A ride over the rooftops Photo

Photographer’s Note

Third in a short series of pictures taken in the tiny republic of San Marino. They were captured on the way to a very enjoyable holiday in Umbria, Italy in July 2002.

Today, a view of the aerial tramway taken from the top of Monte Titano overlooking the roofs of Borgo Maggiore.

Some information from Wikipedea about the tramway:

The photograph shows the 1.5 kilometre aerial tramway that connects the city of San Marino on top of Monte Titano with the town Borgo Maggiore, the second town in the Republic of San Marino. For the visitor, the aerial tramway gives the best views of Borgo Maggiore, as the cars sweep low over the rooftops of the main town square. From here a connection is available to San Marino's largest settlement, Dogana, via the local bus service.

Two tramway cars, known as gondolas, and numbered '1' and '2', operate in opposite directions on a cable, and a service is provided at roughly fifteen minute intervals throughout the day. A third vehicle is available on the system, being a service car for the use of engineers maintaining the tramway.

meltemi, carper, macondo, Buin, besnard, ChrisJ, jlbrthnn, Gerrit, trekks, saxo042, Charo, dareco has marked this note useful

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meltemi (9746) 2008-12-21 0:43

Hello Stephen,
interesting picture and nice colours, I can imagine looking down from those tramways, some kind of a secret view. The composition is very well suceeded, with a good placement of the tramway station. I love the texture of the roof and the pattern from the tiles. The lighting is enhancing beautifully these effects.
All the best.
Stella

carper (64194) 2008-12-21 0:57

a very nice view here Stephen,
very nice look over the roof tops here, good and nice photo job, have a nice day.
regard jaap

macondo (12991) 2008-12-21 0:59

Interesting viewpoint and good quality shot, Stephen. As Stella has said, the station is well placed in the upper corner. I've never been to San Marino despite about 6 visits to Italy over the years. Good note, thanks.
Merry Christmas!
Regards,
Andrew

Buin (36988) 2008-12-21 1:04

Hallo Stephen!
You show us an interesting sight here which gives me a bit vertigo ;-) I like these brownish sunlit roofs in the foreground which create a good contrast to the rest of the scenery.
Greetings from grey and rainy Germany - and a Merry Christmas to you and yours!
Frank

besnard (30212) 2008-12-21 1:11

Bonjour Stephen
Une vue plongeante intéressante avec les tranmways suspendus dans les airs. C'est une image ensoleillée et colorée.
Merci pour le partage et bon dimanche.
Nicole

ChrisJ (69618) 2008-12-21 1:24

Hi Stephen et Bon Noel!

A good downward pov & excellent sharpness. The last 2 cablecars I've been in, had dirty windows. I like the colour contrast between the red roofs, & cyan gondolas & cable station. Good contrast & pov. Tfs!

Fis2 (45286) 2008-12-21 1:25

Witaj Stephen!
Very curious cable railway.
Interesting frame and composition
I like the colours and light.
Nice sunday
Krzysztof

jlbrthnn (37038) 2008-12-21 2:12

Bonjour Stephen,
Le point de vue est imprenable, le résultat est spectaculaire. Excellente et inhabituelle image de toits, très bien définis et colorés. La lumière est pure et naturelle. Bravo.
Bon dimanche
Cordialerment
Joël

Gerrit (35499) 2008-12-21 3:20

Hi Stephen,
good depth in this well composed view from your excellent POV.
Regards, Gerrit

rodgerg (23207) 2008-12-21 4:49

Hello Stephen,

Une vue vertigineuse et d'une grande qualité. Les détails variés sont très bien captés et la netteté est de qualité vu les circonstances que j'immagine difficiles.
Amitiés et excellent Noël à toi,
Roger

trekks (14262) 2008-12-21 8:03

hi Stephen

A cable car collapsed last week at a ski resort, so be careful when taking cable car. Actually, we are all sitting ducks in the car when it is moving, if something happens, we have not much to do except wait for the best.

Interesting POV looking down the rooftops. I wonder how these people live under the risk and fear of the cable car or cable incidents?

tfs, bill

saxo042 (15188) 2008-12-21 8:25

Hi Stephen,
A fine perspective here, following the lines for this tramway. Very good colours of the rooftops!
A very Merry Christmas!
Regards
Gunnar

Nicou (43977) 2008-12-21 11:01

Hello,

superbe vue plongeante, , ces beaux toits tu est en parachutte ou en vaions, magni^gique vue, de très belle teintes et ernedu.

Bravo et amitié

Nicou

jurek1951 (25760) 2008-12-21 13:53

Hi Stephen,
Great capture of this San Marino house, the architecture is so beautiful! Perfect sharpness and details, enlightment and colours are really good.
Georg

Charo (31651) 2008-12-21 17:32

Bonsoir Stephen,
Original capture d'écran de ce point de vue aérienne à câbles sur les toits de la ville.
Très bonne couleur et les détails.
Joyeux Noël et Nouvel-An.
Amitiés,
Charo

dareco (17024) 2008-12-21 19:33

I haven't had much time lately so I know I've missed alot of great posts. The pov here is excellent of course, but I must confess that I'm very afraid of heights so my stomach does abit of a somersault when I look at this :) so I'm thinking the depth must be very good. I also like the detail and lighting. TFS

wolf38 (12549) 2008-12-29 4:25

Hello Stephen. The view from above is full surprises. Each detail is to be seen. The colors red and blue complement each other outstanding. Best regards, - and a happy NEW YEAR 2009, Wolfgang.