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Sysadmin linux 🐧 Photographer 📷 Science nerd 🤓🔭 skeptic 🤔 from Sicily
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Magic Smoke [day 127]
Have you ever been fascinated by smoke dancing over a dead candle? Shot on Canon 550D, lighted with a Yongnuo YN560 flash. Edit...
Cherries [day 170]
My shot for the weekly theme. Shot on Canon 550D, light with Yongnuo YN560 + Flashbender, remotely triggered. Edit in Lightroom Cla...
Always build bridges [day 4]
Even crooked, slanted, wobbly, it doesn't matter. Just build bridges and connect people and places. Fill the gaps, lend a...
Practicing high contrast and drama [day 62]
A friend of mine challenged me, and so I'll shot B&W for a week, and this statue it's an opportunity to tr...
Fly [day 135]
So close, and still so alien. This simple shot was challenging. As I saw the opportunity, I needed to be quick: got my camera, pushed th...
Deep purple [day 123]
Another experiment with light. This time I put a perfume bottle on a plexiglass panel, and put a speedlight below the panel. I t...
Evidence [day 68]
We often don't trust photos, since nowadays they can be easily tampered, "photoshopped" and faked. But there was a time when we thou...
Exterminate all those speedlights! [day 121]
I got a new speedlight and a couple of wireless triggers! A Yongnuo YN560 III flash and two RF603 II trig...
Antiquities on the sidewalk [day 26]
This tacky lamp resembling NY Statue of Liberty was sold on a stand on the sidewalk of one of the oldest roads of...
Watchers of the sky - almost [day 15]
First starry night after the solstice. We needed some time outside to reconnect ourselves with the universe. Sho...
What's your place in this universe? [day 47]
There's no easy answer, but having a model such this old armillary sphere can help a lot. Today we have V...
Anelletti [day 116]
We Italians are so obsessed with food and pasta shapes that most Italian pasta factories make special shapes to be used only for o...
Tabasco [day 122]
Second day of experiments with speedlight lighting. Reflections on a glass bottle can be interesting to play with. This time I put m...
Test drive [day 206]
Next week I'll go to a star party with other amateur astronomers, and I'll shot lots of night photos. Let's test our setup: this...
Time to take a photo [day 33]
Not may ideas today, and so little time. Then, why not taking a photo of a watch? A good opportunity to practice exposur...
Dandelion [91]
Just something blue. Shot on Canon 550D, edit in Lightroom Classic CC. #morning #saturday #color #blue #graphic #flower #design #art #t...
Microwave [day 93]
Morning starts when microwave ends. Shot on Canon 550D, edit in Lightroom Classic CC. #morning #kitchen #monday #design #display #t...
Colour diffraction [day 95]
Rainbows are averywhere, if you have a diffraction grating to split out "white" light. Shot on Canon 550D with macro exten...
The backbone of the heavens [day 216]
Taking shots like this are just excuses for me to past some time in a silent and dark place, enjoying the stars...
Crane [day 90]
Nothing special to say. Shot on Canon 550D, edit in Lightroom Classic CC. #friday #night #machine #people #technology #travel #army #gu...
Bite [day 220]
Shot on Canon 550D, edit in Lightroom Classic CC. #nature #food #night #sweet #fruits #tuesday #fruit #melon #summer #delicious #still-...
Observing from above [day 106]
Sometimes it's just a matter of point of view. Shot on Canon 550D, edits in Lightroom Classic CC. #nature #afternoon #b...
Strong roots [day 111]
Big, crawling roots of a giant Ficus Magnoloides tree at Villa Trabia, Palermo. Shot on GoPro Hero 4, edit in Lightroom Classic...
A drop of gold [day 113]
This time I could manage to quickly make a couple of drops and make somehow more complex splashes - I'm getting the hang of i...