[Leica] PSTCARD- Burano - For colour lovers - Geoff

[steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour)]

On Aug 19, 2012, at 11:21 PM, philippe.amard at sfr.fr wrote:

> Message du : 20/08/2012 05:35
> De : "Geoff Hopkinson " <hopsternew at gmail.com>
> A : "Philippe AMARD" <philippe.amard at sfr.fr>
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> Do Italians have a siesta? The second especially seems deserted!

good question, I think so,  but I doubt the tourists siest (or whatever the 
verb is)....and usually (by far) the tourists outnumber the residents.....

it's obvious that Philippe was there at 3:30 am, and brought artificial 
lighting....


Steve






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> I think they try to protect themselves from the heat after lunch, do they 
> nap I don't know. For instance, the street in Rome were quieter as siesta 
> time for sure.
> The shot was taken mid-morning, very few tourists then, and we landed of 
> the "wrong side of the island, where most of them don't venture until 
> lunchtime :-)
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> I love the colour palette as shown
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> the local authorities choice :-) for centuries people have had to ask for 
> permission before before painting their houses, and the colours are 
> imposed, I just tried not too use the always tempting saturation ruler ;-)
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> Amiti?s du matin
> Philippe
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> Cheers, 
>  Geoff 
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
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> On 19 August 2012 23:19, philippe.amard <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> wrote:
>  Burano is a set of small islands off the main Venice archipelago and is 
> famous for its lace, and for the colours of its houses.
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> We were lucky getting there early, at least before the flow of other 
> tourists was poured into the streets by the vaporettos and tour operators, 
> and the locals were not hiding yet. More on Burano at
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burano
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> The series starts here, and proceeds to the right
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Italie+2012/Burano+Colours-0033.jpg.html
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> A technical remark: my lenses distort, this I know, but can't be blamed 
> for the tilt of the spire ...
> also I've tried to keep the colours as accurate as I could from memory; 
> the "velvia" look is the town officials' responsibility.
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> Bien cordialement de Mutz
> Philippe
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