City of the towers by Nasht

Photography • Architecture • posted on Apr 10, 2005

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ok, now a serious picture... after Karate sisters and Self portrait in colors that were done just for fun, I'd like to show you an image I'm quite proud of. This is a three shot horizontal stitching of the view from the highest tower of S. Gimignano. The village is called "City of the towers" because there are still thirteen stone towers (that is quite a number for a small town like that!). It seems that in the XIV sec. there were 72 towers, symbols of power and prestige, one for each family group of the city... :) The stitching was very hard this time because I did not align the camera with the horizon, but instead I made a downward movement with it. I find the final effect very appealing. Altough the color version looks really good to me I thought that sepia would have improved the ancient look of the place... but I'd like to hear what ou think about it. :) Have a great sunday!

Comments (35)

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Saurav

3:39AM | Sun, 10 April 2005

What a view, I like the fog in the background, helps to focus attention on the forground.

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TKraccoon

3:56AM | Sun, 10 April 2005

I love the hue of the image and the angle of the city, you captured the feel of it perfectly. Oustanding shot vote

soulofharmony

4:06AM | Sun, 10 April 2005

sepia is perfect for this ancient historical town.. superb stitiching, the light glimmering off the building is superb... outstanding work and beautiful nostalgic composition sublime, as always :)...)

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zulaan

4:14AM | Sun, 10 April 2005

Love this composition ! Perfect sepia tones and top POV !!!! ;)

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addiek

4:14AM | Sun, 10 April 2005

For a stritched image it seems flawless. As a sepia landscape for an ancient site it is wonderfully suitable. The weird thing for me is how they chose the odd number 13 as a stopping place for towers in their place. A town planner with a morbid streak!!

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Zacko

4:16AM | Sun, 10 April 2005

OH MY GOD!!! Of course youre proud of this one. This is sooooo impressive. What a gorgeous capture and what an incredible postwork!!!!!!!! EXCELLENT FOR SURE!!!!

Splinter429

4:20AM | Sun, 10 April 2005

Another beatiful photo :D i love it

ModestyB

4:35AM | Sun, 10 April 2005

cool whideangle shot!!! Well done!!!!! Have a nice sunday U 2 :) P&K

Raven_427

4:59AM | Sun, 10 April 2005

Quite impressive view on that beautiful old italian town. Your Sepia-Toning adds to that.

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kimariehere

5:05AM | Sun, 10 April 2005

this dosnt even look real looks like something from a movieset!! WOW ..lol you did an amazing work here.. that pov is soooo phominal!~~

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Enmos

5:25AM | Sun, 10 April 2005

I can see why you are proud of this shot, it looks quite awesome !! Stunning work here, beautiful !! :o)

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escafeld

6:00AM | Sun, 10 April 2005

Makes it a lot more difficult to join images together when they have not been taken on the horitontal as I know. You have made an excellent wide angled shot of this and should be proud of it. Excellent!!!

Yinn

7:34AM | Sun, 10 April 2005

wow, that's a view! and it's always a pleasure to get backround-informations about the picture, allows to look even closer ... very well done!

Michelle A.

8:15AM | Sun, 10 April 2005

Marvelous! Love the POV, and the sepia works for me....

chrysalide

8:41AM | Sun, 10 April 2005

Wov, excellent pano with nice angle and tones. have a good day

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