One special pleasure in traveling in Italy is taking a stroll in the evening ("passegiata") with the rest of the populus. And among the many pleasures of passegiata is seeing things you don't see during the day; darkness filters out the obvious and highlights the obscure, it emphasizes objects and relationships that are overlooked in daylight.
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11 comments:
Nice set. I like what the darkest brings out, especially in the first one.
Well I've learned a new word. Nice pictures of an evening stroll. I did the same in Venice a few weeks ago.
Yes, I rather like the word. In future I will take a passegiata to the pub.
Great pix and nice take on the theme this week....
Dark and mysterious and sort of carvernous. I wonder what's down those stairs.
The passegiata sounds like a pleasant custom and an excellent opportunity to take some unusual photos.
The final is my favourite. We normally look out of a window for a view and I like the irony of seeing the painting on the inside at night.
I enjoyed this post. You are right, sometimes darkness makes things more beautiful. A candle lit dinner comes to mind.
Ah ha, a poetic type -- dark offering -- I like it --and the photos.
Dark perhaps, but in a soft and luring tone, urging a person to look deeper.
Now I need to find a place that looks so inviting in the dark that I have to photograph it. Super first shot.
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