Ciao Italia Bella... Or Travels in Pre-Digital Age Photo Gallery by Eldar Kadymov at pbase.com

Ciao Italia Bella... Or Travels in Pre-Digital Age

With this gallery I am launching a new series of travel photoalbums, whereas trying to convert pictures from pre-digital times into something that I personally consider as amusing mix between photoart and the actual photography. Most images are collages as I had to "rescue" them from relatively low quality analog images. I used Nikon F90X and Minolta Dynax 5x in 2002 while travelling throughout Italy. Some of them were appended with retouches from fragments of digital pictures to enhance colour and appearance. All pictures have a musical background based on Italian songs, you might want to turn your speakers on... Let me know what you think, and click on "vote" button, please, if you like what you see :-)... You might leave comments in Russian, English, French, German, Spanish and Italian .

Rome, - Triumph Arc of Emperor Constantine	Asissi- Closter of St.Francisco	Venecian Carnival Mask	Pisa, - Duomo with Falling Tower	Toscana,- Verazzano Castle... Vino Paradizo....
St. Gimignano- Central Square with Towers	Playful Favn in Pompeii	Gallardo	Symbol Of Italian Culinary	Peaceful Tuscany
Rome,-Forum	Venice,- Waiting For Date...	Colour Of Italian Alps	Duomo en Firenze	Bridge Statue Nearby Lake Como
Vatican,-Sistine Chapel	Ostia, - Ruins of Roman Amphitheatre	Murano Glass	Venice,-Gondolas on Pier	Exceptional Sangiovese,-Vitae
Bologna,- Neptune Fountain & Falling Towers	Lake Maggiore	Rome,- Inside of St.Paul Cathedral	Pompeii	First Mechanical Clock- Duomo in Florence
Charming Village Nearby Lake Garda	Ravena,- Julius Cesar	Magnificient Duomo in Siena	Roman Public Toilet in Ostia	Undisputed King Of Wines,-Amarone

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an nguyen		24-Apr-2008 12:27
Spectacular travel shots. I voted already and they won't let me vote twice. Pre-digital as spectacular as digital era.

Dudy Tuchfeld		16-Feb-2008 21:35
Excellent gallery http://www.pbase.com/dudyt

Lampridis Dimitris		09-Feb-2008 18:49
Many great shots , so colorful.................. 'V'

Guest		31-Oct-2007 20:20
I love, this is so beautiful Eldar. The colors are amazing, as well as the treatment. I whish i could vote twice. Big vote ma man!

an nguyen		02-Oct-2007 18:55
You are so talented. V.

Noor Khan		10-Sep-2007 14:38
Very nice gallery! Well done!

Guest		09-May-2007 21:17
Bellissime foto!! complimenti...

Mike Colvin		23-Apr-2007 02:41
Great photos. Makes me realize that I need to photograph pictures of the sky when conditions are optimal to add to photos later. The music is nice, but a little distracting. Overall great job.

Glenn Dean (Vatorman)		18-Apr-2007 01:06
More great stuff. Your blends of colours fill the eye.

Guest		14-Apr-2007 22:42
beautiful images, full of color!

Eldar Kadymov		13-Apr-2007 04:00
No bloody way !!! Everybody loves Frankie ?! Here is even worsehttp://www.pbase.com/eldarrio/desert_adventure LOL !

Kenneth R. Allison		13-Apr-2007 02:10
Kill the damn music!!!!!!!!!!!!

Guest		08-Apr-2007 18:26
interesting collection of photographs :) a night light on rome

Luca Bracci		25-Mar-2007 18:11
Very nice gallery !!

Ann Cleeves		04-Mar-2007 22:31
I thoroughly enjoyed this gallery...they are works of art and, as such, they are great and good fun. Much better than a lot of what passes as abstract and modern art!

