Sherry Icardi  


Lake Maggiore by Sherry Icardi

August 2020 - Lake Maggiore

August 2020 - Sherry Icardi

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During my tour of the Alps in 2017 we stayed in Lake Maggiore and were treated to a beautiful sunset on our first night. this image shows off the two islands in Lake Maggiore, Isola Bella and Isola Superiore.

This was taken with my Nikon D750 on tripod

1/25 sec
F 11.0
ISO 200
86 MM on the Nikkor 24-120mm lens


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Sherry Icardi   Sherry Icardi
During my photo trek of the Alps in 2017 we stayed in Stresa, Italy right next to Lake Maggiore and were treated to a beautiful sunset on our first night. This image shows off the two islands in Lake Maggiore, Isola Bella and Isola Superiore. What was really interesting is the sun was setting to my left but all the colors were to the east. With the mountains, it is interesting how you actually have "sunset" early because the sun goes behind those gigantic mountains. Lucky our local guide really understood photographers and the kind of things they would be looking to shoot!

Living predominantly at sea level most of my life I was not prepared for this dynamic.
Our first stop in Annecy, I was on my own the first day and tried to get a sunset and really struggled with trying to find the time of sunset.

Taken with Nikon D750 on tripod.

1/25 sec
F 11.0
ISO 200
86 MM on the Nikkor 24-120mm lens   Posted: 08/03/2020 10:54:32



Ian Cambourne   Ian Cambourne
A great image Sherry. I love your use of foreground and background to bring depth into this image. And those lovely pastel sunset colours.   Posted: 08/07/2020 07:32:50



 
Beautiful images. Love how the clouds lead you into the image. The lights on the island draw you down to the beautiful reflection of the light from the clouds.
  Posted: 08/08/2020 10:33:18



Janos Demeter   Janos Demeter
Beautiful photo, beautiful Italy. I love that country.
Sherry, if you like sunsets, you might want to download the app "photopills". It shows you the time of sunset, sunrise, milky way position and much much more. The developers also have great tutorials.   Posted: 08/14/2020 01:00:36
Sherry Icardi   Sherry Icardi
Thank you Janos. One thing I have not tried is astrophotograhy and PhotoPills is essential to get good locations. I am going to try for one in the next 12 months.....just need to get past this pandemic!!!   Posted: 08/17/2020 21:22:50



Dave Ficke   Dave Ficke
Sherry
Wow nice image and the sunset sets it off but you were able to capture the foreground so well. Great shot   Posted: 08/14/2020 10:32:28



Peter Cheung   Peter Cheung
Beautiful sunset colors. The composition is very nice. The foreground, the mountain, and the clouds are wonderful. Italy is a very beautiful country. I originally planned to visit Italy this year but because of the pandemic I need to postpone our plan.   Posted: 08/17/2020 23:55:14
Sherry Icardi   Sherry Icardi
Italy's Lake Region is absolutely beautiful but so was Annecy, Fr., Chamonix, Fr., and Zermatt, Switzerland. The only spot I was not enamored with was Milan. Too much smog! But we were only there a day and then flew out the next night on a red eye back to JFK. It is a fantastic place for landscape photography. I also found the people genuinely nice! I am sure you will enjoy it once we get to a new normal !   Posted: 08/18/2020 12:35:31