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Family Outing │ NEX-7 + Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* E24mm F1.8 ZA │ 24mm F4.5 1/800s ISO100Talk about mass tourism! When we arrived in Siena, an enormous throng of tourists was plying the direct routes between the “must see” attractions. Luckily you could escape to areas still controlled by the locals. These are typically separated from the rest of the city by steep hills, areas that are largely inaccessible to the typical, over indulging, cruise ship passenger.]]>;)
Floating │ NEX-7 + Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* E24mm F1.8 ZA │ 24mm F4.0 1/640s ISO100Sometimes the best approach is the simplest. Viewed from the stern, our ship looks almost like an apartment building floating on the water. With just the vertical block of the cruise ship and the horizontal line of the horizon there's (almost) nothing else to distract the viewer.
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La Veranda │ NEX-7 + Sony E16mm F2.8 + VCL-ECU1 │ 12mm F7.1 1/4000s ISO800 (oops!)Our favored breakfast era is also on the stern, on the 11th deck, just below the jogging track (a rude reminder as we tuck into our extensive breakfast).
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Lean on Me │ NEX-7 + Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* E24mm F1.8 ZA │ 24mm F2.8 1/640s ISO100]]>;)
Sea & Sun │ NEX-7 + Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* E24mm F1.8 ZA │ 24mm F4.5 1/500s ISO100A different port every day; they're all interesting settings in their own right. At the onset of the voyage I thought that I'd end up posting photos from these destinations every day. It turns out though that I'm every bit as intrigued by the sea voyage and all that that entails. There are the muster stations, tenders (photos coming in a following post), tug boats, pilots, docking, piers, or simply the waves rushing by below our balcony. The photo above is of the floating highrise that was parked opposite us at the pier in Corfu, Greece this morning.
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As Waves Go By │ NEX-7 + Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* E24mm F1.8 ZA │ 24mm F4.0 1/1600s ISO100
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Kotor │ NEX-7 + Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* E24mm F1.8 ZA │ 24mm F4.5 1/400s ISO100The captain is warning us that there might not be any internet for much longer, so I thought I'd post this photo and not spend the time going through the remaining hundreds I took today in Kotor. But this image pretty much sums up our day: a big boat (incidentally not ours which was at anchor a little further out), the old walled city and a lot of stairs.]]>;)
May I speak to the Captain? │ NEX-7 + Carl Zeiss C Sonnar T* 50mm F1.5 ZM │ 50mm F5.6 1/125s ISO200Here are two photos that have little or nothing to do with the impressive walled city of Dubrovnik which we wandered around in today. These are quayside workers struggling with heavy ropes during our mooring process this morning in the heavy rain. Don't worry, the weather improved as the day progressed.
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Pull! │ NEX-7 + Carl Zeiss C Sonnar T* 50mm F1.5 ZM │ 50mm F5.6 1/80s ISO100
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Water Gate │ NEX-7 + Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* E24mm F1.8 ZA │ 24mm F4.0 1/250s ISO100Our water borne city has since left the port of Venice and begun its zigzagging path south through the Adriatic. A different city every day; the photo above is still from Venice, the bottom photo I took today in Urbino. As I post this, we're under full steam across the Adriatic.;)
Perspective │ NEX-7 + Carl Zeiss C Sonnar T* 50mm F1.5 ZM │ 50mm F2.0 1/60s ISO320
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Only the Photographers │ NEX-7 + Carl Zeiss C Sonnar T* 50mm F1.5 ZM │ 50mm F5.6 1/160s ISO100This is a city that needs no introduction. The down side of being so well known is that you really need to be an early bird to catch any kind of a photographic worm. Today, an added benefit to the tranquility of the early morning was the absolutely gorgeous light. It's not always easy to get up so early, but some mild aftershocks of last night's earthquake meant I wasn't sleeping all that deeply anyway.
Completing the Circle │ NEX-7 + Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* E24mm F1.8 ZA │ 24mm F4.0 1/50s ISO100
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No Bridge │ NEX-7 + Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* E24mm F1.8 ZA │ 24mm F4.0 1/15s ISO100
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Composition │ NEX-7 + Carl Zeiss C Sonnar T* 50mm F1.5 ZM │ 50mm F4.0 1/500s ISO100
Composition │ NEX-7 + Carl Zeiss C Sonnar T* 50mm F1.5 ZM │ 50mm F4.0 1/500s ISO100
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Water Alley │ NEX-7 + Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* E24mm F1.8 ZA │ 24mm F4.0 1/160s ISO100
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Coffee Shop Rays │ NEX-7 + Carl Zeiss C Sonnar T* 50mm F1.5 ZM │ 50mm F4.0 1/640s ISO100]]>;)
Three on a Bench │ NEX-7 + Carl Zeiss C Sonnar T* 50mm F1.5 ZM │ 50mm F2.8 1/160s ISO100]]>