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5 Terre: "walk of love" 180 ApoTelyt & 25 Dist
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Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 5:11 pm
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Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 5:11 pm
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Hello,
two weeks ago i have been not too far from my hometown and, lucky me, had a great weather in the day of saturday.

I did two steps on the famous "walk of love".

Manarola: Zeiss Distagon 25mm contax, mounted on nex5



Walk of love: Distagon 25mm - nex5



Manarola again.... taken from Vernazza with the Apo Telyt 180mm at the sunset (wide open and tripod)



The jpeg reduction to 1024px is not the best to see the details that the beautiful apotelyt and the incredible 25mm distagon can offer.

Enjoy,
roby


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Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 5:34 pm
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Such a beautiful place ! I especially like first picture!


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Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 5:45 pm
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the first one is fantastic
nice weather and clear atmosphere


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Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 6:28 pm
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very fine, postcard-like photograph ! what a town/village.

Cheers
Tobias


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Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 6:52 pm
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Tnx for your comments.

The zone called "5 terre" is really famous in Italy and is very difficult to take pictures different from a postcard. I have some night shot but, again, nothing of unusual.

There are still 90-100 pictures to "develop" from RAW ...... hope to post something dissimilar ...

Tnx again,
roby


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Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 1:52 am
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Good work, Roby! I know it's not easy to avoid the "postcard effect" there, also because the place dictates very much what you are going to see; for instance, unless you have a boat or an airplane, it's difficult to photograph a place like Manarola from an original point of view, since there are only 2-3 places where it is physically possible to photograph it Wink ... and that is also where 100,000 other photographers have pictured it before we did Wink


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Very beautiful photos! Thank you for sharing. I am not so familiar with Italy 'postcard' views.

Interesting custom, the locks, also same custom is in China, locks on Great Wall near Bejing.

I look forward to more photos!


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Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 5:44 am
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Nice shots.

Any idea why are all the locks there in photo #2? Any special meaning?


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my_photography wrote:
Nice shots.
Any idea why are all the locks there in photo #2? Any special meaning?


It's a stupid tradition that started with an Italian movie called Tre metri sopra il cielo (three meters above the sky), where two teenagers in love apply one locker on the Ponte Milvio (bridge Milvio) in Rome, and then throw the key in the Tevere river, so that the locker will be closed forever to symbolize their eternal love that can not be broken.
Since that movie, thousands of teenagers started to do the same thing, so quickly the Ponte Milvio ended up like this:



and then as final step the idiotic ritual was exported to many other places in Italy and I am also afraid in other countries too Rolling Eyes Rolling Eyes


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Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 6:57 am
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Tnx Orio
for your support and help to explain the silly history of the lockers.

I have another shot with lockers that could se sent to the forum ..... as soon as possible Smile

Tnx for your comments and enjoy your day guys

roby


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lockers madness ... always on the "walk of love" - 25 mm distagon



unlucky the tunnel is not much better - 21mm color skopar



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Orio wrote:
my_photography wrote:
Nice shots.
Any idea why are all the locks there in photo #2? Any special meaning?


It's a stupid tradition that started with an Italian movie called Tre metri sopra il cielo (three meters above the sky), where two teenagers in love apply one locker on the Ponte Milvio (bridge Milvio) in Rome, and then throw the key in the Tevere river, so that the locker will be closed forever to symbolize their eternal love that can not be broken.
Since that movie, thousands of teenagers started to do the same thing, so quickly the Ponte Milvio ended up like this:



and then as final step the idiotic ritual was exported to many other places in Italy and I am also afraid in other countries too Rolling Eyes Rolling Eyes


I think maybe origin is China, then "In Italy the love padlock enthusiasm came first to Rome because of a romantic rite mentioned in two novels by Federico Moccia, Tre Metri sopra il Cielo (Three meters above the sky) and Ho Voglia di Te (I Desire You). Later a popular film was also made based on these romantic novels which accelerated the fad of lovelocks in Italy."
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