My friend Giulia was traveling by train on the seat in front of me when I’ve captured this photo (exactly 8 days ago).
Her thoughts was lost not merely in the reading of a magazine, but they was running through the space while her reflection was merged in the landscape dragged by the train motion.
This picture evokes peace because of the transparency of her ethereal image, but she evokes also worrying because of the message of restlessness provided by the speed of the train.

This picture wasn’t graphically manipulated, and it keeps some blur on the window and some unaesthetic glints come from a carriage’s lamp. I’ve chose to keep this impefections to preserve the orginal atmosphere of the moment.

Yesterday was been the great day for my brother Antonio and his ex-girlfriend Debora, now his wife. They have chosen a catholic rite taken place in the church of St. Anselm, near the keyhole of the Knights of Malta. In the photo one can see the moment of the rice throwing.

Some technical notes: the exposure timing is 1/200 seconds and I have increased hue and saturation which emphasize the color of the bouquet’s petals and of the grains of colored rice.

Simply fire, hot, light, and impalpable, in a fireplace.

[update: this photo had participated at Photo Friday in 04-01-05 ‘Hot’ challenge as link n.508]

It was taken with 1/1000 seconds of exposure and ISO-400 to fix the plasma motion and capture the maximum of color.
This picture wasn’t graphically manipulated.

After easter holidays, I’m back to publish my best pictures. The following was taken on a running car, at 6 o’clock (winter time) in Friuli’s countryside.

Note how the close-up field appears “dragged” because of motion of the car.

The technical notes are: aperture f/4,9, exposure timing 1/100 seconds (to avoid to make a completely blurred photo), ISO-100.

This picture was taken in a dark room, obviously without flash, with an exposure time of 1/160 seconds, and moving the flame with a lateral breeze, e.g. coming from an hairdryer. I’m proud to say that this picture hasn’t been graphically manipulated and you can see really the original photo.

Now some physical considerations. A candle flame can be modelized with a plasma of ionized gaseous molecules that, in first approximation, is in thermal self-equilibrium. Then candle radiation is emitted as a black body radiation at a fixed temperature, following the Planck Law.

Moreover Wien’s displacement law gives the wavelength at which the Planck law has the maximum specific intensity. Such law gives

Where lambda is the wavelength in meter and b is a constant equals to 0.002897 Kelvin x meter.

On average, the maximum flame temperature is about 1800 K, so the candle flame is said to have a color temperature of 1800 degrees K. Wien’s law gives for this temperature a wavelength for the maximum of intensity of 1600 nanometer (1.6×10^-6 m) that justify the yellow-red color of the flame with a peak emission in the infrared zone. That explains the heat coming from the candle in comparison to the low luminosity.

Yesterday I went to University, and there I realized this picture. What is this?

[my girlfriend told me it seems an M.C. Escher’s design, e.g. Sky & Water]

In front of Minerva’s statue there is a fountain that, obviously, is filled by water. Such water are moved by wind (a cold wind, believe me), and this motion creates little waves on the water surface. Then this picture is realized shooting with flash about 1 meter above the water level. Interaction between light, water waves and the fountain bottom create this uncommon effect.

Some technical details: an exposure of 1/100 seconds, ISO-200, a focal lenght of 17 mm and f/4,9.

Sometimes a light wake reveals the motion of bodies.

Consequently to my astronomy studies, often I have to go by train to the home of a friend. What better opportunity to create an intentionally moved image?

Extimating a wake lenght of 2 meters, from an exposure of 1/8 seconds one can obtain a train instantly speed of 16 m/s equal to about 60 Km/h during the braking of train.

Have you ever seen a whole drops family? There are the fat father, the mother followed by the little sons. Note the reflection of the tap on the drops surfaces.

[update: this photo had participated at Photo Friday in 03-25-05 ‘Tiny’ challenge as link n.549]
[update: this photo is participating at Photo Friday in 03-25-05 ‘Imperfection’ challenge as link n.550]

This picture was taken with an exposure of 1/1000 sec, a focal lenght of 17 mm (Macro), F/8,3, white balance tungsten (I was in a bathroom with a simple light bulb of about 3000 K).

Physically the picture show the motion of a group of water drops into a space-time deformed because of earth presence. Their trajectory is a geodesic.