Author: Marco
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Design stupido applicato ad un orologio da parete
Quando vedo questo orologio da parete in palestra (Freemans Quay, Durham) mi vengono istinti omicidi che in genere non si concretizzano perche’ accompagnati da un dubbio: ammazzare il progettista dell’orologio o chi l’ha comprato? La splendida quasi-assialsimmetria e la presenza di 6 piani di simmetria rendono la leggibilita` di questo orologio pressoche’ nulla senza avvicinarvisi…
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Adriano Celentano leggeva Famiglia Cristiana
Il 14 Febbraio 2012 Adriano suggerisce di chiudere Famiglia Cristiana (buona idea, ma basterebbe rin-chiudere i lettori). Nel 1979, in “Mani di velluto”, lo leggeva!
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C/Y lenses on Canon EOS cameras
The use of obsolete Contax / Yashica lenses on Canon EOS bodies is relatively common, but some exotic combinations of lenses and bodies are little documented and their compatibility unknown. I have now had some experience adapting two C/Y lenses on two Canon EOS bodies and I can report the results, unfortunately not enthusiastically.
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Fuji Pro160C
Differently from the Ektar 100, that produces fantastic colours without any intervention with Photoshop, I totally dislike the Fujifilm Pro160C – that I have used for this edited photo of the Fire Brigade station in Darlington. Yet, I have seen around on the internet really nice pictures taken with this film. I suspect that it…
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Ektar colour palette at the food fair in Durham
These photos (taken at the last Durham food fair) show, photographically speaking: that there is no substitute to Ektar to photograph food vividly and under plain light conditions that there is no substitute to the EF 70-200 IS f/4 to shoot indoor with a low-sensitivity film
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Uphill roads: Crossgate
Uphill roads are very convenient for photographing architecture because they allow the photographer’s eye to be level with the centre of the buildings’ facades and ensure a correct perspective.
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Some photos from 2011
In the year 2011 I have shot with a few cameras and placed my pictures in several places all over the web (flickr, iStock, my galleries here, etc.). I will try now to pick a few ones and put them in one place – here – trying to call them into categories (photos made with…
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Troppo semplice per chiamarla ricetta, ma buona: fregola e piselli
I cut longitudinal strips of leeks and I made them curly and brown in some oil in my safepan. I replaced the leeks with frozen peas; added some water, waited for them to boil a couple of minutes, added salt, then fregola, that I cooked like a risotto, adding hot water little by little. When…
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Short extension tubes
The first instinct when buying extension tubes is “the longer, the better” because a longer extensions allows a bigger magnification. However, not all images require large magnification. I shot these two photos with two Nikkors, the 20/3.5 UD AI and the 50/1.2 AI-S on a Sony NEX-5. The theory says that if I extend a…
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Street photography on iStock
I have a small (growing?) collection of street photography images on iStock. What is street photography? Certainly not reportage! S.p. features people, photographed in candid (un-staged, unexpected) situations, in the streets and public places. Difficult to define in words, but easy to recognize. iStockphoto is not the place where you would look for these images,…
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Tombstones in England
I can’t ignore them. The English place their graveyard right in the middle of inhabited centres. They create interesting contrasts of ideas. I set up a lightbox on iStockphoto with several of such cases.