A wonderful set, Philippe! We have a town about 20 km from here, Villojoyosa,
that also has vividly coloured houses like Burano, allegedly so that the
fishermen could more easily recognise their houses from the sea.
Cheers,
Nathan
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On Aug 19, 2012, at 3:21 PM, philippe.amard wrote:
> Burano is a set of small islands off the main Venice archipelago and
> is famous for its lace, and for the colours of its houses.
>
> We were lucky getting there early, at least before the flow of other
> tourists was poured into the streets by the vaporettos and tour
> operators, and the locals were not hiding yet. More on Burano at
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burano
>
> The series starts here, and proceeds to the right
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Italie+2012/Burano+Colours-0033.jpg.html
>
>
> A technical remark: my lenses distort, this I know, but can't be
> blamed for the tilt of the spire ...
> also I've tried to keep the colours as accurate as I could from
> memory; the "velvia" look is the town officials' responsibility.
>
> Bien cordialement de Mutz
> Philippe
>
>
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