Fuji Shooting therapy into town

[Alf]

You know, it seems I am at it again - as I write this, the forum suggests me three threads from 2011-2013 from yours truly.

After a much needed sleep I woke up surrounded by the Feline Elements, noticed it was too late for a stroll in Florence and decided to play nearer to the west.

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You know, I really like this little gem. It’s really forgiving of mistakes, it allows you to play, and it is quite transparent - nothing between you and the picture.
The picture above is a rare out of camera via the cam remote app, showing this late medieval /early modern street with the Old Hospital at the end.

they are working on it - the early 20th century addition went down

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while the renovated front enjoys the light

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This one is slightly older, it’s going to be a museum when renovation ends

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then you look up

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and you turn left, here it is - this is a Lightroom edit to play with profiles

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Market, just what was needed to relax

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for once, tried to be a proper photographer, with the manual this and that and enjoy the latitude of this sensor after shooting 1/125 and lifting in post

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And turning right just out the door, step, click click

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Next one, a little older passage - there’s a nice place over there but We Are Not Hungry Yet

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So I turn again and there it is - big big light

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and a little crop in post!

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And that’s why.

 

[Jakob Malm]

Yup. I love the result. Really interesting how you told that story.

 

[DeeJayK]

I have fond memories of Siena from a visit nearly 20 years back and you've captured it wonderfully. Your post reminds me that it's long since time for a return visit.

- K

 

[Alf]

I have fond memories of Siena from a visit nearly 20 years back and you've captured it wonderfully. Your post reminds me that it's long since time for a return visit.

- K

Actually it's Pistoia, I forgot to mention it as that's what I think of when I say nearer to the west. Getting to Siena involves a car trip bordering Florence and then heading south - more a day outing than a late morning stroll - and it's a place I really love to see
Here it is on the day Italy lifted the first lockdown in 2020 - nearly nobody around, eight people eating in the Campo, and the Duomo closed with limited access to local parishioners to pray:

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and Monteriggioni also almost empty of the ubiquitous bus contingent:

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