I wanted to share these photos of the Supermoon 2012 as seen from Italy. All shots were taken with the Nikon D7000, Nikkor 28-300mm Lens, and steadied on a Slik Pro Tripod. Taken from the Bacoli Marina outside of Naples, Italy. Enjoy!
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Pin ItI want to wish everyone a fantastic weekend and put a smile on your face with this shot. It looks like he’s ready for the weekend 
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Come early next week I will be the proud owner of a shiny new Nikon D800 It feels like Christmas!
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Today we head back to Torino, Italy for a glimpse inside the Gran Madre di Dio (Great Mother of God) church. The internal architecture of this place is just awesome, reminding me of the Pantheon in Rome. Large dome structures, to me anyways, are very difficult to shoot unless you have an ultra-wide fisheye or can stitch together a crazy-big Pano. The church is an iconic structure of Torino, sitting just across the River Po, and is one of the coolest places to visit in the city.
When I arrived inside the church, Mass was in process, and I was a bit apprehensive about shooting images. Seeing the Preacher with an almost divine light on him quickly dispelled my reservations. I clicked the camera in to silent mode and went to work. Of all the images I took, this was the neatest perspective. Some minor clean up here and there, as well as taking down some of the saturation, and the photo was complete. What do you think???
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Pin ItThis coming weekend should be a good one. With the warm and beautiful weather making a full frontal assault, if almost feels like summer. A few friends are putting their boat in this weekend so expect some cool photos from the ocean early next week. Now to just get through the next 3 days of work…
Digging back in to the archives once again, I found a gem that just needed a little bit of dedicated polishing. Originally, I processed this and the two other matching bracketed images as a HDR photo, but the result was less than appealing. Quickly forgetting about the photos and moving on, they fell out of the “important shots” category and in to photo archive purgatory. As I was searching for another photo to re-format and send to a client, I stumbled across this one. The third and overexposed photo of the three brackets, this shot had the best wave movement, but the sky really needed some love. With some graduated filters in Lightroom, saturation bump, and contrast increase, it was just about perfect.
The location of this nice little seascape is the rocky Miseno Beach near my house. I took this in the early dawn hours one day in January, where the temperature was low and my patience even lower. These vivid colors are usually present about 20-30 minutes before sunrise and after sunset. If you take the time to actually get out of bed early enough for sunrise or stick around late enough for sunset, it is worth it to invest an extra half hour to ensure you get the absolute the best colors and light.
To get wave movement like this you would need a tripod (or very steady arm) and a relatively “long” exposure. I put that in quotes because the long exposure could be half a second or more, just enough to get a little movement in the water but not to make it look like a sea of fog. Make sense? You can read a tutorial about how to take long exposure photos here! Enjoy, and please leave your comments below!
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Pin ItSitting on the Bay of Naples the grandiose and historic Castel Nuovo (also known as the Maschio Angioino - The Angevin Keep) is an iconic symbol for all Neapolitans. Rich with history and culture, this formidable castle is the most spectacular of the three that sit downtown (Castel Saint Elmo and Castel dell’Ovo being the other two).
Prior to 1266, the capital of the Kingdom of Naples was situated in Palermo (Northwest Sicily). When Charles I of Anjou took the throne, he ordered a grand castle to be built in Naples proper, close to the sea, to house the Royal Court. Led by French architects, construction was started in 1279 and completed three years later in 1282. It quickly became the historical nucleus of the city.
Over the course of its history, the ”New Castle” has been controlled by Hungary, France, Spain, and Naples. It has been expanded, modified, and restored numerous times over the course of its history, the last restoration occurring in 1823. For such an aged castle, it is in marvelous condition.
The New Castle houses the Neapolitan Society of National History (founded in 1875), possessing roughly 170 ,000 volumes, drawings, prints, and manuscripts. Additionally, the Museo Civico (Civic Museum) is located within the castle walls, where visitors can experience a rich collection of art and other historical works. There is a bronze door in the upstairs rooms of the Museo Civico, which still has a cannon ball embedded in it. This is the original 15th century door of the castle, which was taken as war booty by the French and then later returned. Ancient ruins have also been found underneath the castle which can be seen while walking through the Armory Hall over a floor made of glass.
About the photo: I was fortunate that the entrance to the castle was clear of automobiles and tourists last night, except for this one girl sitting on a ledge in the bottom center of the shot – which I loved. In my opinion, whenever you have a static shot like this, by including that human element, however small it might be, it can add tremendously to the photograph. I took this from my Gitzo Traveler Tripod with a remote release using my Nikon D7000 and Nikkor 14-24mm wide-angle lens. Please click on the image if you would like to view it larger and see the detailed textures of the castle.
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