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  • Autumn,  B&W,  Daily photo,  Visual

    Three Lamps

    September 19, 2022 /

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    A ‘Trabocco’ on the Adriatic Sea

    April 20, 2021

    When Heroes Come to Town

    April 17, 2019

    Peeping the misery

    September 4, 2013
  • Autumn,  Beach&Shores,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Photography

    Not AI-made…

    September 17, 2022 /

    The colour rendition of a photo taken with a Pentax (camera and lens) is unique. Taste is personal, and so is this opinion. One thing, however, is sure: the pictorial look of this photography is not made by an ‘AI’.

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    Open Window

    February 4, 2015

    Cold Freezing Touring Through The Oslo’s Fjord

    October 4, 2014

    The Straycat

    December 3, 2013
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Sport,  Track&Field

    A Spanish Long Jumper

    September 11, 2022 /

    This is one of the photos from the reportage on the Track & Field Mediterranean Championships – Pescara 2022. The Sigma 150-600 Contemporary proved to be a good lens, sufficiently versatile and with effective stabilization. However, used with the 1.4 teleconverter and full extension, it does not allow for high-speed focusing. In some cases, the Nikon D610 failed to lock onto the subject. This makes the lens/teleconverter pair somewhat inconvenient in sports photography. At that focal length, it is probably worth using prefocus. If you do not want to give up automatism, you can try to anticipate the moment of focusing by framing something close to where the athlete should…

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    When Venus meets the Moon

    October 2, 2023

    Segway Chase in Villa Borghese

    April 27, 2013

    A Vessel Moored on the Pier

    September 27, 2022
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Social Control

    Imitation of Banksi

    November 1, 2021 /

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    Vinyl Never Dies

    September 2, 2013

    The Casual Observer

    September 5, 2013

    Modern Moai?

    October 10, 2023
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    Fast Roping

    October 21, 2021 /

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    Twin Helmets

    July 21, 2015

    VueScan and the missed Bits-per-pixel

    December 1, 2013

    Which Part of “No Smoking” Got You Lost?

    June 21, 2015
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Kite Surf

    Kite Surfers

    October 16, 2021 /

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    Player&Listener

    June 30, 2014

    Generations – I

    August 6, 2014

    Bless or Curse?

    August 12, 2014
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Odds,  Travels

    A Holy Sign

    October 13, 2021 /

    Sometimes, miracles happen.

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    A Banner

    November 29, 2014

    Priority Pass Lounge at Fiumicino Airport

    November 30, 2015

    Carabinieri:To Serve And Protect

    February 8, 2016
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Fashion Shops,  People,  PhotoCritics,  Rome

    Deadly Bored

    January 6, 2020 /

    Once again, the meaning of this picture is counter intuitive and “made up” by the composition. The scene is seen from the perspective of the mannequin: at the end of a hard day spent sitting on the street-front, it (or he?) looks deadly bored and tries to kill the time before the shop closes by casually looking at the next passerby. The directional effect (from the mannequin to the passerby) is achieved by the diagonal connecting the tip of the hat, the feet of the mannequin and the cast of the shadow. Taken as a whole, these elements drive the eye from the mannequin to the persons and not vice-versa.

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    Sailing Home

    October 4, 2023

    Forgotten bike

    April 3, 2013

    Fancy a Beer?

    November 10, 2015
  • Autumn,  Boulevards,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  PhotoCritics,  Rome

    A Virtual Glance Dance

    December 28, 2019 /

    The essence of this photo is all in the glances of the protagonists. The man looks at the woman, the woman looks at the luxury car. The essence of this photo is all in the glances of the protagonists. The man looks at the woman, and the woman looks at the luxury car. It is this subtle game of glances that tells a story and turns the photography from a casual picture into something worth seeing. Once again, it is not relevant whether the people portrayed are actually involved in the “glance dance”, as what matters is the image to convey the meaning created by the overall result. This confirms…

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    Waiting for the Shinkansen – 1

    June 25, 2017

    Do Not Disturb the News Reader

    February 24, 2014

    Hanging Bottle

    October 11, 2014
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Downtown,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Rome

    Beer or Spritz?

