Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi

Picture by monaris


  • 4080
  • 11
  • 1
  • October 12, 2012
  • Nikon D7000
  • sigma 10-20 mm
  • Shooting Style Hand Held
  • Shoots Number Multiple Exposure
  • Exposures Number -2,0,+2
  • Editing Software Photoshop / Photomatix Pro
  • File Format RAW
  • Notes PS CS6, Topaz Detail, Topaz DeNoise

12 Comments

12 Oct 11:20
monaris

Thanks all for taking time to comment and vote. The Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi or "Fountain of the Four Rivers" is a fountain in Rome, Italy, located in the urban square of the Piazza Navona. It was designed in 1651 by Gian Lorenzo Bernini for Pope Innocent X whose family palace, the Palazzo Pamphili, faced onto the piazza as did the church of Sant'Agnese in Agone of which Innocent was the sponsor. The base of the fountain is a basin from the centre of which travertine rocks rise to support four river gods and above them, an ancient Egyptian obelisk surmounted with the Pamphili family emblem of a dove with an olive twig. Collectively, they represent four major rivers of the four continents through which papal authority had spread: the Nile representing Africa, the Danube representing Europe, the Ganges representing Asia, and the Platte representing the Americas.

12 Oct 11:39
arthakker

great work

12 Oct 12:54
rikiba

9

12 Oct 12:57
arnie58

10

12 Oct 15:38
digicam

Super Clean and Tack Sharp....Favorite!

12 Oct 16:38
mitch19

Top work !!

12 Oct 16:49
karl_oparka

Excellent work

12 Oct 17:36
sanz3jo

Nice sky and water.

12 Oct 18:50
vtrou

good POV, great treatment

12 Oct 19:29
miltonv

10

12 Oct 21:14
dalematt

The top looks like it's just a bit out of focus to me.

12 Oct 21:31
uschibetz

10

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