*** This Week Through Your M4/3 2019.02.09 ***

I finally realised it is 2019...

Good morning to everyone wherever you are in the world...

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An opportunistic photo, as taken last summer when taking a stroll with the family and luckily had my telephoto with me. Got around to processing it this week.

Castel d’Ario near Mantua/Mantova is a place I wanted to visit, more for the history of the place; more than any photo opportunities. I tacked it onto the visit to the Po at Revere last week.

This castle has a tremendous history attached to it. A face of early Renaissance Italy that does not rise to the surface often.

The castle keep in a corner of the enclosure is known as the "Torre della Fame" or the “Tower of Hunger”.

During works in the nineteenth century in the cellars of the castle keep, seven skeletons were discovered, one still in chains. Here is the story of how they got there.

Francesco I Pico the ruler of Modena after a defeat in battle with an army from Bologna took revenge on the citizens of Modena who he believed had betrayed him. The citizens of the city called in the Rinaldo dei Bonacolsi Duke of Mantova to liberate the city. After a short siege Pico was sent into exile, but five years later in 1321 he returned to the area.
Pico and two of his sons were soon captured and conducted to Castle D’ario, where they were thrown into the dungeons without food or water and left to die a horrible death.

Bonacolosi in turn was dethroned in 1328 by a coup d’état by one of the wealthy families of the city. The Gonzaga’s with the help of troops from Verona took charge of the city after a short bloody battle.

Bonacolosi died of injuries sustained in the battle. But two of Bonacolosi’s sons and two cousins were captured and sent to the dungeons of Caste d’Ario where they too were imprisoned by the Gonzaga’s and left to die in the dungeons without food and water.

Rinaldo dei Bronacolosi was mummified and put on display in the Palazzo Ducale in Mantua.

The Castle is one of the few that was not demolished when the area was ruled by the Austrians and today houses the town’s tennis club.
















The memorial








The dungeon





























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Both from L Monochrome D JPGs

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Nice use of distortion. I remember when you used to buy fruit & veg in a shop like that instead of off the supermarket shelf. I can't remember when I last saw a greengrocer.

Boat on the Chao Phraya River, Grand Palace and Rama VIII Bridge



Girls





Wat Arun

That's a very nice composition. The train is a great colour too. The whole scene feels like something out of the 1950s.

Crikey - that's a grizzly story! I'm sure I saw the ghosts of the victims in your photos.

I've said it before but I'm really struck by the colours you're getting from the Nikon.

Not had much chance to do anything the last couple of weeks. I think I need a job like Nigel's. This is a 4 shot pano taken with my new Voigtlander 50mm f1.2. I'm really pleased with the lens but less so with this composition which needs a bit more of the scene at the bottom.

It was breezy which accounts for the jagged circles around the lights of the crane. For those who know it, that's the O2 (Millennium Dome) in the bottom, right-hand corner.

Best viewed at original size.



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Yaelle
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"No matter how slow the film, Spirit always stands still long enough for the photographer It has chosen." - Minor White

The blown highlights in the second are perfect.

Yes, that's rather pleasing. Lots to pore over.

Nice contrasty shots. That palace looks amazing.

Just gorgeous light throughout these. No 5 is a giddying shot. Wouldn't fancy using that 'ladder'. Enjoyed them. BTW, have you ever been to Ferentillo? Fascinating...

Two photos that match each other well. Both very well composed and treated.

Nice - these shots are so sharp you could cut yourself on them.

The red of the lights contrasts beautifully with the bluey-white light. It's very you.

Wormsmeat said:

Nice - these shots are so sharp you could cut yourself on them.

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LOL

I really like this. The starbursts have come out really well - looks like a great lens too.

Wormsmeat said:

Just gorgeous light throughout these. No 5 is a giddying shot. Wouldn't fancy using that 'ladder'. Enjoyed them. BTW, have you ever been to Ferentillo? Fascinating...

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Thanks,

No I have not been there, but it looks like a place to put on the endless list of places to see here. Looks like a place for some interesting photographs.