This is a photo that was actually taken about 15 minutes before my last Skywatch Friday entry (spot the roof of the building below in the other photo!) This is one of the few times that a photo has actually captured both the beauty and the gentle illumination of the clouds accurately. Normally what you see in person, while striking, doesn’t actually look like the photos you take — photos of sunsets are usually overexposed or burned out, swamped in yellow light. It might not be unpleasant to look at, but it probably doesn’t look a whole lot like the sunset you actually experienced!
This one though… this sunset is perfect. Every time I look at it I want to be back in Florence, standing on the Ponte Vecchio bridge — at over 1000 years old, by far the oldest structure I’ve ever stood on. I want to walk through the old, dilapidated, rustic streets. I want to kick back in one of the lovely pizza parlours with some olives and a bottle of Chianti — and of course, some crusty bread, oil and balsamic vinegar.
I look forward to sharing a few more photos from my trip to Italy with you all, my fellow sky-watchers!
floreta
May 21, 2009
very pretty.. even heavenly!
i will actually be doing swf this week.
love cloud formations. it’s one of my favorite things to take pictures of (the sky).
sebastian
May 21, 2009
Well, clouds and light are really the only things that changes from photo to photo — of the same scene, anyway!
For someone that tries to capture unique views of the world, to take people to places they haven’t seen, clouds and light are all I have to work with
The rays shooting out are certainly… celestial!
Hezabelle
May 21, 2009
Gorgeous.
floreta
May 21, 2009
yep. i also think it’s “easy”. i mean, i’m not a good photographer REALLY, i just live in a beautiful area and get lucky. that’s how i see it
Chown Town
May 21, 2009
It’s not Friday yet… can’t legally comment
sebastian
May 22, 2009
Those guys over at Skywatch like to start on Thursday night because it’s ACTUALLY FRIDAY over in, like, Fiji…
But all the Americans join early anyway, so I thought I’d do the same… Can’t beat ‘em…
Chown Town
May 22, 2009
And here I was, thinking you were a maverick… dreams. shattered. everywhere.
Joking aside, ’tis another gorgeous pic. I’m also a cloud fan and it definitely takes me to a place I haven’t seen
the girl in stiletto
May 22, 2009
don’t remind me of italian pizza, olives and balsamic vinegar, you’re making me depress! i love the food in florence. they have humongous portions of pasta/pizza that can last me for… well, hours.
and gelato. gelato! why do you always remind me of food in the middle of the night, seb?
sebastian
May 22, 2009
Well, I’m certainly not going to apologise because those are nice and happy memories, right?
I found the ‘best gelato in the world’ in Rome. Can’t wait to tell THAT story…
But I have to tell all about Florence first, and Pisa… damn!
the girl in stiletto
May 22, 2009
get cracking ASAP!
i love gelato from Grom… but why do i have a feeling your “best gelato in the world” is sugar-coated. ahahah.
Renee
May 24, 2009
Missed this for some reason. Can’t see it in your blog but I can see it from the link from twitter? Odd.
What I learned from the Vasari Corridor tour is that Mussolini had windows put into the corridor (it’s on the bridge) with a view of Michelangelo’s bridge, and apparently that impressed Hitler enough to leave it be. Of course there’s also the collection of self portraits and everything.
Lovely photo. I see the silhouette of the Duomo… not sure if the tower next to it is the campomile(sp?) or not.
There’s a gelato place in Florence that grows their own cocoa and is famous for their chocolate gelato.
sebastian
May 24, 2009
Ahhh, I just closed the tab as I was finishing writing out a response. Damn. Oh well, you get the short version then!
Don’t think that’s the Duomo — that would’ve been behind me. But I should probably claim it is, to make the photo infinitely more valuable!
The corridor was beautiful, and the view of the Ponte Vecchio was certainly a nice bonus. I have some photos of it somewhere