Easter 2010 – Barcelona

Another trip, made in April this year. “Children in Barcelona” was the starter, and now the Whole Trip to Barcelona is on line, as the main course.

Four days, few quarters, many kilometers walked through the city. About sixty photos, here (over more than 360 made), less correlated each other than any trip. I . . . → Read More: Easter 2010 – Barcelona

Children in Barcelona

A cloudy day during our last trip, in Barcelona. Plaça de Sant Felip Neri, near the cathedal, in the Barri Gotic (the medieval nuke of the city).

A group of children play, run and shout in the old, fashionable place. Maybe they were pupils from the near school.

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London’s users

In the third part of the trip, we meet the “users“.
Not simple tourists, nor people who only walk around.

But who use what London offer: museums, exhibitions and shops.
Every time “captured” in the very moment when they look, chose, admire and… are surprised.

Another BW photos, taken with the “normal” lens, except a pair of wide views, in which the low end of the zoom was very useful.

Let’s start, in the National Geographic’s store (in Regent’s St.).
A lot of nice photos, and more visitors.

london, national geographic store

D700 at 800ISO, 50mm f1.4 AF, f4, 1/60sec, bias 0EV

london, national geographic's shop

D700 at 800ISO, 50mm f1.4 AF, f2.8, 1/125sec, bias 0EV

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London’s people

This is the second selection from our little London’s Easter holyday (as introduced in the London’s soul).
Organizing the photos, I’ve discovered I had taken only people’s images.
It’s very uncommon for me. More often my photos exclude every human being.

But, here… Another people’s images, still londoners.
Maybe here I’m able to describe better the different kind of human beings that is possible to meet in London.

The City is one of the world financial’s hearts (and of the world’s crisis, of course).
There you can find people like him…

london city

D700 at 200ISO, 105mm f2 AF, f2.8, 1/800sec, bias 2/3EV

…Or like him (here in front of the National Gallery)
london

D700 at 400ISO, 105mm f2 AF, f2.8, 1/4000sec, bias EV

Or, like complement of the many, intrusive, videocameras that follow you everywhere, people like him:
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London’s souls

During Easter’s holydays, Fra and I went to London for a four-days trip.
Both of us had seen it before, but never well enough: I was too young, and she came for too few days.

So, we preferred walk around, instead engrave ourself in museums or tourist places.
At the end of jouney, we have seen vety little classical destinations or tourist’s sights, but we have breathed a little London’s soul.

Maybe because my mood, maybe because London itself, maybe because the weather, but all the photos I’ve taken are in BW, often exploiting the D700′s sensitivity and often at large apertures, as my usual.

This first selection show what I consider The soul of London.
Here is a city and only her inhabitants, who live there and keep alive London.

The first photo is taken in a pub near Portobello road, where we were the only folk not interested in the football mach. I’m not sure, but I think it was a 3rd division match…

portobello

D700 at 800ISO, 105mm f2 AF, f2.8, 1/160sec, bias -1EV

This second is one of the most dangerous thing I ever did… a photo in the London Underground…

underground

D700 at 400ISO, 50mm f1.4 AF, f2.8, 1/60sec, bias 0EV

…And it wasn’t the only one!
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unexpected encounters

May, 3.
About three o’clock, in a windy sunny day.
Råbjerg mile, a dune in extreme north of Jylland.
Desert.

In front of us a vision, a ghost, a subject for a René Magritte’s picture.

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D2x at 100ISO, 70-200mm f2.8 AFs at 102mm, f8, 1/350sec, bias +1EV

I can’t belive my eyes.
Well… closer…

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D2x at 100ISO, 70-200mm f2.8 AFs at 200mm, f8, 1/4000sec, bias +1/3EV

Uhu?!?
More close….
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