four rivers fountain, a photo from Rome, Lazio

Photographer's Note

Located at the center of Piazza Navona, the Four Rivers Fountain is one of the most famous works by Bernini. Built for Innocent X Pamphilj to embellish his family compound while providing a beautiful vessel for the people of Rome to receive the recently restored waters of the Acqua Vergine, the intricately carved pyramidal travertine rock formation supports an Egyptian obelisk taken from the Circus of Maxentius. The four allegorical figures represent the four great known rivers of the world: the Danube, Ganges, Nile and the Rio della Plate from each of the major continents: Europe, Asia, Africa and America. The popular story told to illustrate the rivalry between Bernini and Borromini, that the Plate is holding up his arm to protect himself from the potentially unstable belfry of St. Agnese is certainly apocryphal as the fountain was completed in 1651, two years before Borromini began work on the church.
In foreground the "Gange river".

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papera (14372) 2008-12-28 12:51

buona sera Ludo,
mi collego ed eccoti qua, con una delle mie fontane preferite!
Ho sempre amato Bernini, da quando il mio prof di inglese delle medie ci porto' a fare un giro di Roma barocca... e poi piazza Navona, nonostante i turisti e i negozi, e' pur sempre una piazza unica nella forma e nell'atmosfera.
hai fatto bene ad includere anche S. Agnese nella foto, che tutti dimentichiamo quando fotografiamo la fontana... e che invece e' una chiesa particolarissima nella pianta e nella facciata.
ti dedico una vista della stessa fontana nel workshop.
buon anno in anticipo, se non dovessimo sentirci prima del 31.

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janusz2054 (2) 2008-12-28 13:31

Ciao Ludo
Nice the perspective and the presentation fountain Piazza Navona. Very good sharpness and colours.
Janusz

loves_summer (1310) 2008-12-28 13:34

Hi Ludo,
Great closeup of this beautiful fountain. Sharpness is excellent and really makes the details stand out. Good framing and perspective.
Thanks for sharing!

stefanocer (10642) 2008-12-28 13:36

Mi piace molto il taglio che hai dato e come il profondo blu del cielo stacca con il marmo della statua Ludo , complimenti .
Stefano.

ciakgiak (30) 2008-12-28 14:06

Ciao Ludo,
trovo che quest'immagine sia spettacolare per il modo geniale in cui l'hai composta.
La scultura in primo piano lateralizzata per fare spazio al campanile, ed uno splendido cielo blu a contrastare il candido colore del marmo. Eccellente la nitidezza dei dettagli. Ottimo lavoro.
Un carissimo saluto.
Giorgio

devimeuxbe (58557) 2008-12-28 14:20

Hi Ludo
i like how you have managed the contrasts here between the hight and dark light. The composition also is very good.
Excellent work
Bertrand

Miha2ou7 (5162) 2008-12-28 15:00

Hey Ludo,

A beautiful POV, just the right one for this photo. The main motive is well focused on, and then sharpened to perfection. Colors are well saturated. Perhaps the blue is too blue, but that`s just my personal taste. In any case, well executed and TFS.

Best regards.

baddori (20341) 2008-12-28 22:20

Ciao Ludo
vedendo la chiesa nonjavrei fatto la domanda a Giorgio.
La terrazza, piccolo attico, sta tra i due palazzio ocra di gradazione diversa.
Gianfranco

Aviller (3866) 2008-12-29 2:53

Beautiful picture with great colors and a good composition. All the parts are properly exposed and the contrasts between the shaded areas and the sunny ones is fantastic. I might have tried to crop out the dark bit on the left that is reaching into the frame.