*** This Week Through Your Eyes 2024.10.19 ***

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Poggio Molina, Chianti, Tuscany.

Autumn

I went up to the high Apennines, hoping to catch some Autumn colours, but the main ridge was enveloped under the bad weather trying to creep in from Tuscany. I had also missed the very brief window of maximum colour. So, it was Plan B. The "Ricinti" (enclosures) just a bit nearer Reggio were still sunlit. I used hand held HDR on a few of these to expand the dynamic range a bit to keep the detail in the backlit clouds.

Lago Pranda, just under the main ridge.

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Ricinti

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We can see the bad weather creeping in from Tuscany.

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Did you try some of this wine? Trip Advisor says you eat well in this Tenuta.

You have dug out a couple of nice details.

Certainly did. We hired a minibus so the drivers could sample the produce. Wine was delicious, particularly at the higher end.
But the food at times was sensational.

The palace

That building has fascinated me, so when I learned that I can visit it in Open House event previous weekend I charged my camera's batteries, emptied memory card and was there for first visit. Apparently not early enough, as by the time I arrived quota was full and I had to wait for hour for next visit time. But it was well worth it.

View to palace. It was constructed about 150 years ago. In 1911 it was sold to literature society, in 1946 it was given to science academy and it belongs to science academy to this day. Probably thanks to such educated owners it is well preserved in its original state.

Impressive chimneys

Door handle

Even garbage bins are fine piece of art

Main hall

Meeting room

Academy president's office

Door ornament

Another meeting room, for more relaxed discussions

Secret door in this room, by this door servants could come in. There are reconstruction/restoration works going on.

Stairs, another piece of art

Initial owner was member of Order of Malta, this is room in top floor where they had order's meetings. Secretly, I presume.

View from Long Leg to buildings backside (behind the tree). I was shooting it and other people started to look up as well :D

I presume 2 and 3 are HDR too? Beautiful places and compositions but I hate to say I don't think the processing works. It looks sort of oversharpened.
No 5 is a much cleaner shot.
No 7 is lovely too.
And I really like the last. It's a fine shot. I might have tried to get that compressed fence onto a third.

What's with the (Please do not repost edited versions of these pictures.) tagline? Someone else posted that last week iirc. I have to say I don't venture elsewhere on this site so am not aware of what's going on.

Riedingtal
Away for the weekend so no chance to post anything new today.
...So here is one photo posted already this week in the Wednesday C&C thread.
Taken in Riedingtal from a slightly different angle and with some great autumn colours and even some contrasting snow at the top.

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nice 😋

Reflections

Fyi - background has convex glass...

Imagine having a cellar full of these...

Some fab shots you have here.

If I have to choose one...

A classic shot. Excellent.

How beautiful. I can see why you wanted to go. What's the official name of the building now?
Nice capentry in the floor and stairs. That meeting room has an air of importance about it.

No 1 and 2 are single shots, maybe I used too much contrast and saturation.

As for the editing tag, best that we don't go there.

There appear to be several seasons in one shot here!

Very nice Chris. The little splash of red brings it to life.

Some amazing shots of a very well preserved building.

I like all the little details in this set. These guided tours make it difficult to get good pictures, you have done a great job.

You were lucky to get some sun, and the dark clouds in the background. It that fresh snow?

Mirror glass makes for some great abstracts like this.

This is a stitched panorama of the view from our room of the Cape Schanck Resort golf course on the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, shortly after sunrise.