Notes

• View of Firenze (Florence), Italy from atop the Giotto's bell tower of the Cattedrale Santa Maria del Fiore (or simply the Florence Cathedral).

  It was quite a workout to climb the 414 steps to the top of the tower, but the view and the experience from the top of the tower was breath-taking (causing me to tweet this from there.) I arrived at the top just in time to watch this magical sunset taking shape and clicked off about 50+ exposures. Loads more to come from this amazing place - both from outside to the inside.

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Comments

• beautiful
  the weather was ideal for a spectacular shot, well done
  yz @ 12-05-2009
• Very nice picture, what an impressive sky!!
  claude @ 12-05-2009
• Wow, great job with the lighting/exposure. The orange glow of the sun in the distance adds a ray of hope to this otherwise ominous image.
  Ryan Rahn @ 12-05-2009
• And in 5 minutes storm is coming all over the city :))
  MARIANA @ 12-05-2009
• Totally sick shot! Amazing sky!
  Jasper @ 12-05-2009
• how weird all the building roofs are the same color... wonder what they are made of.... very cool shot!!
  Elaine- @ 12-05-2009
• The photograph is superb. Colours are of the landscape and the sky is splendid. Very nice capture.
  Antoine @ 12-05-2009
• very beautiful sight, awesome shot!
  rady @ 12-05-2009
• how odd is it that when i read "firenze" it reminds me of fire.. similar to this fiery sunset that you captured, it's like a firestorm that falling down on the city.. very nice shot! :)
  rian @ 12-05-2009
• This is wonderful, I really hope you got some SWEET HDR's while up there.
  justin van leeuwen @ 12-05-2009
• Awesome shot! Looking forward to more!
  Eugene @ 12-05-2009
• What. The. Fuck. This is breathtaking.
  Vogelmann @ 12-06-2009
• Those clouds combined with the light coming through them, makes me think of aliens on the way to take over this city ;-) Nice mood you have created here.
  Claus Petersen @ 12-06-2009
• Sick shot mate, digg the clouds and sun contrast!
  Papigiulio @ 12-06-2009
• Great job with the lighting/exposure.Bravo!
  THEYS @ 12-06-2009
• I was looking at the same view last night - in a TV documentary about Italy. Just the usual Italian blue skies and nowhere nearly as good as this very atmospheric interpretation...
  george@minimalistics @ 12-06-2009
• brings back memories this one, magical place. thanks for the flashback mate, look forward to some more ;)
  
  all i need now is a flashforward sat infront of the tv watching the lottery numbers ;)
  paul @ 12-06-2009
• thats a mighty scene. beautiful!
  minimodi @ 12-06-2009
• Amazing light. I like the dramatic sky with the touch of the warm tones of the setting sun. Well done.
  Csaba/EyeVision @ 12-06-2009
• Bonsoir,
  Great processing..beautiful tones and depth..bravo!
  jelb @ 12-06-2009
• Amazing Faisal ... the dramatic sky makes a amazing mood
  Klaus @ 12-06-2009
• Looks like it's laid out in squares. Not just the structures I mean, but the blocks. I'm not saying this right:-), of course a block is always a square, but this seems so defined. Anyway, beautiful capture.
  sherri @ 12-06-2009
• What a spectacular shot. Great city, for sure. But man, that is a lot of steps. Good for you for making that climb!
  Bob Towery @ 12-06-2009
• Very beautiful wide angle of an equally beautiful city.
  Andrés @ 12-06-2009
• Fantastic sky and beautiful city scene!
  Turnbill @ 12-06-2009
• Wow, that moment, with that point of view, could have done a nice HDR!
  Did you made one? Still this shoot is amazing!
  Tokyo Luv @ 12-06-2009
• incredible Faisal... simply incredible a very wonderful panorama to a beautiful city
  fabrizio @ 12-07-2009
• Wow !
  I thought it was HDR at first ! Wonderful point of view and process, your colours are beautiful.
  Nice work !
  Sylvain @ 12-07-2009
• each of your pic is really a story, well done!
  remy @ 12-07-2009
• this is too good!
  this is one of your best shots!
  joshi daniel @ 12-07-2009
• Fantastic. The weather was with you...
  Ariel @ 12-07-2009
• Nice panorama of Firenze... great coulours
  Oscar @ 12-07-2009
• Wow...this is beautiful!
  hoi @ 12-07-2009
• WOW.... so cool shot
  micke bergling @ 12-07-2009
• As the Italians would say, "Multo buono". I would have done the same given a view like that, was it dark by the time you were done? :-)
  Nick Lewis @ 12-07-2009
• beautiful! what a great sky.
  Otto K. @ 12-07-2009
• Incredible shot! That sky is amazing!
  Krista @ 12-07-2009
• What a fabulous place to shoot from. I envy you the great viewpoint. Fine shot with a very dramatic sky.
  don @ 12-08-2009
• Wow, love what the clouds do in this one...
  Luis @ 12-08-2009
• Terrific sky. Great capture! Congrats!
  Marco Marques @ 12-09-2009
• Wowza, chief. Wowza...
  Jessyel Ty Gonzalez @ 12-09-2009
• Wow....this is really amazing. Is it a sunrise or sunset? I really like the two different tones on both side. One Warm and one cool....Grt capture.
  Sunil @ 12-10-2009
• Great dramatic sky! Super!
  aleksarus @ 12-29-2009
• Wow! What a fantastic sky. Love it!
  Ian @ 01-15-2010
• Very nice view. The vignetting at the left bottom corner is too strong.
  LightningPaul @ 01-19-2010