been known for its curative properties:

...and I fear

I may have misrepresented Venice as an empty place

...it isn't! Even this late in the season there are thousands of tourists

now where did I leave the corkscrew?

Comment by Rebecca Guyver on October 12, 2013 at 6:04pm

Great to see all these.  They take me right back 22 and 27 years!

I can't help wondering what they serenading you with on the gondola?

Comment by Michael Leigh on October 12, 2013 at 5:47pm

Better the green tea than the green canal water!

Comment by Rod Summers / VEC on October 12, 2013 at 10:16am

it took me a while before I twigged to "Val - police..." do you think I should go back to drinking green tea?  Sweet, you and Hazel having a gondle.

Comment by Michael Leigh on October 12, 2013 at 9:30am

I thought as much!  Val - police- ello   ello what's all this then?   Nice photos- well up to standard. Looking forward to the wet and windy ones. Here's me and Hazel in Venice some years ago having a romantic and very expensive gondola ride. Archie took the photo-

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