The Salute

It may be the inviting steps, the grandeur of the architecture or something else that continues to solicit a kind of personal offering of quiescence from the visitors to the Basilica Santa Maria della Salute.

Beautiful creative image with amazing colors & painting effect. Take care,.............Patsy

Thanks, Patsy. Looking forward to your posts.

Congratulations! Great technique, rendering an unconventional, fresh approach and perspective of a too-often seen subject. This is far from trite, making it quite special, a Venice rarely (I dare say almost) never seen. Fabulous!! No wonder it was chosen as Editor's Choise...very well deserved! DG

Thanks, Daniel. I didn't know this was an editor's pick. I was thinking I was the only one liking this.

Wayne, this image is a very fine tribute to everything that is Venice. Your own words are spot on, and they make my trying to come up with something better or different an exercise in futility. Yet, it seems to me that the usual painterly treatments you've used aren't as obvious in this case; to me, the subtlety works perfectly.

Very much appreciated, Michael.