An Early Spring Flower ^_^

After the game we went to the "3rd Half!" a moment of friendship and nearness between supporters of both teams (and the teams themselves share some time together!).

While we were leaving the stadium (the 3rd half place was out there!) We met several welsh dressed up in costumes... I resisted the urge to shot the first few of them... till I saw this lady...

I could not missed this lovely flower, Could I?

She was realy lovely to pose for me :)...

To say it all I do not like this PPing... There's to much unreal vignetting ant it does not really enhance the shoot... but this was how it worked out... today would have been different or I' would have tried to PP it in a more subtle way...

Exif Reads:
Camera Model: NIKON D300
Date Taken: 2009:03:14 19:05:29
Exposure Time: 1/80 sec.
Aperture Value: 3.85 EV (f/3.8)
ISO Speed Rating: 1600
Flash Fired: Flash fired
Exposure Program: Manual
Focal Length: 35.0 mm
Software: Bibble 4.10.1

Enjoy Your Lights (And Your Matches Too!)

... And his family too!

Later after the game we have meet the same guy another time... He was with his family looking for a show going on after the game by one of the sponsors (I believe was Radio 101!).

As you can see all the family was dressed up in some way...

You'll see they were not the only ones!

Enev this shot was taken with the 28-105...

Exif Reads:

Camera Model: NIKON D300

Date Taken: 2009:03:14 19:26:23

Exposure Time: 1/80 sec.

Aperture Value: 3.61 EV (f/3.5)

ISO Speed Rating: 1600

Flash Fired: Flash fired

Exposure Program: Manual

Focal Length: 28.0 mm

Software: Bibble 4.10.1

Enjoy Your Lights (And your Matches too!)

Let's loose the dragons!

This is one of the things I like the most in rugby!

You can literally seat side by side with other team's supporter and there are not any problem at all.

Moreover there are several really funny people seeing the match!

This guy was seated near us and it was dressed up as a dragon with the wales shirt!

This is the first shot of these strange dresses they wore!

This was shot with the Nikon AF-D 28-105 3.5-4-5 (IIRC they've stolen the lens so maybe I'm getting the wrong f numbers!) a fabolous lens (and it can be considered cheap too!)

Exif Reads:

Camera Model: NIKON D300

Date Taken: 2009:03:14 18:02:57

Exposure Time: 1/320 sec.

Aperture Value: 4.00 EV (f/4.0)

ISO Speed Rating: 400

Focal Length: 70.0 mm

Software: Bibble 4.10.1

Enjoy Your Lights (and your games too!)

Marcato's 3 points!

I clearly remember this shot... how could I forgot it!

Italy was playing a good game but not getting any try out ouf our plays (as usual I should say!). Welsh actions grant us a kick on the 40 meters line and near the touch line (12 meter in the field I would say)... We all believed it would have used the kick to move the game nearer the tryzone...

Andrea Marcato and some other Italian players are discussing...

Marcato raise his hand and point to the goal... I'll try to go for three points? it's a 46 meter long kick with a wild angle!!

This shot is the moment of the kick...

2 seconds later all the stadium was cheering (Welsh too!) for the really good kick...

I took the shot with the Sigma 70-300 and I set it to 70 in order to get an idea of the relative positions of Marcato and of the goal.

Exif Reads

Camera Model: NIKON D300

Date Taken: 2009:03:14 18:22:37

Exposure Time: 1/500 sec.

Aperture Value: 4.97 EV (f/5.6)

ISO Speed Rating: 800

Focal Length: 70.0 mm

Software: Bibble 4.10.1

Enjoy your lights!

Sorry but it's a normal photo not a magical one like in Harry Potter\

These are the very first two shots of the game.
Italy open on the open side and after 1 pass it feints and change direction for Mirko Bergamasco that was launched forward.

It was a clear deliberate scheme the tean had decided to use... it went well... but even with the 6 shots /sec of Nikon D300... there was not enough frames to have a movie.

A can show you two frames of that action^_^ bot of them were taken with the SIGMA 70-300 4-5.6 APO one of hte cheapest lens out there!


First Shot - EXIF
Camera Model: NIKON D300
Date Taken: 2009:03:14 17:08:50
Exposure Time: 1/640 sec.
Aperture Value: 4.64 EV (f/5.0)
ISO Speed Rating: 200
Focal Length: 220.0 mm

Second shot - EXIF

Camera Model: NIKON D300
Date Taken: 2009:03:14 17:08:52
Exposure Time: 1/640 sec.
Aperture Value: 4.64 EV (f/5.0)
ISO Speed Rating: 200
Focal Length: 220.0 mm

Enjoy yours Light!

Yes.. please... tell me...

Ok let me start with saying this shot is an intentional one... mainly street but alla I'll say its the truest truth!

The guy on the left is a friend of mine (Enzo Amato? do you remember?) that day we decided to go seeing a 6 nations rugby match  Italy vs Galles.

We already knew Italy's chance of winning were dim at the max :.( but you did not go to a rugby match onyl to see your team prevail... it's more a party thing!

So we got there... and started looking for two other guys from Rome that were to come with us.

I carried the camera open and ready with the neck strap on... and I saw this scene...

Enzo was looking for our friends (looking toward the stadium) and not more than a meter away another man was looking for someone in the opposite directions...

It really seems the two are talking... but they have to said a single word in that moment... it's a street or not!!

EXIF reads:

Camera Model: NIKON D300

Date Taken: 2009:03:14 16:49:26

Exposure Time: 1/125 sec.

Aperture Value: 4.97 EV (f/5.6)

ISO Speed Rating: 200

Focal Length: 28.0 mm

Have a Good light with the new Series on that same game!

Sempre sia lodata...

Another shot from the trip to Bologna...

I really do not know what told me to shot this... maybe the contrast... I really do not know... I like the photo and I think  this is enough for me^_^

The matte homogeneous color in the sky is what has convenced me to blog it^_^

Exif Reads:

Camera Model: NIKON D300

Date Taken: 2008:06:30 17:53:45

Exposure Time: 1/160 sec.

ISO Speed Rating: 200

Focal Length: 105.0 mm

Have a Good Light!

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