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Parallels & Diagonals
This blue-hour cityscape hinges on strong linear perspective: the elevated bridge on the right and the riverbanks on the left converge toward a distant vanishing point, pulling the eye cleanly through the frame. Warm street and architectural lighting contrasts with the cooling sky, creating a balanced teal–amber palette that suits twilight urban travel imagery. Reflections are the picture’s quiet engine. The river reads as a central corridor of light, with elongated highlights from lamps and windows forming a measured vertical rhythm that steadies the scene. Moored boats along the right bank add human scale and texture, preventing the infrastructure from becoming purely monumental. The exposure favours atmosphere over clinical sharpness;…
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My camera’s early test shots
Pictures with no specific “intent”. Just went to the docks and clicked around, to get an early feel of how does the camera work. Results: mixed feelings.
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Has Street-Photography a limit?
Chasing the captain is a series of shots made in Venice (Italy) by Yanick Delafoge, a very good street-photographer whose website I visit almost daily. Chasing the captain is accompanied by an explanation of the circumstances that led to the shots and based on the assumption that the subject was, indeed, a Navy Officer. Thus, the whole mood of the comment was inspired by the suggestion coming from a soldier that crosses the calles’ of Venice. There is a small problem, though: the man portrayed in the photo is a chief petty officer – Capo di prima classe (you can guess it by the three-striped patch on is shoulder) and…
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A new camera and the quest for the missed information
Convinced by the hype raised by the review of a well known camera review website I purchased a bridge camera , just to be surprised and disappointed at the same time. The surprise came out when I discovered that the this camera comes – as standard – with a lens hood, does mount filters and has a remote trigger socket. None of these very important issues were addressed in the review I went through seeking advice and that, as always, focused on image quality, body and functionality, sensor performance etc. etc. Another “non significant” issue has been casually set apart by this review: the 12Mpixel resolution on such a tiny…