Eldar Kadymov		10-Jan-2007 00:03
Non sono, seniore Italiano, se lei ha tentato Amarone, è il vino meglio italiano rosso e secco. Quindi ho tentato un poco di ridurre il contenuto di zucchero in questa galleria insipida?!

Italiano		08-Jan-2007 14:48
Eldar, Ther’s nothing wrong with your photography. What gave me the upset stomach looking at your “photos” is the sugar content. Same as you find in wine like Recioto. Thanks for the wine offer. :-)

Eldar Kadymov		08-Jan-2007 03:53
Sorry, Italiano, for such stomach upset I caused by my cheesy photography... If you would be so kind to provide me with your address, I might send you few bottles of Amarone to compensate for moral damage ?!

Italiano		08-Jan-2007 03:36
You have great urge for beautifying what already is beautiful and that is not necessary. Beautifying what already is beautiful only cheapens the image.

JORDAN HO		08-Jan-2007 01:57
I'm realy realy enjoy your web , impact pictures no matter what you did and wonderful musical , this is a first time I enjoy the images & music at the same time look like in real gallery in ITALY . THANKS FOR ALL YOUR ART & LOVE

andrea morelli		03-Dec-2006 21:50
Compliments! You give at the world a fantastic ideas of Italy. Next time vistit also the Abruzzo. Complimenti!Hai dato una fantastica idea dell'Italia: la prossima volta visita anche l'Abruzzo. Thanks, Andrea

joanpearl		31-Oct-2006 00:04
beautiful photos, do you have more to display?

Guest		26-Sep-2006 01:02
Excellent gallery. I enjoyed the color and composition of these. GMV.

marie-jose wolff		21-Sep-2006 10:44
another wonderful gallery : Italia Bellisima !

Archiaston Musamma Family		20-Sep-2006 10:21
Nice gallery, original and look different

Guest		04-Sep-2006 16:18
Beautiful Gallery.

Guest		11-Aug-2006 02:01
awesome gallery, great effects. voted

Jim Richards		19-Jul-2006 07:11
These are great! Photoshoped quite a bit, but I'm guessing that is the point. I like the twist on the colors and such. Very cool....and great subject matter as well.

Monika		28-Jun-2006 19:57
Great shots and processing. Love them. Voted.

Guest		16-Jun-2006 03:30
Velmi pekne!Mojmir/Slovakia/

Guest		28-May-2006 23:00
Very nice gallery. Great jobs

Rosie		03-May-2006 20:44
Wonderful site and love the music! We plan to visit Italy in 2007 and your site has been very helpful.Thanks

Alma Garcia		28-Apr-2006 16:39
my love for italy grew even more w/ this gallery. thank you for sharing these!

Guest		16-Apr-2006 17:39
Wonderful pics... Best regards from Spain http://www.photoshop-designs.com/foro http://www.photoshop-designs.net

Guest		11-Apr-2006 21:35
This is a unique and outstanding gallery. Voted

Isan		11-Mar-2006 14:34
Wonderful gallery. My vote! Regards Jens-Chr

TS. Bok		10-Mar-2006 21:35
Lovely gallery. Good work.

Chris Thorpe		10-Mar-2006 20:19
Great Gallery, I am headed to Italy next week. Your images are terrific and enhance my anticipation. The carnival mask is an excellent contrast in color. Chris

Guido Maria and Giuseppe		10-Mar-2006 02:24
Beautifull photos, realy Italia Bella, I love music

Manfred Bachmann		08-Mar-2006 18:12
Very beautiful gallerie!! I don´t like the music

Guest		08-Mar-2006 02:19
Hi Eldar! Thanks for taking your time to look through my humble galleries. You have some beautiful shots in these galleries. I guess I can see now why you posted what you posted. About the title "America The Beautiful", I wasn't trying to be sarcastic at all. The phrase between the quotes is something that is oftenly used and in that gallery I was trying to convey the "American Pride" theme. Its kind of like you using "Ciao Italia Bella", which roughly translates to "Farewell Beautiful Italy". Beautiful Italy indeed, but one can also ask "what's so 'Farewell' about these pictures?" or "why not name it 'Viva Italia Bella'?". I'm sure there's an underlying meaning behind "Ciao Italia Bella" that I'm not aware of. But hey I really do like your pictures, makes me want to improve myself. Will work on my galleries more! Cheers!

