A day in Venice with the Zeiss Distagon 28mm f/2.8 (C/Y)
This is the second post regarding B&W photos taken with Zeiss lenses for the C/Y mount adopted to modern mirrorless cameras.
The third day took me further that the previous two. With a flight back to Luxembourg leaving from Venice I took advantage of the late departure time to walk a bit around the city.
Despite Venice being one of the most photogenic cities in the world I struggled a bit at the beginning finding good subjects and compositions.
The first good photo of the day is a view of the St. Mark Cathedral from one of the narrow alleyways leading towards it. The dark building of the alleyway create a nice framing for the façade of the cathedral.
St. Mark Cathedral, 1/400, ISO 100
Not very far away a snapped a photo of the Doge’s Palace facing St. Mark’s square. It’s a very classic view and I think it renders well in B&W.
Doge’s Palace, 1/640, ISO 100
On the ferry heading to the San Giorgio Maggiore island I framed the main abbey and I’m very satisfied with the result. The light and the angle are just about right and the person sitting on the stairs gives a sense of scale to the image.
St. George Abbey, 1/800, ISO 100
One the way back I stopped by the Accademia bridge, one of the 4 bridges crossing the Canal Grande. I noticed a small pier for gondolas and I got a feeling that an image here would work. The straight vertical lines of the wooden poles complement well the diagonal cut of the pier.
Pier, 1/160, ISO 200
Venice has definitely many moro photo opportunities to explore, during this day I did feel like I barely scratched the surface. It would be good to be back one day with a bit more time to explore other more hidden corners of the city but for now this will do.