JUNE 2001 – The tiny harbour of Riva del Garda in Italy with the historical clock tower Torre Apponale in the back, seen from the Piazza Catena. Photo © by Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com
The story behind the image
Lake Garda! It’s just a stone throw away from Munich in Germany (well, four hours by car), and yet it makes you feel as if you enter a different world in Northern Italy. That’s why it is one of our favorite destinations for weekend getaways.
During Pentecost 2001 we stayed for a couple of days in the very nice Hotel Europa in Riva del Garda at the northern end of the lake, and I had brought my SLR camera. I had loaded a color negative film (Agfa HDC 100 plus), and I still remember that the packaging promised better colors than ever (or something like that). Oh boy! Little did I know that the colors would turn out super bright and super saturated. The prints from the lab came out oversaturated and quite artificial. But I had learned my lesson. Never load a film you haven’t tested before into the camera! (This is a lesson that may be useful for folks who explore analog photography in 2023.)
Apart from this, I scanned the original negative in 2022 again and was able to correct the gross colors at least so much that I can share this image of Riva del Garda’s tiny harbour with the historical clock tower Torre Apponale in the back.
I like the composition, and well, the colors. Just a little bit. 😉
The high resolution image
| Capture Date | June 2001 |
| Location | Riva del Garda, Italy |
| Camera | Canon AE-1 Program |
| Image Source | Negative Film (Agfa HDC 100 plus) |
| Digital Image Source | EPSON Perfection 4870 Photo |
| Digital Image Source Format | TIFF, 48 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Format | JPEG, 24 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Dimensions | 4443 x 6665 Pixels |
| Copyright | © by Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com |
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