Sam Wraith		16-Feb-2006 20:13
Can't really comment on the photos - too busy dancing around to the music!

JOSE MATA		16-Feb-2006 15:32
PRECIOSAS FOTOGRAFIAS ELDAR, SON COMO TU DICES UN FOTOARTE, PRECIOSA GALERIA , UN ABRAZO.

Arianna		04-Feb-2006 15:40
golden summer lazy noons the friendly italian sun welcomes u with his warm kiss the old charm remains despite the changing world ciao italia bella she is a classic beauty who leaves her guests in awe

Neil H		03-Feb-2006 16:06
Very Cool - The skies appear to be reminisicent of some of the Italian Rennaissance painters.

Guest		31-Jan-2006 22:01
Thanks to show me my Country in a great way. Regards Domenico

Guest		31-Jan-2006 21:48
wow - these are the bees knees -

ZUVELA		20-Jan-2006 07:25
BRAVO, POZDRAV IZ BEOGRADA

Guest		17-Jan-2006 15:45
Superb gallery congrats. Voted. Cheers

G.Pietro Munaretto		17-Jan-2006 09:45
bella Italia

Guest		12-Jan-2006 17:02
like always, good compositions, well though ps treatement and this vivid colors! JC

Vilone		28-Dec-2005 22:22
Wonderful gallery!Great work! GMV!

Guest		27-Dec-2005 07:27
Stunning! What wonderful colours! Thanks for sharing!

lazifa 1995		19-Dec-2005 08:17
its cool but not the colors.keep up the good work!!\ ****

lazifa		19-Dec-2005 08:15
the colors are all different together. and all the backgrounds are cloudy and dark.

Eridan		02-Dec-2005 14:46
Too much photoshoped sky. Too much manipulation.

Aida from Poland		27-Nov-2005 22:27
This is amazing..... You have done a great work!!!

Fred K Gordon - UK		21-Nov-2005 22:11
Grand Set of Photographs and I often visit Italy and yet have not seen such colors of the buildings before. My particular favourite is San Gignimano because it brings back to my wife and I very fond memories, when we were there we were entertained by a harpist who sat in an alcove next to the church. the area he performed in was very cool and romantic - Thanks for bringing back many memories.

Guest		06-Nov-2005 10:35
an other big class gallery!!! *****

JOSE MATA		05-Nov-2005 14:29
THANKS, FOR STOP AT MY GALERIES, YOUR WORK ITS UNIQUE AND POWERFULL,FELICIDADES ELDAR.

Philippe_75		29-Oct-2005 09:50
Absolutely stunning pictures. Nice work ! Philippe (Paris/FRANCE)

Vijay B. Kurhade		19-Oct-2005 13:09
such a nice stuff, keep shooting

Guest		21-Sep-2005 03:26
Ciao Eldar many greetings from Milano Umberto

Guest		11-Sep-2005 17:44
You did a great work. so well colored.

Vlada Marinkovic		10-Sep-2005 04:54
I can't beleive Eldar! This is amazing, so colorful. Got my vote, of course. Regards from Serbia, Vlado

Jairo Salgado		03-Sep-2005 15:41
Incredible, brillante...somos amigos de Colombia que recien visitamos a Italia...

Brian Klimowski		27-Aug-2005 05:32
Very, very rich presentation here. I love the mood you've derived from the treatment of the colors and presentation of the images - well done! Brian

Guest		26-Aug-2005 22:01
Please Please stop the music !!!!

matt		11-Aug-2005 06:01
great work, keep it up eldar. i really like 'Venice,-Gondolas on Pier'

toby		11-Aug-2005 05:53
yea i agree - it's awesome, it's incrediable!

dael		11-Aug-2005 05:45
beautiful work.

