Production Lines, a photo from Rome, Lazio

Photographer's Note

At the sunset

The new wine production of 2006 is preparing by the vineyards, they work hard for this.

From the website of the "Consortium in warranty of Frascati trade name"
http://www.consorziofrascati.it/english/frame.html

VINEYARD CULTIVATION
The most commonly used cultivation systems are:

Systems with medium expansion:

"Stemmed Cords"
Used for the varieties wanting short pruning. The permanent cord is folded and tied to the 1st thread and, from it, in the for-front are branching spurs of one, two or three shoots placed to 25-35 cm. This is a form of cultivation very useful for new techniques also producing good quality grapes even though it has a low number of shoots (40-80,000). The best structure to this purpose is to have mt 2,50 between the rows and mt 1,5 in the other direction, with one density of approximately 2.700 stalks/hectares.

"Cazenave Cords"
Used for the varieties wanting medium pruning. The permanent cord is always folded to the 1st thread and, from it, are branching, at a distance of 30-40 cm, a spur of 2 shoots and a stalk of 6 to 8 shoots. This cord can be bended to a bow shape. It was mostly used in the years after the Second World War.
It needs a strong holding structure and new soil.
The density of the cultivation is of approximately 2.000 stalks/hectares with mt. 2,50 between the rows and mt. 2,00 on the other direction.
It is not so much used in the actual cultivations.

Systems with great expansion:

"Canopies"
The vines are uplifted from the ground and are resting on quite concentrated holding structures.
The vines are placed generally in a square shape from to mt.2 to mt.4 of side.
On the raised structure of mt 1,80 from the ground there are placed 3-4 buds and related spurs. The medium density in our zones is of approximately 1.100 stalks/hectares with a high rate of shoots (120-150,000).
It needs a strong holding structure and new soil.
It is mostly used in the South of Italy for the grapes used mainly as fruit for eating.
It was greatly spread in the seventies due to the unfortunate "quantity policy" and to the lack of mechanical aids in agriculture during those years.

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siolaw (38294) 2006-05-19 9:45

Hi Vinicio,
Nice geometrical compo, excellent POV and DOF, colors and sharpness very good too..
Cheers
Laurent

fabio_ts (13696) 2006-05-19 9:48

Bellissimo uso delle diagonali per questa ottima foto Vinicio, la luce poi esalta il gioco d'ombre, eccellente composizione, complimenti!!

buon weekend,
Fabio.

pastadog (13111) 2006-05-19 9:52

Ciao Vinicio - I like the light, lines and colors in this creative composition. Well done, Daniel

alekpet (4663) 2006-05-19 10:05

Hi Vinicio.

I like this photo very much.
Personally, it's the tilt that works for me, parallel geometrical lines and almost just two coloured combination.

take care, Aleks

lukas (2067) 2006-05-19 10:06

Ciao Vinicio
I'm great fan of italian wines, so it is very nice to see growing the grapes... Your photo has attractive line and colour pattern.
Excellent job.
Greetz
Luc

Kirych (2716) 2006-05-19 10:06

Hi, Vinicio1
Wonderful lines and composition! Everything all right!
TFs. Tanya.

Buin (42580) 2006-05-19 11:48

Hallo Vinicio!
Another great photo? Sure!
Another great wine? Perhaps!
These rows in different colours work very well. It's a wonderful pattern ...
Greeting from cool and rainy Germany!
Frank

josepmarin (59385) 2006-05-19 12:09

Ciao Vinicio,
Fantástica composición de estas viñas formando franjas y encuadradas en diagonal en la foto.
Los colores son muy buenos, y la luz del atardecer es muy cálida y agradable. Perfectas sombras.
Un saludo.
Ci vediamo,
Josep

besnard (59196) 2006-05-19 12:27

Bonjoour Vinicio
Belle composition prise de telle façon que l'on voit très nettement les rangs de vignes. C'est graphique et la luminosité est très bonne.
Merci pour le partage et bon week-end.
Nicole

Graal (103040) 2006-05-19 12:57

Hi Vinicio,
superb idea on photo, interesting view and beautiful lines in the vineyard. I like it. Good work.
Rgs, Aleksander

rafelito (3648) 2006-05-19 14:27

Hola Vinicio, esta es una gran composición, me parece excelente el ángulo y los colores.Muchos saludos, Rafael

Stepan (27210) 2006-05-19 15:45

Interesting black & green atmosphere. The close up and the framing creates a good atmosphere, even strange. Good sharpness management.
Stéphane

gilou530 (34) 2006-05-19 16:54

salut vinicio
beau graphisme de ces sillons, ca sens bon les beaux jours avec cette verdure , belle couleur
amitiés
gilbert

cjmm (4479) 2006-05-20 9:08

Good evening Vinicio,

The composition is brilliant, with amazing graphical impact.

And for Frascati... mmmm... well my friend, as I write this the sun is setting over Buenos Aires and the idea of relaxing with a cup of white wine sounds very inviting! Cheers!

Have a great weekend Vinicio.
Ciao, Carlos

sam224 (6215) 2006-05-20 13:22

Le vigne sono uno dei mie soggetti preferiti, sia perchè vivo in una zona a forte vocazione vitivinicola, sia perchè il vino è la mia passione. Qui ne hai colto al meglio l'immagine attraente cogliendo le linee diagonali fomate dai filari in una bellissima luce.
Bravo!

jasmis (58653) 2006-05-20 14:59

Well, very interesting composition and...tasty photo. I can imagine colour, smell and taste of future product. Regards.

gary91 (15348) 2006-05-21 1:42 [Comment]

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CoolDan (2516) 2006-05-21 16:06

Bonjour Vinicio,
Magnifique composition géométrique aux lignes symétriques. Les couleurs sont superbes.
Nice shot.

ktanska (44492) 2006-05-22 7:10

Hi Vinicio,
Effective linear composition and good light. New leaves always have so bright greens.
(It seems that most of my German vineyard shots are out-of-date before I get to upload them.)
Kari

Ber (8242) 2006-05-23 12:38

Superb composition! I like the light, lines and colours. Congratulations
Regards

coco (30439) 2006-05-24 9:11

Hola Vinicio.
Good composition where the vertical view and the diagonals make more interesting the photo.
The light and the colours are also good.

Well done.

fiore (231) 2006-06-08 3:04

Ciao Vinicio!
Dopo tanto...eccomi qua! Ho fotografato parecchio, ma ho pochissimo tempo per sistemare le foto...Un po' alla volta troverai le migliori!
Torniamo alla tua foto: matrice con taglio diagonale, colori contrastanti, profondità di campo buona e ottimo punto di vista. Veramente un ottimo risultato! Complimenti e saluti. A presto!

marcocig (781) 2006-07-06 6:00

Inetresting "recursive" shot, I like the colors and the contrast.

Bravo

marco

Lukasso (645) 2006-07-31 3:49

Hi,
I like the way the lines cross the photo. I like saturated colors as well. It's simple. It's minimalistic. And it's really eye-catching. well done.

Regards