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Alex_Petrini


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Challenge: New Year's Resolution VI (Expert Editing)
Collection: Artworks
Camera: Nikon D600
Lens: Samyang 8mm f/3.5 Aspherical IF MC fish eye
Location: Garda Lake - Italy
Date: Jan 2, 2014
Date Uploaded: Jan 2, 2014

 [Jan. 9th, 2014 06:04:54 AM]

For the ones who are wondering: this place is real... well, almost real. We were visiting Garda Lake (the biggest Italian lake) and we reached Malcesine, one of the towns along the lake. We hoped to visit the castle (there's a stunning view over the whole lake) but it was very cold and we had only 20 minutes before closing - the visit takes 1 hour.

So we searched for a way to reach the lake shore there. And after descending steep stony steps I found this sort of cave with a stunning view. The left side of the cave doesn't exist - I added it to make the image more appealing.

And of course this is not a night shot, the sky is created from scratch. We were there at sunset :)

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Thanks everyone for votes and nice comments. I absolutely didn't expect to win, but it's definitely a great beginning of the year!

Statistics
Place: 1 out of 43
Avg (all users): 7.1034
Avg (commenters): 7.4286
Avg (participants): 5.9130
Avg (non-participants): 7.5313
Views since voting: 3042
Views during voting: 209
Votes: 87
Comments: 30
Favorites: 6 (view)

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 01/16/2014 04:28:59 PM
Great job, it has that Game of Thrones feel about it.
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 01/13/2014 04:49:20 PM
this is bonkers :O
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 01/12/2014 06:04:53 AM
Just beautiful. There's a place like this near where I grew up in The Bronx.
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 01/11/2014 02:54:48 PM
Congrats on the blue. I didn't get to comment during voting, but this was my top pick. It's a wonderful place/creation.
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 01/11/2014 01:49:09 PM
The left side is definitely a very clever addition, it really makes the view more impressive. Congrats!
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 01/11/2014 04:51:33 AM
ribbon hog!!...hahaha Great picture and this really is a cool place!
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 01/11/2014 02:19:53 AM
congratulations sir!
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 01/10/2014 06:26:55 PM
Beautiful, Alessandro!
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 01/10/2014 12:20:41 PM
AMEN The best of the lot. Congrats.
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 01/10/2014 09:33:12 AM
Congrats. Great start of the new year!
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 01/10/2014 08:31:26 AM
Congrats Alessandro. An amazing work.
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 01/10/2014 08:19:47 AM
You fooled me too! Wonderful work Alessendro!
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 01/10/2014 01:47:17 AM
You are in the midst of one impressive streak! Keep it up; your images are fantabulous :-)
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 01/10/2014 01:32:30 AM
Congrats on a beautiful image
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 01/10/2014 01:21:27 AM
Congrats Alex! Amazing place! ... and I'm sure you will photograph each of these places and enter them.... as you should, before we get to choose which ones we'd like to visit.... Sign me up for this one.... Well Done! :)
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 01/09/2014 11:13:54 PM
Congratulations Alex, this is a superb image.
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 01/09/2014 08:09:33 PM
Great stuff Alex, you get around, Lake Garda is just an amazing place, and I'm only just getting over my post trip blues and I see this, and pine to be back there!
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 01/09/2014 08:08:38 PM
Really, really beautiful. Well done, and a PERFECT example of what I would love to see more of in Expert challenges.

Well done Alex! Well done voters! :D
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 01/09/2014 07:41:47 PM
Congrats Alessandro, beautiful!!
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 01/09/2014 07:30:59 PM
You fooled me! Beautiful Alex and congrats with the blue!
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 01/09/2014 07:13:35 PM
Haven't had time to look at the challenges recently, but wow, Alessandro, you've been lighting up the front page lately. This is really magical. Congrats on the blue.
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 01/09/2014 07:05:17 PM
Congratulations Alex!! Woohooo!

(Another of your 'not very special' images heh! Pfft! :P)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/09/2014 03:49:37 PM
Beautiful scene nicely captured
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 01/09/2014 10:30:10 AM
Magical
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 01/08/2014 02:14:56 PM
Great sky.
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 01/07/2014 10:13:24 AM
I agree with you there. Let me know where that is.
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 01/07/2014 06:20:37 AM
Fine way to insert a beautiful, magical photo. That being said, it's a beautiful, magical photo.
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 01/06/2014 11:16:41 AM
What a fantasy location!
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 01/06/2014 05:09:59 AM
breathtaking. Absolutely breathtaking. 10
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 01/03/2014 07:17:19 AM
I really like this image,hope it goes well.
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