Ken Rennie
Well-Known Member
We spent a week in Verona, Northern Italy earlier this month, we had been gifted tickets for 2 operas La Boheme and Carmen. The weather was hot, or at least hot by my standards, 90+ every day, unfortunately this hot, high pressure weather has lasted for weeks and the atmospheric conditions were poor, so not really a photographic trip. Verona is a city of approx 250,000 people and sits on the Northern plane with the Alps just visible through the haze. Much of the old town is 14thC with a few Roman era buildings including the Arena where the operas took place.
Verona is vibrant and alive well into the night, walking back from the opera at 1:30 in the morning the cafes were still open and lots of people were still sitting outside in temperatures still above 80F.
Our first opera, La Boheme, was interrupted by thunderstorms and torrential downpours, the Roman arena is open to the elements so raincoats on and get wet with warm rain.
La Boheme, cameras are not allowed, everyone is searched on the way in so this is my cheap phone, I may buy a better phone that shoots RAW
The next night was Carmen, it was wonderful
Just to the North of the old town Castel San Pietro stands on a low hill giving a view over the city.
I did not bring a tripod and used stone parapets for the long exposures using coins to level up the camera
The church of San Anastasia
Ponte Pietra a Roman era bridge over the Adige river with the cathedral behind with the 7thC church of San Zeno on the left and San Giorgio on the right
The San Pietro bridge with San Anastasia church in the background
San Giorgio church from the San Pietro bridge
Piazza Erbe
Castelvecchio, castle and bridge
Verona is vibrant and alive well into the night, walking back from the opera at 1:30 in the morning the cafes were still open and lots of people were still sitting outside in temperatures still above 80F.
Our first opera, La Boheme, was interrupted by thunderstorms and torrential downpours, the Roman arena is open to the elements so raincoats on and get wet with warm rain.
La Boheme, cameras are not allowed, everyone is searched on the way in so this is my cheap phone, I may buy a better phone that shoots RAW
The next night was Carmen, it was wonderful
Just to the North of the old town Castel San Pietro stands on a low hill giving a view over the city.
I did not bring a tripod and used stone parapets for the long exposures using coins to level up the camera
The church of San Anastasia
Ponte Pietra a Roman era bridge over the Adige river with the cathedral behind with the 7thC church of San Zeno on the left and San Giorgio on the right
The San Pietro bridge with San Anastasia church in the background
San Giorgio church from the San Pietro bridge
Piazza Erbe
Castelvecchio, castle and bridge
