Lonely Sail...

During the same period I was focused on getting some good shots of fishermen I figured out I could use the FOV Multiplier of my d300 to take some good shots at sail boats... This one is
from December.

There not much to say about it.... but this is the first shot I publish in some months (it is an old one!)

Exif Reads:
Camera Model: NIKON D300
Date Taken: 2008:12:13 15:30:36
Exposure Time: 1/500 sec.
Aperture Value: 5.31 EV (f/6.3)
ISO Speed Rating: 1250
Flash Fired: Flash did not fire.
Exposure Program: Manual
Focal Length: 300.0 mm
Software: Bibble 4.10.1

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!!!

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