Category: Italy
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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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La luminaria di San Ranieri di Pisa
The celebration of the San Ranieri festivity in Pisa is gorgeous especially if observed from a vantage point.
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A Pisa, se non sai cosa leggere…
A Pisa, se non sai cosa leggere, puoi sempre fare una passeggiata e leggere quel che c’è sui muri!
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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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Immagini tipicamente toscane
Lasciata la buia Inghilterra alle spalle, eccomi a fotografare la Toscana!
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My light version of the Italian “Carbonara” recipe
Ingredients Buckwheat spaghetti (“Fidelin del Moro”) or, them lacking, plain spaghetti – 250g White onion – a quarter Prosciutto crudo – ideally one 5mm-thick slice, alternatively 3 or 4 traditionally thin slices Extra virgin olive oil – two tablespoons Pecorino romano, grated – one tablespoon, heaped Parmigiano Reggiano, grated – one heaped tablespoon (two, if the Pecorino is…
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Quality of life portrayed in a cinema
Durham vs Pisa, two similarly sized university towns. Eight o’clock, after dinner: let’s go out to the movies! It’s Sunday tonight, 3rd October 2010, let’s not be too late. Durham: one cinema, Gala theatre. Alas, no shows in the afternoon, certainly not after dinner. Apparently the Gala’s management must believe people don’t have fun if…