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Grand Canal at Sunset
This is a view of the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy as the sun sets in the west.
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This is a view of the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy, as the sun sets in the west. This is a perspective of the Grand Canal taken from the Rialto Bridge just as dark clouds began to move in and the sun was setting. I waited patiently for the gondolas to arrive in this photo rather than take the image when the canal was either empty or full of motorized watercraft. I wanted to create as much of an old-world atmosphere as possible. During the 15th century, at the height of Venice's importance as a trading, financial, and military power, there were 10,000 gondolas, and there are now 400, mainly used for tourists.
