Photography © John Baker, Travel Images

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Let's face it, when in Venice one should look up, but looking down into a dirty puddle in San Marcos square I shot the Campanille Tower . After I took out the cigarette ends and increased the contrast, I think looks kind of OK!
	It's the lamp that's straight and the rest of Venice that is crooked, honest!  Having been built on a bed of tree trunks in the middle of the Venice lagoon, the subsidence is quite understandable.
Forgetting the scaffold on that tower on San Giorgio island for a moment, this is a shot that was anticipated, and it was just a matter of time before a silhouetted Gondola came by.
	A Gondolier who appeared to be sending a text message from his cell phone. I wonder if his clients got a partial refund?
Although this shot could be taken almost anywhere, it's one of my favourite shots from Venice.
	Venice, city of romance?! With his hand on his hip it doesn't seem like it!
It's the Venetian decay that adds the 'character' to this image. I suggest you get as square as you can to the window when doing such shots.
	Something a little different, and the jury is still out on this one!
The white shirt doesn't help this one, but he had 'to do' because there aren't too many Gondoliers wearing these!
	The group did the same shot at 4:30 in the morning, but it's 'cold' in comparison to this one. This is the Campanille tower [bell tower], and was built following the collapse of the original in 1902. At bottom left is the San Marco Basilica completed in 1071.
I love this! It's a section of a wider image, and with the sunlight just catching the upper body of the gentleman, plus the curve of the Rialto Bridge, it all falls into place for me.
	So 'Ciao!' to Venice! The Grand Canal gives more room for the Gondoliers to maneuver, but they then have the water taxis to contend with.
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