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  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Gear,  Milan,  People,  Winter

    After a Tough Day

    January 30, 2016 /

    I  took this photo with a Fujifilm X-E2 and a Leica Elmarit 90/2,8. Manual focusing with the split-image option has been fairly easy.

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    July 13, 2025

    Fujifilm X-T3 Video Cheat Sheet

    September 5, 2021

    Big Brother Enhanced

    May 1, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fashion Shops,  Rome,  Winter

    Sales Force

    January 28, 2016 /

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    Heater

    May 23, 2015

    Posing

    June 17, 2022

    When We Thought We Would Have Changed The World

    August 21, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Fashion Shops,  Gear,  People,  Rome,  Winter

    Should I Buy It? (Best Taken With an 85mm)

    January 23, 2016 /

    …but actually with a 23mm (35mm equivalent, cropped.) It’s not just a shopping street. It’s a stage. Look closer: this frame holds a silent performance — a subtle interplay of desire, decision, and doubt. Three women stand just outside the warmth of the boutique, their eyes fixed on mannequins who, ironically, seem far more confident than the living observers. The mannequin inside strikes a bold pose, clad in red and certainty. The women outside? Bundled in coats, their body language somewhere between ambivalence and negotiation. On the far left, another kind of window. A glowing child’s fantasy, plastered with Disney’s “Frozen” — a reminder of simpler times, when wanting something…

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    Restaurant or Hellgate?

    June 21, 2013

    Hanging

    January 19, 2015

    Tour Saint-Jacques, Standby

    March 27, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Downtown,  People,  Photography,  Rome,  Street Photography,  Winter

    The Watchman (Street-Photography Shortcuts)

    January 21, 2016 /

    As every thing under the sun, Street-Photography too has its own shortcuts: freaky street-portraits are one of those. It’s easy to have your pictures noticed when your subject is a 60-years old Brit-Punk, an implausible-color dressed man or whatever alike: these subjects do the work on your behalf and it is very hard to obtain such kind of picture AND conveying actual meaning. Personally I like photos that – alone or made meaningful by a title – can tell a story. This way I can try to (pretend to) make “unique” shots, that stand with dignity in front of the zillions of 500px/Instagram/Flickr’s  great images that are often perfect but…

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    Elishéva live@Faneuil Hall

    July 8, 2023

    An Old Boxing Gym

    February 22, 2016

    Hi-Tech Temptation

    June 27, 2015
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Gear,  People,  Rome,  Winter

    True Leather (Saved by Photoshop’s Crop)

    January 18, 2016 /

    A 35mm focal length is definitely much too wide for my kind of street-photography, but I must admit that the advantages of using a Fujifilm X100s in terms of efficiency and portability, beat any other issue related to the wideness of the lens. And the X100s’ resolution is good enough to obtain a good composition through Photoshop’s crop feature.

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    Three Legged?

    July 21, 2017

    Servicing a Sig Sauer P226

    December 16, 2017

    An unusual flowers’ field

    June 30, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Restaurants&Bar,  Rome,  Winter

    A Nikon’s Portrait Made With a Fuji

    January 14, 2016 /

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    Player&Listener

    June 30, 2014

    5 (improbable) Frames with a roll of Ferrania Orto and a Nikon 35TI

    February 28, 2024

    Shooting the Shooter…

    February 12, 2013
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Milan,  Restaurants&Bar,  Winter

    Reflexes

    December 30, 2015 /

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    Italian National Skating Championship 2019

    February 8, 2019

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    September 20, 2018

    @Rome Maker Faire – 1

    October 9, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Milan,  Reportage,  Winter

    Labcoats

    December 28, 2015 /

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    Nagasaki Biker

    February 13, 2024

    A few test shots with an MC Cosinon T200/4

    January 14, 2024

    Portrait of a Master luthier

    October 26, 2013
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Milan,  People,  Winter

    Last Puff Before the Ride

    December 26, 2015 /

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    The Day of the Zombies

    October 23, 2016

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    December 23, 2012

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    January 6, 2013
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Milan,  People,  Restaurants&Bar,  Winter

    Busy

    December 24, 2015 /

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    A Pensive Nun

    December 14, 2016

    The Gate to the Appeal

    October 10, 2021

    Avid Readers

    August 17, 2013
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Milan,  People,  Winter

    Earbuds

    December 22, 2015 /

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    Where Did I Left My Car?

