Monthly Archives: October 2011

Venice – Soto

Bits of Venice can look so shabby, but maybe texture and tone do a little to redeem it.  For a much better vision of the sotoportego look out for Pierre Case’s Misteri Del Sotoportego. Photo: Sotoportego dell’ Uva, Venice, October … Continue reading

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Venice – Doors

Photo: Twin Doors, San Marco, Venice, October 2011

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Venice – Casino

Parts of the Lido are undergoing major change, including new buildings for the Film Festival and conversion of the Hotel Des Bains to apartments.  Cabins still dominate the private beaches. Photo: Lido Casino, Venice, October 2011

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Venice – Abbazia

A quiet corner by the Rio de Noale.  Shame about the converging verticals. Photo: Abbazia della Misericordia, Venice, October 2011

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Venice – Palladio

The front of San Giorgio Maggiore by Andrea Palladio (1610) is one of the most perfect examples of the Palladian style of architecture. Photo: San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, October 2011

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Venice – Lido

The back streets of Venice can sometimes seem claustrophobic – remember ‘Don’t Look Now’.  Lido di Venezia, for all its physical narrowness, is spacious in comparison and literally a breath of fresh air. Photo: Lido, Venice, October 2011

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Venice – Molino Stucky

The hotel web blurb says:  “Venice’s newest landmark is a modern classic that goes beyond the classical, located as it is in the splendidly restored 19th-century Molino Stucky, formerly a flourmill and granary. The Molino Stucky is perfectly situated on … Continue reading

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Venice – Fusina

“Terminal Fusina Venezia offers tourist transport and parking facilities on the mainland of Venice, in Fusina.  Our company manages two public boat lines from Fusina to Zattere (in historic centre of Venice) and from Fusina to Alberoni beach (Lido of … Continue reading

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Venice – San Giorgio

Perhaps this is best at home as a very ordinary camera club submission.  Then again, the sun sparkling across the Canale della Giudecca is a happy reminder of the end of a perfect crystal October day. Photo: San Giorgio Maggiore, … Continue reading

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Venice – Lagoon

Venice is a city of colours.  Also a city of light, of chiaroscuro, of textures and tones.  Visiting from 6th to 20th October I set myself the challenge of photographing with black and white images in mind.  Some were captured … Continue reading

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Tyre

Well, it’s a change from having half naked figures advertising fashions.  An unlikely innovation in a place like Wellingborough. Photo: Wellingborough 29th September 2011

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Bath Spa

Friday afternoon and an Indian summer weekend in prospect.  The Weymouth train is due.  Photo: Bath Spa, 30th September 2011

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Crazy 2

My posting on 17th September 2011 showed a part of the crazy golf course at Bury St Edmunds as a piece of urban ephemera.  It is OK (ish).  Today I saw a Roy Hamman’s picture of the course at Silloth, … Continue reading

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