Campanile di Giotto, Firenze, a photo from Florence, Tuscany

Photographer's Note

Campanile-di-Giotto, a Bell-Tower, part of the complex make the Catedralle in the Piazza-del-Duomo, with 414 steps climb on a hight of 84.7 meters.
Work begun on 1334 and was finished by 1359, after number of interruptions during the time when Europe endure the Black Plague's era.
It's top shown on the no.1 WS, and the tower with the back of the Battistero on the no.2 WS, attached.

Ike
Location: 43.7728, 11.2556

Kofman, danos, Charo, pierrefonds, nobuikehonda, delpeoples, jhm, snunney, geoant68, clic, adramad, macjake, Selmik, NorthernLight, Cricri, ChrisJ, PiotrF, mcmtanyel has marked this note useful

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eldancer1 (36343) 2011-08-01 9:16

I like your pov on this one with excellent dof and sharp details. Wonderful colors. Well done, tfs.

danos (110407) 2011-08-01 10:00

Hi Ike,
in the frame you could conclude almost the whole bell tower of Giotto Campanile.I like its architectural style as the details we can see on it.Excellent presentation.

Regards,Danos

lakshmip1949 (19081) 2011-08-01 10:23

Hello Ike,

A very nice vertical image of this bell tower with full of architectural details. Looks like an elongated pyramid shape. I like the soft colors and what a clear blue sky as a background.

Lakshmi

mauro61 (53429) 2011-08-01 15:08

ciao Ike,
POV dal basso che slancia l'imponente architettura del campanile.
Buona resa dei colori .
saluti
maurizio

lousat (139220) 2011-08-01 15:30

Hi Ike,a very difficult perspective to take and an excellent solution,very good sharpness and light balance,just the colors seems a little cold in the facade too.Thanks for share,have a nice day,Luciano.

Charo (51290) 2011-08-01 16:20

Hello Ike,
The campanile could not miss in your photos of Florence. Did you climb to the top? Or maybe you went to the dome of Santa Maria de Fiori? The campanile is less tired, but from either the views of the city, especially at dusk, they are wonderful.
Excellent contrapicado with excellent definition and color.
Best wishes,
Charo

pierrefonds (114395) 2011-08-01 17:15

Hi Ike,

The point of view from the bottom toward the top is giving perspective to the composition. It is also showing with precision the details and colors of the acrhitecture of the bell tower. The late morning light is bringing out the colors. Have a nice day.

Pierre

emka (158092) 2011-08-01 23:46

Hi Ike,

Not easy task to make photo of the Giotto Campanile. Nice view from below, excellent presentation.

Warm regards

Malgorzata

nobuikehonda (3848) 2011-08-02 2:00

Hello Ike,

An impressive perspective of Giotto Campanile, the colours and the beautiful decor are wonderful to observe. Even on the photograph the effect of the perspective is very strong. I like to focus on a part of architecture as you did. Anyway, one could not possibly put the entire structure in one frame because of the size of it. The way chose to photograph shows the details of the whole which represent the rest of the structure. I think that you have made a right decision to put the focus on a tower to represent the rest with very high definition, a superb presentation of the tower.

Very best regards,
Nobu.

jmdias (115100) 2011-08-02 2:36

ike

it is a very beautiful and interesting architecture, not usual despite being a classic of architecture. fabulous shapes and details like these sculptures in the lower part. In liked this framing and lower pov. nice sharpness and light.

hugs

jorge

delpeoples (60342) 2011-08-02 3:53

Ciao Ike

This campanile has always fascinated me. And you have taken a lovely shot of it, doing it justice. Excellent perspective, sharpness and depth of field. The colours - especially the blue sky are inspiring.

Un caro saluto
Lisa

jhm (211736) 2011-08-02 4:07

Hello Ike,

Wonderful image of these big tower, I love the a lot decorations about the total length.
Sharpness and clarity be superb.
Excellent taken, these photograph.
Very well done, TFS.

Berst regards,
John

ManuMay (36447) 2011-08-02 4:17

Hi Ike!

Impressive view, very good angle choosen in order to compose the image, fine details and very good use of contrasts!!

Even both WS are good as well!!

Have a nice day...

Manu

snunney (130967) 2011-08-02 4:22

Hello Ike,
A splendid capture of this beautiful bell tower. The plunging upwards point of view emphasises the height and shows the tower to good advantage against that limpid blue sky. Clarity is excellent allowing good reproduction of the architectural detail

geoant68 (331) 2011-08-02 7:54

Hi Ike,
impressive the tower of Giotto,with the details and the statues to make the image so great.The clarity and the POV are well placed in the frame.

