Random Photo Thread (not Bikes)

A few more from Italy. I thought I'd already posted these but they are nowhere to be seen. If they appear twice somehow, my apologies!











The otherwise normally packed Spanish Steps in Rome. I got up at 6am with camera in hand before most people were out and about. This may be what the steps look like these days in the age of COVID.


Mr. Sandi and I saw this police woman earlier the day then happened across her at the Trevi Fountain that same evening. I was happy to just barely get this snap of her in her heels. Even the police are fashionable in Italy.

 

Oh, the streets of Rome are filled with rubble
Ancient footprints are everywhere.
You could almost think that you're seeing double
On the cold, dark night on the Spanish Stairs.

 

I like this one. It was taken at Manchester airport....

 

And here are a couple for @dilligaf

 

Hay @dilligaf , who owns the fog on the Tyne when its not there?

 

One of my themes

 

https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatis.../?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

 

The phones are wonderful things, I think the advent of digital cameras brought us into the age of throw away photography. When I used film if I went out I’d come back with maybe one roll shot 24 shots now I’ll come back with a hundred, I’m not knocking it but it made you more selective on your composure, on the plus side with digital is you miss less and can generally turn any photo into something interesting.
These were off the phone

 

But then using a digital camera gives you the flexibility of shutter speeds and depth of field so a bit more thought can go into it
This was 6 seconds at f22 to get the depth of field

This one obviously needed a fast shutter speed so the iso had to be jacked up

This was that close I could have used the phone but wanted less depth of field

And this was taken from around 100 yds away with 200mm lens but the fact it was a full frame camera meant I had enough file size to be able to crop it in to a usable photo

 

Brilliant photos Steve

 

Flight to Costa Rica. Crocodile safari

 

Food Market, Seoul, South Korea. Oradour sur Glane. France

 

Some great pictures on this thread!

 

Walkies or no walkies

 

At a push I reckon he could do it for a living.....

 

Spend all my working days supporting that gun @roadrider !

 

Walkies, stinger.