Gentians are always winners. Remember the old days when film couldn't quite capture that amazing colour? I think it was something to do with reflectinf UV...???
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I have not had an opportunity to do much photography this week, as it has rained all week, disastrously so in Romagna.
I found another Terracotta group of life-size figures, this time near to home in Reggio. They are in a little church in the centre of town that only opens for Mass. So I crept in at the end of the service and had about five minutes to do some pictures. The group is made up from the remains of several groups, in fact John appears twice. The figures date from the fifteenth century and are probably by at least three of artists, including Mazzoni, one of the most famous terracotta artists. They were crudely repainted in the nineteenth century. The Christ figure comes from Tuscany and was added in the nineteen fifties.
The facial expressions on these are just wonderful, especially the guy with the pliers - presumably for removing the nails through Christ's hands and feet?
I like the clarity of the second shot. The first seems to have some muddled blues through the trees. I get that from time to time and have to adjust the processing used.