Beauty…

March 19, 2012

isn’t always so pleasant

Poor Italy – Happy St. Patrick day!

March 17, 2012

1 year ago everyone here was feeling really really patriotic and I felt bad because I thought they were being more “fashionable” than patriotic

Today no one is speaking about “Italy birthday”.

I wish I could enjoy saying “indeed”… but I would rather focus on something more important than human “creativity”.

I’m not Irish and today I’m doing  nothing more than thinking about Friends celebrating St. Patrick day.

Here what one of them shared (I have taken the image from that link).

The Father St.Patrick follows is more reliable than a “country”

One of my favorite

March 16, 2012

I’m talking about pictures, of course.
This is one of those pictures I have taken at the 2 rugby matches I had the chance to watch

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Setting details

March 15, 2012

I am bothering your soul with this exhibition story, ahahah I’m sorry but it’s something that it’s worth

Anyway this time it is just a reason to show a couple of pictures

The “ceiling” of the high altar (I can’t remember which is the actual name of that architectonic part of a Church)

A painting on the right wall of the Church (looking toward the high altar).
Tomorrow I’ll see if someone can tell me something more.

As you probably figured out the exhibition setting is the San Placido Church that can be found in San Placido Square in Catania.
According to the information found on the web it was first built in the early XV century.
A great quake in the late XVII century destroyed most of Catania structures and this Church was among the destroyed buildings, but in the early XVIII century they built it back.
I won’t go further for the moment because at the moment I really don’t have “reliable” sources to say more about this church.

Anyway, it is worth visiting. You don’t need to have studied art and history to appreciate its beauty.

Just playing around

March 14, 2012

I was about to delete this shot…

The Exhibition album is born

March 13, 2012

Today I added a new pictures category on the gallery list on the left. The new category collects pictures taken during some events that happen once.

In the group you will find the Reale & Virtuale meeting pictures and the pictures taken at the Exhibition:”Oggi devo fermarmi a casa mia” that is taking place in a wonderful church in Catania.
The exhibition will last for a couple of weeks so I guess I’ll get back there to take some other pictures

Exhibition “Oggi devo fermarmi a casa tua” in Catania #2

March 12, 2012

Picture taking and editing is on its way.

To be continued…

Exhibition “Oggi devo fermarmi a casa tua” in Catania #1

March 11, 2012

Merins will be a member of the staff showing to Catania citizen this Exhibition: Oggi devo fermarmi a casa tua. L’Eucaristia, la Grazia di un incontro imprevedibile

I have already give my little help creating simple badges for the staff, but in a few hours I will go there to take some pictures.

To be continued…

“For 3.2 seconds, I … saw perfection.”

March 10, 2012

That’s what Seven of Nine says to Captain Janeway at the end of “The Omega Directive” episode.

3.2 seconds is a period about 1000 times longer than the amount of time the shutter generally stays opened while you are taking a picture during a sunny day.

I can’t say how much 3.2 seconds is longer than the fraction of a second that I need sometimes (the best times) to “feel” where to point my camera, how to set it and when taking the picture.

This post is just a note for those who still wonder why I keep taking pictures…

Oh… and of course, seeing perfection and being able to reproduce it  are two distant concepts

Mt Etna, snow and sunset

March 2, 2012

Finally, after 2 posts showing pictures taken while waiting for the “pink mt Etna moment”, here is the post for Mt Etna all covered by snow at sunset time.

Below a general view

Lent-time sunset

March 1, 2012

Oh boy, I am not sure if it’s the proper translation of what mozzi (mom) has said when saw this picture but I think the title explain the concept of her definition
If I am not wrong she has said that the tree branch resemble a cross.

The webmaster said a less romantic, but still “impressive”:<<wowowow, beautiful!>>.

The nice thing is that they both didn’t know it was the “stupid picture” I have talked about on Facebook few minutes earlier

Anyway, it is another shot from yesterday (29th Feb 2012) when I was out with the webmaster looking forward to take some pictures of Mt Etna at sunset time