Glass Artework 2

Same setting as the previous post, only another glas artwork.
In the church there were 4 glass artworks but this two are the only ones I will post to this blog.
I believe this second one is a better photo than the previous one.

These two shots were taken the 23th of September (EXIF... I Love you!^_^) with an aperture of f/2.8 and an exposure time of 1/80" at 200 ISO.

Glass Artwork 1

The day after being in Bologna I went to Modena to meet an old pal.

In the following day the girl that hosted me in Bologna (she is an old friend of both of us) came in Modena to meet us.
My pal had to go away for a while so I took a tour of modena with the friend from Bologna.
We ended up in this church near train station... it had a couple of amazing glasswork that colored the church in an amazing way.
So I took some photos... this is the first shot, the glasses beyond the main altar.

The photo was taken with an aperture of f/2.8 and an exposure of 1/80" at 200 ISO.

Bologna's Evening

I was coming back to my friend house in bologna and in the city center (part of his heritage) I believed the sky was far darker than what really was...
So when I arrived at this crossroad that let me see far... I found a nice spot to shoot a photo of...

I tried a flare effect dirtying the glass... I think the result are not perfect... but they are neither awful!

I could use a too high exposition as the road was full of moving cars... so I had to try several setting in order to get te best result...
The exif say I shot this at exposure of 1/20 second and with a f/3.2

Poggio di VallePiana

Near Montesano sulla Marcellana there's this agrituorism restaurant that's called "Il Poggio di Valle Piana" (that could be translated as "The Hill in Flat Valley").

It is a really peaceful and beautiful place.
In order to arrive you'd need a off-road vehicle, but you always go there with a normal city car (I own a FIAT Stilo) with some strain on you suspensions.... but once you get there...

It's a good looking house with some tables...

They usually give you a plentifull meal (8-9 dishes!) and you get to pay under 20€ each...

It's fantastic... really fantastic^_^

In the yard there's this portcully that let you enjoy the sight of "VallePiana", the only matter is that you cannot shoot these places at the right time, with the right light as I aslways go there at lunch time in summer so there a strong, perpendicular light...

But I'd like to give you an idea of the sight from the restaurant as I find it really peacefull and pleasant!

Vallo di Diano

This summer I've gone in mountain wiht a friend of mine, searching for an "Acgriturismo"... a place where you can eat and drink local products...

The chosen place was near "Montesano sulla Marcellana" in Salerno's province.

That morning I took several shoot of the view from the village, the light was strong so they are not the best shot you can dream of... but the land is really amazing...
We're in Italy... and look at how many grassland is out there^_^


The shot was taken just before going to sleep as we went there after a night playing with "Tide of Iron".

Exposure was 1/400
Aperture was f/4.0

Sun and lights

This shot was taken in Bologna, in the historical center of Bologna... it was the 18:53 of the 22th of September

The sun was still high in the sky, but the street is so dark that the shops needs to turn on the lights...

You can see the difference in light between the last floor of the red building and street level.

An interesting urban condition to have in a picture...

The exposure time was set at 1/40 sec. and the aperture was at f/2.8, but do not be fooled by this I'll show you some photo from the same day and the same city that were shot half an hour later^_^

Hill and Sea

The 7th of November I was invited to an International Conference on Design System's Development it was taken in Ravello, in the Costiera Amalfitana.

The location was not easy to find (I had to get trough a herd of sheeps!) but it was really a beautiful day...
DUring most of the day I was hlad in the conference room, but I succeeded in taking some shots going back to my car...

There are some beautiful sights out there, as shown by this photo... but it was too late and the near mountain's shadow started to creep over the land...

I like this shot... but if I succeeded in shooting it just 15 minutes before It wuold have been quite better!

This was done with my A630 with an ET of 1/1250 and the aperture setting at f/4.1

Paler shades of grey

Paler shades of grey, that is what you'll have if you succeed in shooting a mountain chain...

The farer the mountain is the paler it gets... we are used to this, but it's an amazing photo subject for me^_^

And there's a more striking effect if the mountain you shoot are ripe with vegetation so there's a "greener grey"!

This shot was made near the sunset so there's a soft light that's always useful in this kind of photos...
To say it all I'd prefferred having another mountain after the foreground one... but I have not found a spot whit it...

Shot was made at 07:05 PM, with an Exposure Time of 1/400 at f/4.1

Nice, Old Church

I was in Pinerolo in September (many of my shots were taken in this period)...

With some of the other students we decided to go walking in the countryside to know it.
In one of the squares of this little town there was this nice, old church...

I like the strong vivid red of the church's walls, and a nice looking gradient in the background...
A sidenote on the belltower... look at it^_^

This was made with an exposure time of 1/500 sec, and a FNumber of f/4.0...