Peter

clic (76) 2011-08-02 13:38

Thanks for your kind words dear Ike
It should be quite a concert hearing those bells playing simultaneously on the higher three stories!
Nice perspective effect created by your low point of view on those interesting sculpture details.
Shalom.
Robert

Silvio1953 (221525) 2011-08-03 5:09

Ciao Ike, great POV on fantastic "campanile di Giotto", excellent clarity, splendid light and colors, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio

adramad (72970) 2011-08-03 9:06

Hello Ike.
A magnificent work that you've done with this awesome capture campanile, also with the images of WS, the baptistery is very beautiful.
Here the tower looks all his greatness in this great frame, perfect their varied colors of marble and elegant design.
Perfect color and optimal brightness.
Have a great evening.
Best regards.
Luis.

jemaflor (147076) 2011-08-05 0:30

Hi Ike,
good angle to give moer high at the tower, nice blue bg, perfect sharpness to se detail, well done with this light.

macjake (98438) 2011-08-06 0:54

Hi Ike
i really like this point of view, its always difficult to photograph these very tall buildings.
love the sense of height and depth, and how the building just seems to climb and climb.
nice shot.
cheers
craig

sandpiper (6788) 2011-08-12 16:36

Hi Ike

Great view of this bell tower, I really like the POV. Impressive architecture and details.

Chris

Selmik (3641) 2011-08-15 15:38

Hi lke,
thank You for comments.
Very interesting upright view of this architecture, good details and visibility, like this composition.
Regards,
Mike

npecanhuk (79329) 2011-08-15 19:48

Hello Ike!
Magnificent tower!
Attractive picture!
Special regards to the chosen pov, vertical format and composition!
TFS - congrats,
Cheers,
Neyvan

sacimar (38173) 2011-12-06 6:10

Hello Ike,

this is an impressive view of the tower, I like the point of view, the visual result is really interesting, good details, well done,

Best regards,

Sergio

jcpix (14030) 2012-10-18 15:44

The point of view on this really shows just how tall this tower stands, and climbing it will definitely give anyone a good workout! I like the perspective this gives, almost as if twisting slightly as it rises which gives it a new look other than the traditional. Nice and sharp with good contrast against the blue sky, helps show off some of the detail. Well done Ike!

Best Regards,

Jason

gus72 (3719) 2012-10-20 14:24

Hi Ike !!
This is a beauty !!! ( australian expression for anything very nice )
Good perspective and sharpness.
what I really like about this tower are the colours of the stone work and the patterns which are arranged like mosaic.
Fantastic photo.
have a nice Sunday.
Cheers
Gus

NorthernLight (2383) 2013-12-01 10:17

Hello Ike,

a beautiful building + a blue sky + a talented photographer with a trained eye = a successful picture!

Very nice!

All the best

Peter

Cricri (176) 2014-08-14 12:03

Hi Ike
Excellente perspective, une lumi鑽e qui permet d'appr馗ier les moindres d騁ails et un fond bleu qui met l'architecture bien en valeur, belle compl駑entaire en WS
Belle soir馥
cricri

abmdsudi (95869) 2014-10-21 0:48

Hi Ike
A great shot, apart form the apparent quality, the dramatic angle - viewpoint makes the edifice look so massive with the converging verticals and exaggeration. The colors are sumptuous and stands out to blue background. Excellent capture and tfs
Best regards

ChrisJ (171822) 2014-11-25 16:42

Hi Ike,

I remember seeing this last year when I visited Florence. A fine upward pov with good sharpness and punchy light contrasts yet still with good shadow detail. I like the 4 statues standing in the arched windows. The receding perspective tapering off towards the sky makes for an interesting shot. Tfs!

adidas5nb (5743) 2014-11-25 16:48

very done shot. just love the idea to shoot the tower from this very low angle and also the effect it creates. the tower itself is very impressive.
regards
dwaipayan

fabianoleite (13575) 2015-10-05 6:58

Ah, the Camapanile in Florence, very nice. I like this vertical, bottom to top, view, showing well the well made works with the tiles and sculptures on the wall of the tower. Did you go up the more than 400 steps to see the view from the top? Good work, congratulations!

PiotrF (54602) 2016-10-10 12:17

Hello Ike,
An impressive perspective of tower of Giotto Campanile, beautiful architectural details.
Good picture with nice colours, good composition and quality, fine presentation.
Regards
Piotr

pajaran (115831) 2017-07-09 5:29

Dobar dan.
Lep pogled i trenutak, dobar tekst ...
Dobar rad sa lepim fotografijama u radionici, lepo pokazan toranj Katedrale, dobar kontrast, lepe boje.
Lep toranj i detalji na fasadi.
Lepo popodne i sve najbolje.
Paja.

mcmtanyel (68447) 2017-10-02 19:42

Hello Ike,
Here is another fantastic tower with elaborate and beautiful decorations against a cloudless sky. Well done, TFS!
Regards,
MT

Royaldevon (85896) 2019-07-09 2:17

Hello Ike,

This is photographed almost as much as the Duomo, with good cause, for it is a stunning building, tall, with fine patterned decorations, as well as an array of sculptures.
Your upward viewpoint emphasises the height and captures these excellent details.

Did you climb to the top?
It was quite a trek but well worth the effort for the views!

Have a lovely day,
Bev :-)

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