THE DOGE’S PALACE
THE DOGE’S PALACE AT DAWN
VENICE
Image Number 241
The Doge’s Palace between St Mark’s Square and the Grand Canal is the most recognised symbol of Venice. Typically the square is occupied during the summer months by many thousands of tourists. To capture this image, Atticus Webb arrived before dawn. Even so, there were already visitors moving through the square.
TECHNICAL NOTES
Captured by Atticus Webb on a Zeiss Contax 645 medium format camera with a Zeiss medium telephoto 120 mm lens at f45 with an exposure of six seconds. Fortunately it the morning was still enough for the long exposure on the tripod, making the other early morning people appear ghostly as they walked through the square. The image was registered on a transparency using Fuji Velvia 100 ASA film. It was then scanned in high resolution by Bond Imaging. The image has been cropped to remove extraneous detail but has not been significantly manipulated.