My One-a-week project (2011)

[Infinite_Day]

Wow, do you need any additional people where you work? I can learn Italian! I'd love to travel to some of the places you've been - I have to settle for a vacation once a year. I love the one of the old man from 10-09 and the insect on 9-17 is some species of mayfly. You have some nice shots here. Keep them coming!

 

[enzodm]

Wow, do you need any additional people where you work? I can learn Italian! I'd love to travel to some of the places you've been - I have to settle for a vacation once a year. I love the one of the old man from 10-09 and the insect on 9-17 is some species of mayfly. You have some nice shots here. Keep them coming!

. You made me browse again the whole collection to understand where I have been for work... three places here: Belgrade, Helsinki, Cape Town: the rest are places close to my town or vacations. Every time I can I manage to spend some hour walking in places where I have to go for work; not always I can.
For your vacations, Chioggia is very close to Venice, and from there you could join the old man on the beach in less than two hours of travel (close to Trieste). Then, in one hour you may reach the place depicted in the last picture, on hills very well known for good white wine (another picture below). From there, ten minutes to my home to take a rest, and then less than one hour and you are on the mountains from 10-23 . I live in a heterogenous region...

In Italian, the insect is called "effimera", so friends told me. It means "with a short life"...

 

[Infinite_Day]

Wow, do you need any additional people where you work? I can learn Italian! I'd love to travel to some of the places you've been - I have to settle for a vacation once a year. I love the one of the old man from 10-09 and the insect on 9-17 is some species of mayfly. You have some nice shots here. Keep them coming!

. You made me browse again the whole collection to understand where I have been for work... three places here: Belgrade, Helsinki, Cape Town: the rest are places close to my town or vacations. Every time I can I manage to spend some hour walking in places where I have to go for work; not always I can.
For your vacations, Chioggia is very close to Venice, and from there you could join the old man on the beach in less than two hours of travel (close to Trieste). Then, in one hour you may reach the place depicted in the last picture, on hills very well known for good white wine (another picture below). From there, ten minutes to my home to take a rest, and then less than one hour and you are on the mountains from 10-23 . I live in a heterogenous region...

In Italian, the insect is called "effimera", so friends told me. It means "with a short life"...

Sounds like a wonderful place to live. I live in a dying steel valley with decaying industry, a lot of pollution and little beauty as fas as landscape is concerned. Italy is on our list but Ireland has made the cut for next year's vacation, I think. That is assuming we can afford it. Thanks for the info!

"Effimera" is appropriate as it is derived from the root language which your country/language is similar to and the taxonomical order of mayflies is Ephemeroptera.

 

[enzodm]

No picture set is complete without a cat.
Here just a snapshot of my mothers' cat (I did not shoot much in the last days). Highlights are burnt, I know. And yes, background is busy, but she is not easy to direct . Made with my usual Helios 58/2.

 

[enzodm]

This picture is just a test of a new lens I bought - a 85/1.5 (fixed aperture) coming from a russian military night viewer, known for its swirly bokeh.

 

[enzodm]

I had the occasion to test my Sigma 50-150/2.8 in a concert. My position was not the best, however I've been satisfied by some pictures.

 

[enzodm]

Another Cyclop 85/1.5 test, a variation of the classic Christmas Bokeh.

 

[enzodm]

This is more of a recipe than a picture - I was in a hurry, to I tried to light decently, but not much.
Salmon and avocado tartare, and salmon carpaccio with ginger and pine kernels.

 

[enzodm]

Just to finish this project - I lost only a month, not bad .

Mulberry trees were used in my region as field border keepers, also becasue they were used to feed silk bugs. So, they are a typical component of the panorama. Herons are less usual - I think they came back only in the last years.