Category: Places and Travel
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My first photos with an iPhone 5: Monterosso (Cinque Terre)
What a disaster can a splash of sea water be for a camera! And so it was, that I headed for Monterosso only equipped with my Nikon FM2n, only to realise, and only there, that a recent splash of sea water had made it unusable. A whole day in a beautiful place without a camera?, I…
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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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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!