Category: Photography
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Tree trunks washed onshore
I was watching this photo on flickr of a tree trunk washed onshore, when I realised that I photographed several of them already, perhaps more than I wish to remember. Here are mine.
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Window light and one reflector
In Italia si può fotografare al chiuso con la sola luce della finestra – in Inghilterra, purtroppo, no.
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Signal processing on the mountains
The difficult thing of post-processing this image was enhancing the contrast in the distant mountains. I realised, during shooting, that the mountains were barely visible. Hence I decided to improve the signal / noise ratio by taking, instead of one correctly exposed photo: 4 shots at the nominal exposure 4 shots at -0.7 EV 4…
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Croci
Una nuova galleria fotografica a tema: la forma della croce. Alcune vecchie foto londinesi vi han trovato posto.
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Calci (Pisa)
Photoshop is not the only responsible here. I also had some help from a cat who decided I should scratch its back, and from the Luminance software. Finally, of course, the wall was too large. I like Calci, so I have just started a photo-gallery for it. Enjoy it here. The photos can also be purchased…
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L’acquedotto di Asciano Pisano
An imperfect landscape calls for a Photoshop perfection. I had fun reshaping the light to my taste. Numbered from 1 to 8, I illustrate below the passages from the first unedited capture to my final version. I used a Sony NEX-5 with a Contax/Yashica Carl Zeiss Tessar 45/2.8 mounted on a Manfrotto table tripod that…
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Beautiful Tuscan streets
In Pisa, the old walls of the old town (“centro storico”) often become canvasses where posters, decals, graffiti, street signs and cars paint colorful motifs. Via Santa Cecilia belongs to the Quartiere San Francesco area. …butthis was before Photoshop (local contrast adjustment, straightening, saturation, etc.)
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Portoni d’ingresso
Il Lungarno Gambacorti a Pisa è coloratissimo, ma un pizzico di Photoshop può migliorare sia i colori sia la geometria della composizione. Sony NEX-5, C/Y Tessar 45/2.8 This photo is also for sale on iStock, where a whole set of photographs of front doors is also available.
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Before and after (Photoshop) in Calci, Italy
Calci (Pisa) è un posto carino
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Rusty metal bits
Rusty (flaky) metal bits offer delight to the photographic eye because of the variety of textures and colour nuances they can offer. Along the years I have photographed some.
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Immagini tipicamente toscane
Lasciata la buia Inghilterra alle spalle, eccomi a fotografare la Toscana!