    April 2, 2015

    Before The Match

    October 20, 2014

    Fireworks

    January 19, 2013
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Docks,  Winter

    A Vessel

    December 18, 2015 /

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    Pre Colombian Artwork

    September 27, 2013

    Pizza Maker@Ueno’s Park

    June 6, 2018

    Aren’t Tapas Spanish?

    June 29, 2015
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Past&Relics,  Winter

    Romeo’s Hideout

    December 16, 2015 /

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    A Fashion Shop in Milan

    January 21, 2014

    Who Is The Machine?

    August 5, 2019

    @Rome Maker Faire – 4. The Hands Controller

    October 16, 2014
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Rome,  Winter

    Traffic Jam in Rome

    December 14, 2015 /

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    January 12, 2014

    Tough Enough

    August 7, 2019

    Viltrox AF85/1,8 II XF. Reflexless?

    April 2, 2021
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  People,  Rome,  Winter

    The Coffin

    December 12, 2015 /

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    April 3, 2022

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    January 18, 2025
  • B&W,  Daily photo,  Past&Relics,  Winter

    The Last Barrell

    December 10, 2015 /

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    November 20, 2021

    A Skull

    August 18, 2015

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    March 6, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Shooting,  Winter

    On the Range

    December 6, 2015 /

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    Good Manners

    September 29, 2013

    Autumn Leaves

    September 8, 2014

    Portrait of a Politician – 2

    June 15, 2014
  • Beach&Shores,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Winter

    Unkempt

    December 4, 2015 /

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    December 31, 2012

    Having Sax

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  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Landscape,  Visual,  Winter

    Lost in Le Puglie

    December 2, 2015 /

    There are roads in Puglia that don’t go anywhere fast. This was one of them. Shot from behind the wheel, somewhere between nowhere and nowhere else, I caught this image of a slow-moving tractor framed by empty fields and a sky too wide to hold. The road is narrow, uneven, old—but it doesn’t complain. Like most things around here, it does its job without fuss. The light was gentle, just after afternoon, slipping into that moment where colour fades softly rather than drops off. The greens were still sharp, the sky leaning pale toward evening, and everything felt settled. No drama. No rush. What drew me in wasn’t the tractor…

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    Seeking Directions

    March 18, 2013

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    September 1, 2014
  • Airport,  Chairs&Seats,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Rome,  Winter

    Priority Pass Lounge at Fiumicino Airport

    November 30, 2015 /

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    March 12, 2017

    @ Mediterranean Beach Games 2015 – Wrestling, Italy vs France (And a primer on sport photography – Part 5)

    October 9, 2015

    José Ignacio Franco – Live@Auditorium Petruzzi

    July 31, 2022
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  Doors&Windows,  Restaurants&Bar,  Winter

    Cold Stuff

    November 28, 2015 /

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    April 5, 2014

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    October 31, 2019

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    April 8, 2014
  • Bruxelles,  Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Patisserie,  Winter

    Belgian Macarons

    November 2, 2015 /

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    March 15, 2022

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    April 23, 2015

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    November 28, 2015
  • Bruxelles,  Cities,  Colour,  Daily photo,  Fashion Shops,  Winter

    Belgian Gloves

    October 15, 2015 /

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    October 25, 2014

    Street Magic@Nagoya Castle

    July 21, 2019

    An Early Morning Fishing Expedition

    July 29, 2014
  • Colour,  Daily photo,  People,  Streets&Squares,  Winter

    Where Did I Left My Car?

    April 2, 2015 /

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    August 18, 2014

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    June 1, 2014

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    October 10, 2016
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