Photo 40959

Photo by: italy74

Diana, Son Kul lake camp, Kyrgyzstan, August.
Just as Rabya, this lovely girl lived aside a lost lake of Central Asia. Her family guested us in a yurt . As soon as I can, I'lll post other pictures of this one of a kind trip.

Photo - 40960

Photo by: italy74

Rabyà, Karakul, Tajikistan, August 2014.
This 5 yrs old girl travelled with us from Murghab to Karakul ( abt 100 miles ) to go back home in a very remote area of eastern Tajikistan. Despite her young age, she needed a dentist, not available in her home village, so someone first escorted her to Murghab at her uncle, yet someone had to escort back home in an area where cars and vehicles of any kind are very rare. The hotel receptionist where we stayed in Murghab thankfully knew our driver and subsequently decided to ask him a favour. By chance, Rabya's mother was our next guest house owner in Karakul, one of the very most ghost towns i have ever seen.

Pemaquid Lighthouse -

Photo by: rickperry

Beautiful ! is that an in-camera effect or a pp ? Anyway it really looks great !

Chasing rabbits

Photo by: italy74

No special effects applied, straight out of camera this way. No idea what I did to make it (this is not "simple movement blur"), yet I like it.

Smoke in Port-au-Prince

Photo by: briansmith

Great eye for striking images, bravo.

Eurasian @ U.N. Day

Photo by: DaMessenjah

Colorful, bella.

Running around /1

Photo by: italy74

Who said that wide angles can't be used for taking action pictures ?
My son Ashu running around

Adoptive gathering

Photo by: italy74

Although there's nothing to hide, the presence of minors forced me to look for an alternative approach than the usual football team-like picture. Thankfully the 18mm was wide enough to encompass the whole room for the area I really needed, the one showing the presence of people.

In the lift

Photo by: italy74

Here's where a 18mm comes handy ! In a bare squared meter there were 4+1

At work

Photo by: italy74

No, it's not barrel distortion.. simple perspective and a really leaning brick tower..

First selfie of my son

Photo by: italy74

Yes, it's a selfie, he tripped the shutter, I just turned my camera toward him..

My niece's cafeteria opened today !

Photo by: italy74

Well, this is an unusual subject and the 35 is always great to perform like a pseudo macro.. you can even see the first customer ready to hand a note to the shop owner lol

What's up?

Photo by: italy74

Not sure if it's 100% sharp, I had just set the lens wide open and I could only snap it out of the shop where my wife entered, thankfully focus was by chance almost there on his eyes so I shot immediately without any further checks. I chose the title because I made a sign to Ashu to catch his attention and he seemed to ask "what's up dad?"

Memories of the summer soon gone...

Photo by: labbai

No idea what it lacks to be perfect yet I'd love to be there nonetheless.. thanks to have shared such a wonderful place with these vibrant colors

Photo 16194

Photo by: shapencolour

Actually I like this pic.. especially in the top right corner where the roof tile covers the exposed and "rough" (no idea how to express it) bricks of the pillar. Color, lighting and detail allow you to feel the roughness as if you were touching them.

Lake Alakitka, Kuusamo Finland

Photo by: labbai

I'm always amazed how beautifully this lens (and their owners) draws landscapes. This is another call to get one asap.... Bravo !
p.s. I love Scandinavia for its nature, hope to visit it sooner or later !

Backyard Gorge

Photo by: andreasresch

Andreas
congratulations coming from Italy as well. I see many Canon shooters using old C/Y Zeiss lenses but I have to admit you make absolutely a great use of it ! Bravo !

Mother and child,Tibet

Photo by: oliver911

Every time I see such images my inner voice calls me again to visit such places. Even if I was born here, for some mysterious reason I feel bound to those people living in the middle of Asia.. no idea why. Everything virtually in the triangle made of the Caspian Sea, the Bajkal lake and the Tibet has a terrific influence on me.

Garden sculpture?

Photo by: z-enthusiast

Lol - wonder if for a woman's eye it has the same charm it has for a man's one! You (women) can't really imagine how crazy you can drive us at times ! Brava!

Time for God..

Photo by: italy74

Grazie! you're welcome!