K. Bruce Lane - Photo of the Day: artists

Sunday, November 25, 2012

Florence, Italy 11

Florence, Italy 11

After three hours on our own, we returned to our meeting place in the Piazza di Santa Croce where I had just enough time to photograph the facade of the Basilica di Santa Croce. As you can see from the photos, this church is huge and adorned with many beautiful sculptures from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.
I used the 36x zoom on the Nikon to make close views of the art and will upload several over the next day or so. As one of you commented on your own visit to Florence, "it is hard to take it all in". I see much more in my photos now than I saw while standing in front of the building.

I thought the Duff t-shirt was interesting, especially after seeing Duff Beer when I was in Rome. There were a few artists sketching the basilica, but since it seemed like a class, I didn't want to be intrusive and moved on after making one photo.

When searching for a link to a Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador images this morning I discovered that my Trout River Gallery wasn't linked anywhere on my site and, as a result, wasn't active. I have rectified this error and, if you decide to check the link below, you will be one of the first to see the gallery.

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NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR

LINK OF THE DAY

This is an official launch of the Trout River Gallery!

http://www.lanephotography.com/Western/trout_river/trout_river.htm

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Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Florence, Italy 6

Florence, Italy 6

We left the Piazza dell Signoria and headed towards the Ponte Vecchio, an old bridge that crosses the Arno River. Along the way I photographed several more statues as well as a few artists selling paintings. The street alongside the river was open to traffic, unlike most of the other streets we'd walked since arriving in Florence. As a result, people had to walk along the sidewalk, which, as you can imagine, was very crowded. I tried to stop a couple of times to make photos, but I was pushed along by the river of people. When our tour guide finally stopped I was able to take a couple of pictures of the river flanked by buildings.