Entrance to the Grand Canal

[johntwo]

  Three images stitched in Photoshop.

                                

[Clicker]

Such a famous scene ... ... Canaletto must have  been  just a bit closer when he painted his version with the Basilica di Santa Maria Della Salute on the left ...  A really nice job paying homage to both a glorious painting and a stunning view John ... very nicely executed too ...

[johntwo]

Irresistible really Clicks.  I love Venice for its variety and compactness.  The only things that spoils it  are all those tourists and the prices in St Marks.  I wonder what it's like at the moment?

[Clicker]

It might be interesting to see the 3 pics that you used John ... it all looks seamless from here  so very well done .. 

What would you give to have your camera  now and be there with probably  no tourists eh?

[johntwo]

No Sooner said ............. .  Apart from some preparatory cloning of the white motor boat and the odd crane gantry or two, the credit goes to Photoshop which does such a good ob these days.

It's a recent post process but the originals were taken some time ago on a Sony Bridge camera - might even have been a point and shoot but the meta data doesn't record the model on these for some reason. Either way it was an 8 megapixel or less sensor.  I was amazed at the quality that could be extracted using today's software.

 

[Clicker]

Thanks for showing those John .. it's worked really well and asyou say ... great quality from the Sony... I still got two...one of which is the the old DSC 717 with a  Zeiss lens. Still produces pretty decent pics but the storage capacity is abysmal and it's not easy to find the genuine sticks now.... I mean  128Mbs!!

[vanguard]

That a stunning image, I’d get that printed out and hung on a wall.

[Clicker]

I agree Van ....It really is a beauty .. I think you presented it in a way John that really shows it off well with the grey framing and  drop shadows...it's so understated that you barely notice it  yet take it away and it loses a tad of the impact ... 1st class processing  and it just goes to show it's often worth going back to our archives as we may not realise the extra skills we have acquired over the years plus the new software available  can often be more than we suspected.     Now you have a yellow ribbon awarded  John  for 5 or more likes but sadly it doesn't show up half as much as it used to .....

[Denis]

It is a wonderful landscape shot, brilliant 'engineering' John  

 

[johntwo]

Thanks all for the additional comments.  

[Stravinsky]

A very striking image, nicely composed and the sea colour sets it off very well

[CMunzel]

A great image, John. Its good to see the three photos you started with. The final image is a credit to your processing skills and visual creativity.

[johntwo]

Thanks all for the comments.  Just one of those iconic views, done many times, but that you can't resist.

[Kobione]

Commented on this as POTW John, but very interesting catching up with the extra info and the shots. You did a great job to get the end result!