Castel dell'ovo

With this photo I start a series of 4 photos on one of the most famous monument of Naples "Castel dell'Ovo" (It means something like Egg's Castel).

This shot has been taken in a cloudy but not dark mid afternoon in February. Honesly I do not rememb er much of this shooting session adn I will not make it up^_^


Exif reads:
Date Taken: 2009:02:08 15:44:15
Exposure Time: 1/999 sec.
Aperture Value: 4.00 EV (f/4.0)
ISO Speed Rating: 200
Flash Fired: Flash did not fire.
Exposure Program: Manual
Focal Length: 95.0 mm


Enjoy your light

Naples' Gulf

This is the first of a long series of shots that focus on sea and boats...
It's the simplest and most common subject for those living in Naples so it was an obvious one to explore...
The Gulf of Naples as seen from Posillipo... I live nearby so it was way to natural to shoot it...
As you can see this shot comes out from the same series I've used to create the Blog's banner...

I really believe it's a classical postcard scene with Castel dell'Ovo and Vesuvio one after the other...

In this photo straight OOC you can see the real color of the scene

Exif Reads:
Camera Model: Canon PowerShot A630
Date Taken: 2007:09:08 12:45:26
Exposure Time: 1/799 sec.
Aperture Value: 4.00 EV (f/4.0)
Flash Fired: Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode.
Metering Mode: Center-Weighted Average
Focal Length: 17.3 mm


If I had to PP this shot or if I'd shoot in in raw maybye I'll have it something more saturated as follows...


Enjoy your light!

From Blu to Red

This shot has been cut out from a single shot done with Nikon D300...
It is a Pano of Bagnoli's coastline in hte sunset... but look at the colors... it's not the usual pano at the sunset and it is not a HDR too!

I really like it... but let the image speak by itself^_^

Camera Model: NIKON D300
Date Taken: 2008:10:04 18:44:13
Exposure Time: 1/59 sec.
Aperture Value: 4.00 EV (f/4.0)
ISO Speed Rating: 400
Flash Fired: Flash did not fire.
Exposure Program: Manual
Focal Length: 44.0 mm
Software: Bibble 4.10.1


Enjoy!

Sun and Fog

Last sunset shot taken with the PowerShot A630.

I was speaking with a fellow PhD Student at the phone when I looked out of the window... to see a landscape I knew contained the following shot...

The sky had poured water all upon Naples all the day till mid afternoon where it stopped.... but it was really cloudy....

At some point the clouds opened to let some sun light that where captured in the mist near land painting the land on the sky... I do not know how to describe it... the photo shows it...
For one time the inability of the camera to shoot ad High ISOs was helpful... as it forced me to take a darker picture that emphasised the effect...

Exif reads:
Camera Model: Canon PowerShot A630
Date Taken: 2007:12:08 16:01:49
Exposure Time: 1/399 sec.
Aperture Value: 4.66 EV (f/5.0)
Metering Mode: Center-Weighted Average
Focal Length: 21.7 mm


Enjoy!!!

Sadness

This is one of the strangest light I've ever seen...
Before anything else I've to say that the phot has not veen PPed in anyway...

I was driving along Via Manzoni on a late afternoon in November (IIRC, Obviously!) when looking at my left I've seen this strange light... As I had my PS A630 with me I stopped the car and hurried to take this shot beforethe light changed!

Camera Model: Canon PowerShot A630
Date Taken: 2007:11:30 16:54:27
Exposure Time: 1 sec.
Aperture Value: 4.06 EV (f/4.1)
Flash Fired: Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode.
Metering Mode: Center-Weighted Average
Focal Length: 29.2 mm


Enjoy!

Sunset II - Yellow Light, a tree and sea...

These two shots are really different... while being really similar... confused? read on!

Both of them are targeted to the same coast... thay ahave been taken with the same camera but more than a year apart...

The first one is puteoli's gulf seen from balcony out of my rooms... I liked the warm color of the light even if I remember the ma little more peachy... I will not play with the WB after more than a Year!

Exif reads:
Camera Model: NIKON D300
Date Taken: 2008:03:08 17:26:59
Lens: AF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 G
Exposure Time: 1/159 sec.
ISO Speed Rating: 200
Flash Fired: Flash did not fire.
Metering Mode: Pattern
Exposure Program: Manual


The second one is one of three keepers I got from my photo scouting on easter monday (we call it Pasquetta... surely it has an english name I do not know^_^).
THe night before I played with several setting shootingin JPEG BASIC vs the usual RAW... I forgot about it since the followin day's night when I checked the images... another lesson learned the hard way.

This shot was suggested by Adriano Fazzari... I should say inspired by as he tried to take a similar shot but failed (He hadn't ever before used a camera not in auto! Keep trying Adriano!)

Camera Model: NIKON D300
Date Taken: 2009:04:13 17:30:17
Lens: AF-D 28-105mm f./3.5-4.5
Exposure Time: 1/249 sec.
ISO Speed Rating: 200
Format: JPEG
Quality: Basic
Flash Fired: Flash fired, compulsory flash mode, return light detected.
Metering Mode: Pattern
Exposure Program: Manual
Focal Length: 60.0 mm

Red Clouds, Red Sky

This is a classic photo... a sunset, several clouds, heavy red... many dark areas...
I've taken several photo like those... I post here two of them.

This was taken with the Canon Powershot A630:



Date Taken: 2007:10:07 16:34:17
Exposure Time: 1/60 sec.
Aperture Value: 4.06 EV (f/4.1)
Flash Fired: Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode.
Metering Mode: Center-Weighted Average
Focal Length: 29.2 mm



The second one was taken with the Nikon D300:



Date Taken: 2008:02:05 18:20:29
Exposure Time: 1/1599 sec.
Aperture Value: 7.40 EV (f/13.0)
ISO Speed Rating: 500
Flash Fired: Flash did not fire.
Exposure Program: Manual
Focal Length: 130.0 mm


Two similar photos with really different settings^_^

And the lightray shines through

This is one of my preferred shots (I hope it is the right one to inaugurate this last stint in my photoblogging^_^)... In a cloudy day while I was looking at the bagnoli's and puteoli's gulf... I see this heavenly shot...

It is enhanced by the fast shutter speed that gives more contrast to the light rays making all things darker...

The exif reads:
Camera Model: Canon PowerShot A630
Date Taken: 2007:10:07 15:45:10
Exposure Time: 1/199 sec.
Aperture Value: 6.00 EV (f/8.0)
Flash Fired: Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode.
Metering Mode: Center-Weighted Average
Focal Length: 21.7 mm

here is the photo:

Some new post in order to be back online...

I'm proud to offer you my first pano with the 5d mark II... it is perfect? no! But I've to start from something^_^

This is a Pano out of 8 Images with the Canon EF 17-40 1:4 L USM (what a long name!) at 40mm... (I believe it was taken at f/8.0 but I've not the Exif saved in the stitch (or so I do believe!)

Thanks to Hugin for the help in stitching it all together and to Gimp for te PP^_^

New Camera

As some of you already know...

Last 27th of May three young persons in Rome have decided to escape with all my photographic gear... leaving me with only my Point & Shoot (Canon Power Shot A630)

Friday I have bought a new DSLR and I'm already back to Rock!

I've bought a Canon 5d Mark II with a 17-40... I'm way to poorer now