'Surya'		03-Aug-2005 03:43
You have done a great work. I like presentation here. The composition, colours and tone are commendable. The style in art work is youor own and you have achieved the goal. Keep it up. Regards, 'Surya' from India http://www.revatisurya.com

frank_1112		27-Jul-2005 08:21
GREAT GALLERY FRANK

The Suburban Hippie		16-Jul-2005 04:19
this entire gallery is outstaning. Very unique

Eldar Kadymov		15-Jul-2005 19:08
I appreciate Eva's comments, however I would recommend to read gallery's header first, whereas I explained that this is not a real photography, rather digiart. 100% of this pictures are heavily renderd in PS. As for Sistine chapel,- I never use flash in any buildings, unless this is allowed. Unfortunately, in Italy everything is prohibited in places of this kind, so people get very frustrated, and I was one of them :-)

eva		15-Jul-2005 14:16
Personally I don't like them. The colors in Italy are not like that at all, especially the water of Venice... Don't know, it doesn't belong to reality to me, but of course, it is very personal. On top of that, it is not allowed to make pics inside the sistine chapel, and why all the turist keep doing that, not realizing how bad is for the colors on the wall?

Guest		26-Jun-2005 03:04
An amazing use of effect. I'd loved to go to Italy one day.

Guest		17-Jun-2005 13:59
Great Gallery, Love the effects, colours. Dramatic Pictures. Well Done!

Guest		07-Jun-2005 05:29
Photography is my hobby and my equipment is only an ordinary compact digital camera. I'd like to improve my skills to earn extra money. Comments (good or bad but hopefully good), tips & suggestions from professional photographers, amateurs, & guests are very much appreciated. My trial account will expire soon so please email me at jakemontero@hotmail.com http://www.pbase.com/bucari Many thanks for the space. Your pictures are my inspiration. Count 1 vote from me.

Guest		28-May-2005 15:42
Amazing colours!

Guest		24-Apr-2005 23:22
superb work in all of them. voted.

golfpic		24-Apr-2005 00:42
Very nice gallery. Images have a painterly look to them.

poetry666		22-Apr-2005 16:35
I absolutley love this gallery and will come back to tour your other work...Superb idea's you have, brilliance and beauty. Also thank you for the comment you left in my (Quiet Country Corners Gallery) you are very kind :-) Graeme

Rian Houston		22-Apr-2005 02:12
Very nice Eldar! I like your mix of art and photography! Vote! Rian

Guest		20-Apr-2005 14:02
Love the vibrant colours. Great gallery...voted :-)

ac		03-Apr-2005 17:20
Beautiful trip in Italy. You have an original and creative style.

alexeig		07-Mar-2005 21:12
Great gallery on the boundary of photography and computer graphics. You have your distinctive style

Luca Gemelli		03-Mar-2005 22:17
Very interesting work blending photography and art !! Luca

Rene Hales		01-Mar-2005 02:12
Love the painterly quality of these images.--Rene

Guest		17-Feb-2005 13:57
Eh Eldar, how did you make these pictures so "dynamic", I believe on top of your Photoshop skills, creativity is the key factor to these great pictures. Vote of course!

Guest		16-Feb-2005 18:19
Wonderful photos. Te lo dice un italiano. Umberto

Carol E Sandgren		12-Feb-2005 19:03
I love what you've done with these! Every one is very special indeed.

Guest		11-Feb-2005 15:19
Stunning!

Guest		25-Jan-2005 15:15
These scans are great with excellent finishing touches!

Marijka		22-Jan-2005 20:29
ciao eldar - avete ripetuto il lavoro brillante!! bello!! marijka

Yiannis Pavlis		22-Jan-2005 14:59
my compliments for the wonderfull photos.really nice work.excellent .regards Yiannis.

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