Vienna Days

He loves me, he loves me not

Since this is the only type of flower we currently have in our garden, I took advantage of it to experiment with aperture. I used the lowest settings in order to have a very shallow depth of field and super macro to be able to see the flower in detail.

Leaves

At first glance these dead hydrangea may not look all that inspiring, but I tore a little bit out, put it against the grass, which I used as a backdrop and then set the camera to super macro to take a few pictures of them. What do you think?

Venice Days II

Beautiful Sky

Another good reason to keep your camera on hand:

you never really know when there's going to be a beautiful sky.

Venice Days

Venice was truly a beautiful city. We really only spent one day there, but it was worth it.
Photographically, it was dream. The sky was perfectly blue, the water made nice reflections, and the way many of the city's streets are not streets at all but channels makes it very unique.The houses are painted in beautiful bright colors, and as you walk around you can see gondolas touring the channels.

Anecdotally, even the trash collector is a boat (rather than a truck). Too bad I didn't take a picture, but it was truly a sight to see.

Stormy Sea

The view of the Mediterranean sea in Salou, Tarragona last weekend.

Andalusian Sights

To make these pictures look more dramatic than the subjects themselves actually looked like, I used the lowest possible exposition and the sepia color settings. I am rather pleased with the feel of these, I really got the impression that this is what Andalucía (the south of Spain) is all about.

Rainbows

For rainbows I like to underexpose just a little to enhance the beautiful colors, and if you have a Canon (like me, I don't know if you have anything similar with Nikons and other camera brands) you can also select a "vivid" color setting, which also helps the rainbow stand out a bit more.

A cool moth

My absence this summer can be explained this time. I have been volunteering at a children's camp, that is why I have not been updating this blog. The good news, though, is that I got a new camera (also Canon) and that I have taken many pictures!

The subject in question is a colorful moth that was by the door of one of the cabins. Bear in mind, though, that this is just a few days after I got the camera, so I probably didn't get the pictures quite up to their full potential.