It occasionally snows around Genoa and when it happens it’s a transformation. I go out to take pictures, unusual ones: the well known locations become a novelty. Here is depicted the Monte Fasce, which dominates western Genoa, from the winding road that leads to Sori and Uscio. I walked up to a small ridge where [...]
Archive for November, 2007
Monte Fasce in Winter
Posted in Appennines, Genoa, Italy, Landscape, Liguria, Luca Baldassarre, Mountain, Nature, Photo, Snow, Snowscape, Winter on 22 November 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Snow Curves II
Posted in Alps, Art, Italy, Luca Baldassarre, Mountain, Nature, Photo, Piedmont, Snow, Textures, Wallpaper, Winter on 15 November 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Another snow abstract, taken in the same place as the previous one, that is Bardonecchia, Italy. But that’s not important, since you can find such shapes almost everywhere there is some untouched snow modelled by the wind. I enjoy the transformations snow brings to the landscape and to the small things that surround our everyday [...]
Snow Curves
Posted in Alps, Art, Italy, Luca Baldassarre, Nature, Photo, Piedmont, Snow, Textures, Wallpaper on 14 November 2007 | Leave a Comment »
With the winter approaching (and in many places already arrived) I like to share this abstract snow detail with you. It was shot in the Western Alps above the Olympic-famous town of Bardonecchia, Italy. There’s a valley called Valle Stretta (narrow valley) due to the vertical cliffs and steep ancient stone avalanches that close in [...]
The Orange Sunset
Posted in Alps, Appennines, Italy, Landscape, Luca Baldassarre, Mountain, Nature, Photo, Sky, Sunset, Wallpaper on 1 November 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Another photo from the same clear-day session above Genoa. This time I zoomed-in on the spot where the sun disappeared. I enjoyed how these warm hues spread across the sky, like a colossal fire were buring behind the mountains.
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