Thank you *very* much, b.c., for your kind comments on all three of my entries! Yes, I do like doing those "right after sunset" shots: as photography is all about light, I find *twi*-light especially interesting (and moody). In the case of *this* picture, there is one more thing to it: the Canale Grande, so enormously busy during the day with all sorts of boats, suddenly becomes a haven of tranquility most tourists never care to see... Thanks again! -- db.