Every now and then a view just demands that I use the panorama setting on my camera to capture in all its wide-angled beauty. The Venice lagoon was one such place. So here it is in all its glory:
And here it is again, blighted by one of those monstrous cruise ships that carve their way through here on a regular basis.
panorama – from the Greek πᾶν = all + ὅραμα = sight
Unfortunately, this blog layout doesn’t do panorama shots justice, so you’ll need to click on them to see them full screen.
Part of Paula’s Thursday Special challenge.
Copyright Debbie Smyth, 9 April 2015
Travel with Intent 
it’s astounding they still let cruise ships dock there. at least they don’t always obscure the view!
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“Your” Venice looks so sweet in the first photo! Really fantastic.
No comment, about the gargantuan ships in the second one….
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Great image and I will never forget when I first saw Venice-just magical to me
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The ship looks like an alien monster.
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This is going to inspire a rant, I think. Not a big fan of cruise ships, and absolutely despise them in Venice.
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Superb! 🙂
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Wonderful, Debbie. What camera do you use? I would have sworned these were stitched. Thank you for this 🙂
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Nice shot! Hopefully the ongoing protest against the gargantuan cruise ships doing exactly what you photographed will result in the desired ban!
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I wouldn’t mind if the ships themselves were beautiful, but these days cruise ships just look like container ships with windows. Bring back Tall Ships I say!!
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Oh yes, that would be a different matter. And a different scale – these cruise ships are like floating cities
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That first image is great, but what’s that ugly vessel doing there in the second? Aaargh….
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