Robert Watcher
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A block of slim buildings in our small town that I shot tonight with my E-PL1 and kit lens (200 ISO) - custom grit, contrast and Tri-X emulation.
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A block of slim buildings in our small town that I shot tonight with my E-PL1 and kit lens (200 ISO) - custom grit, contrast and Tri-X emulation.
Bob,
There's a place in Tuscany, Siena, (that's where the color sienna comes from because of the golden look of the soil) that's shaped like this. I am not sure, but the building resembles this Sienna chapel below. I'll have to search more through my pictures.
© DigitalImages.net" Chiesa della Chiocciola
For purchase http://www.digital-images.net/Gallery/Scenic/Siena/Scenery/scenery.htmlhere
Two medieval families had chariot races and passed either side to the cobblestones oval center of the town for the final competition. This has evolved into a more than 3 hour set of pageants and ceremonies in inolving representatives of 17 medieval areas that provided militias to defend the town from domination from nearby Florence. Read more here. Heavy church involvement. Each of the horses are blessed inside the cathedral! Some 50,000 spectators come for the spectacle each year.
Asher
It's interesting that you point this out - old narrow buildings always seem to come about by chance, often between two roads that have been there "forever". The building is an adaptation for an awkward space that is too valuable to waste. It seems to be a sign of places that have grown organically, rather than laid out to a rigid plan to begin with.
I like what you've done with the photo, it seems very appropriate (for lack of a better word - just fits the subject matter and what you've said, it seems the opposite of contrived.)