    November 1, 2019 /

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    Silver Pottery

    November 4, 2014

    Street Magic@Nagoya Castle

    July 21, 2019

    Red Curtains

    August 28, 2014
  • Autumn,  Cars&Bikes,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Rome

    Fast drivers in Via del Tritone

    October 31, 2019 /

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    How to Shoot Handball Matches

    April 14, 2024

    Waiting For The Elections

    June 24, 2014

    The Elders’ Council

    June 29, 2013
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome

    A priest

    October 19, 2019 /

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    Breaking the Fourth Wall

    February 17, 2020

    Hard Spam

    April 1, 2013

    What lasts after a party…

    April 25, 2013
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Gear,  Technique,  Thoughts

    Will The iPhone Kill Traditional Cameras? Not Very

    October 15, 2019 /

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    Trick or Treat?

    June 14, 2013

    Nikkor 16mm Fisheye – Three Ways to Make use of Such a Lens

    August 22, 2024

    A Master Luthier in his lab…

    May 14, 2013
  • Autumn,  B&W,  Daily photo,  Seasons,  Shooting

    Servicing a Beretta 98FS

    October 13, 2019 /

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    The Casual Observer

    September 5, 2013

    A view of the Bologna’s Station

    April 28, 2019

    Man in Trenchcoat

    November 20, 2021
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Downtown,  Rome

    Comarketing

    October 10, 2019 /

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    5 (random) frames of Bruxelles with a MIR-1B, a Pentax ME Super and a Kodak TMax400

    March 19, 2025

    Inside the Elevator

    May 9, 2014

    Stripes in B&W

    April 29, 2015
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Downtown,  Rome

    What’s the Time?

    October 8, 2019 /

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    Ten Years Ago

    December 22, 2022

    Shopping in Bruxelles

    December 20, 2013

    So what?

    April 9, 2013
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Downtown,  Rome,  Streets&Squares

    Garbage as usual@Pantheon’s nearby

    October 4, 2019 /

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    Who Can It Be Now?

    February 18, 2016

    A Broken Gearwheel

    August 27, 2014

    Sergey Krylov live@Teatro Marrucino

    February 21, 2022
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  WideAngle

    A Boat

    September 26, 2019 /

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    Home on the Range

    May 17, 2015

    Under an Old Roof

    May 22, 2014

    The Double Helix

    October 13, 2013
  • Autumn,  B&W,  Daily photo,  Lines,  Rome

    School of Mathematics@Sapienza University of Rome

    November 10, 2018 /

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    Christmas Time at Covent Garden

    December 25, 2013

    Self-Defense

    July 27, 2013

    Pentax – In Praise of Usability of Cameras and Lenses

    March 3, 2024
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  People

    Skating on the Riviera

    November 9, 2018 /

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    Kudos to Ricoh

    February 8, 2013

    Seeking Directions

    March 18, 2013

    Counter-intuitive Focus

    February 9, 2020
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Past&Relics

    A (Soon) Lost Banner

    November 1, 2018 /

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    Wrecked Ship

    November 23, 2013

    A Lamp in an Old Teather

    March 8, 2016

    Quality Check

    April 10, 2014
  • Autumn,  B&W,  Daily photo,  Photography

    (Not so) Intelligent Design

    October 26, 2018 /

    A white hand dryer, sleek and sterile, is mounted firmly on a tiled wall. Below it dangles a single electric cable, ending uselessly in an unplugged RJ connector. There is no socket in sight. No conduit, no power. Just absence. The image is clean, quiet—and absurd. The title, Intelligent Design, delivers a sharp, dry irony. It borrows from the vocabulary of creationist theology to highlight a mundane failure of basic planning. What was meant to be functional is, quite literally, disconnected. In this unassuming scene, the promise of utility is contradicted by execution. The dryer, meant to dry hands, is impotent. The infrastructure, meant to enable function, is missing. Photographically, the…

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    The 365th Shot: Between Sacred and Profane

    December 14, 2013

    Vinyl Never Dies

    September 2, 2013

    Relaxed Call at Boulevard du Palais

    March 19, 2014
  • Autumn,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Past&Relics,  Rome

    An Athlete@Stadio Marmi, Rome

    October 11, 2018 /

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    Pop Art in Hamburg

    April 24, 2018

    The SoundMaster

    July 10, 2013

    W Verdi

    January 29, 2014
  • Autumn,  B&W,  Daily photo,  Rome,  Sport,  Streets&Squares

    Weight Training @ Rome’s Stadio Olimpico

    October 9, 2018 /

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    Busy

    January 8, 2013

    Hanging Clothes

    February 18, 2014

    On Photography and Self-Delusion

    September 4, 2022
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