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Some of the things you
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Day 2 - The Lake
Nets drying on the lakeshore at Marta
Lake Bolsena
Europe's biggest (and cleanest) lake
of volcanic origin and it is our favourite spot
for explaining the basics of photography to
beginners. However the extraordinary variety of scenery around
the lake lends itself to photographers of all levels. We
start at 9,00 (earlier if there is the promise of an interesting dawn)
at Bisentium, a promontory and ancient Etruscan
site with fine views of the lake,
its islands, the surrounding hills and the distant Apennines.
We are based in
Marta,a thriving fishing village on the lake shore
with picturesque, winding, mediaeval streets. The
shoreline is festooned with fishing nets and colourful
fishing boats, ideal subjects for explaining concepts such as composition
and depth of field. The fishermen too lend themselves willingly to
explanations about portraiture. Picnic lunch on
the lakeside outside Capodimonte. Swimming and
relaxation or back to the hotel for siesta. Late
afternoon: the wild lakeshore, the reeds, the olive groves, vines, the
wildlife, ruins - classic landscape photography. Evening
up in the hills above Lake Bolsena to Grotte di Castro (below)
to catch the evening light, the hill
town in the foreground, the lake and the setting sun in
the background.
Day
3 - Vulci and the Sea
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