"Over the top"

As the result of heavy rainfall in northern Italy, flooding of the river Po has

occurred during last night. This is a shot from my balcony at 4 pm today.

Regards from "sunny" Italy...!

River Po, Torino, 24h ago.

El, I love how you have captured this river rising. It's great that you added the other attachment to show perspective. What's interesting to me about this one is how it looks like the river ENDS right there at the wall. Fascinating scenes, well captured.

Bien definida, buen uso de la luz y cuenta una historia..., buena fotografia.

Cuesta verla al principio, pero luego te va enganchando la historia.

Saludos.

Thank you Liz for stopping by and for your nice comment. I just wanted to show that we have an very unusual situation here - at least for Torino, Italy. That's why I brought it into picture. Indeed, it looks as if the river stops here - in fact it is the flooded lower promenade , famous for walking ( the dog...) hanging out and jogging during daytime, or party and disco scenery during the night...

Of course, in the global context this inundation is peanuts, I know, however it is 'talk of the town' here. Thanks again and warm regards from sunny Italy, El.

Muchas gracias Antonio y Agustin. Me alegro de vuestra comentarios. Un saludo afectuoso desde la tierra 'mojada' y buen fin de semana, El.

 

Gran bel documento, come l'altra che hai aggiunto!...Ma allora vivi a Torino!...Sai che sono anch'io un mezzo sangue piemontese? Mia zia e mio cugino vivono a..."ne',...ti piace la meenta?"-...Ciaomau!

The successful exposure and focus accentuates the nice details, textures and natural colors.

A beautiful actual shot, very nicely composed, El! Hartelijke groeten uit droog Drenthe, Ruud.

Acabo de ver las noticias que hablaban de las dificultades que habia en el Piemonte y me he acordado de ti, tu lo tienes en directo y no por television. Espero que todo te vaya bien y no tengas muchos problemas. Un abrazo. Vicente.

Buen momento captado. En el sitio adecuado.

Saludos

Una buena fotografia "documental" ... desde hoy, seras mi corresponsal en Europa (ja, ja).

Abrazo, El ... buena foto e interesante historia.

Well composed good use of the slope as a diagonal of the frame.

Grazie Mau per il tuo granditissimo commento! Giusto, vivo a Torino - per il momento...Torino e la mia 'homebase' ma sono anche 'a casa' in vari altri paesi. E 'meenta'? Come la famosa menta piperita ? Credo la tua zia e il tuo cugino vivono vicino a Pinerolo... in la "isola d'erba", Pancalieri ?? Comunque, grazie per la visita, ciao - apresto, El

 

 

Thank you dear friends for your comments and interest in ' over the top' - a trivial occurrence in the global context but a natural phenomenon for us 'locals'...

 

to Ruud: de groeten terug naar droog Drenthe, inmiddels is het hier ook weer droog, alleen het waterpijl is nog steeds 3m boven normaal...heel fijn week-end toegewenst, groetjes, El

 

to Vicente: todo esta OK , me siento alto y seco con una buena vista sobre el rio... Buen fin de semana y un abrazo, El

 

To Ricardo y Leon: me alegro de vuestros comentarios. Un abrazo, El

 

To Necip: the river banks are now a paradise for bird photographers as yourself... Regards, El

It's great that you included the other image and the explanation. What an event for your city! How often does this occur, or is it unusual? Well composed and interesting shot!

 

Regards,

 

Dick

Ramp and the wall add a good backdrop to the river. I hope this doesn't happen to often, looks like it would be rather inconvenient.

Dear friends, thank you for stopping by and for your comments on my documentation. To answer your question: no, we rarely have this situations and - as Paolo de Faveri wrote the other day - the last two serious inundations were in 2000 and 1994. Normally you can nearly walk through the river this time of the year..( if you know where the stones are ...:)) Anyway,thank you for visiting and have a nice dry and sunny week-end. Warm regards, El

very good documentary shot..congrats

This just wraps up your whole repertoire of excellence in photography. Great composition of documentary photography. Regards - Lester

Hola El, en esta ocasion nos muestras una foto para dar testimonio, que en ocosiones la naturaleza recupera el potrimonio que el hombre le ha tomado sin su autorizacion. Te felicito por haber captado ese momento. Joaquin.

Estupenda toma e interesante documento y momento captado.

 

Saludos -Tolo.

EL, wow! Heavy rains indeed! It's just such a treat to see your world, all facets of it through your vision! Thank you kindly for sharing! Regards! (I trust all is well) Doug.

Dear friends, thank you for having a look and commenting on ' over the top'. I appreciate your visit very much. Thanks again and warm regards, El