I made this image as Venice shifted from day to night, when the canal breathes more slowly and the city turns to listening. The curve of the Grand Canal leads toward Santa Maria della Salute, and the first warm windows answer the cool edge of dusk. Faint traces of passing boats draw soft lines across the surface so movement becomes memory rather than noise.
I worked on a tripod with a slow shutter to calm the water and let the light settle into gentle layers. Look for the ripple that catches a single lamp, the small step of balconies pacing the bank, and a pale band in the sky that holds the dome. The palette is quiet on purpose so the piece can live with wood, linen, and stone.
My aim was a calm, cinematic mood that suggests travel without hurry. For me it is about the pause Venice offers, the moment you feel both near and far from home, and how light, water, and stone keep speaking after the crowds thin.
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