THE GRAND CANAL
FROM THE RIALTO
VENICE
Image Number 240
The Grand Canal divides Venice into two parts, like an inverted letter S, and is about two miles long. It is the main thoroughfare of Venice and is constantly traversed by gondolas, launches, private boats and ferries.
The Grand Canal is intersected in all directions by one hundred and forty-six small canals and is crossed by three large bridges, two of which are iron, the third, the famous Rialto, being of stone. This image was taken from the Rialto Bridge at about seven am.
TECHNICAL NOTES
Captured by Atticus Webb on a Zeiss Contax 645 medium format camera with a Zeiss medium telephoto 210mm lens at f22 with an exposure of three seconds. 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.