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Post by squeamishossifrage on Apr 9, 2023 9:30:54 GMT
We will be in Tuscany in a couple of weeks. I expect we will get to Florence. Last time we went it was that busy we left, lol. I have had four Italian holidays in the last ten years - Rome, Florence, Venice and Sicily. Florence is well worth the crowds as long as you don't go too late in the season. In April, you should be fine. My last visit was in mid-May and the only place that was heaving was the Uffizi gallery - but it was still worth the stress if you buy your tickets the day before! |
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Post by dreampolice on Apr 9, 2023 9:36:11 GMT
We have been to Tuscany several times but all in peak summer. Only attempted Florence the once. Sienna was always busy but acceptable. We did the Palio one year. Now that was crowded and so hot.
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Post by dorsetmike on Apr 9, 2023 11:53:06 GMT
My favourite in Tuscany is San Gimignano a medieval hill top town with much from the 12th & 13th centuries
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Post by dreampolice on Apr 9, 2023 12:53:59 GMT
My favourite in Tuscany is San Gimignano a medieval hill top town with much from the 12th & 13th centuries
We are staying in an Airbnb just outside San G on the way to Certaldo (about 4KM from San G). Catch the Eurotunnel on 25/4 then drive down through France, stopping in Dijon then Aosta in Italy then down to San G. |
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Post by squeamishossifrage on Apr 9, 2023 13:37:19 GMT
My favourite in Tuscany is San Gimignano a medieval hill top town with much from the 12th & 13th centuries
How the devil do you photograph these things close to? Perspective correction makes it even worse!  |
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Post by dreampolice on Apr 9, 2023 13:59:40 GMT
My favourite in Tuscany is San Gimignano a medieval hill top town with much from the 12th & 13th centuries
How the devil do you photograph these things close to? Perspective correction makes it even worse! That the queue for the ice cream place? Looks familiar but it has been many years since I was last there |
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Post by peterob on Apr 9, 2023 14:55:40 GMT
How the devil do you photograph these things close to? Perspective correction makes it even worse! Although correction in software these days is very powerful it is very difficult to estimate how much of the frame will be lost due to necessary cropping and large corrections can still look odd if they stretch the image too much. Using a perspective correction lens is somewhat more straightforward but expensive and somewhat fiddly. I bought one when I was photographing churches for family history. The 'cheap' alternative is to use a superwide in portrait mode and only use the top half of the frame. That is how I started - using a Canon 5D as a half-frame camera with the 17-40 L @ 17 mm. Not the best of lenses at 17 mm when the edge detail is important and only 6 MP to play with. |
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Post by squeamishossifrage on Apr 9, 2023 15:14:11 GMT
How the devil do you photograph these things close to? Perspective correction makes it even worse! Although correction in software these days is very powerful it is very difficult to estimate how much of the frame will be lost due to necessary cropping and large corrections can still look odd if they stretch the image too much. Using a perspective correction lens is somewhat more straightforward but expensive and somewhat fiddly. I bought one when I was photographing churches for family history. The 'cheap' alternative is to use a superwide in portrait mode and only use the top half of the frame. That is how I started - using a Canon 5D as a half-frame camera with the 17-40 L @ 17 mm. Not the best of lenses at 17 mm when the edge detail is important and only 6 MP to play with. I did eventually buy a tilt/shift lens, but then Covid struck, and I haven't been back since. |
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Post by peterob on Apr 9, 2023 15:35:14 GMT
I did eventually buy a tilt/shift lens, but then Covid struck, and I haven't been back since. It should work a treat! I haven't used mine [tilt/shift], or hardly any of my Canon lenses, since Covid struck. I have not been anywhere until this last few weeks where short walks for physio have been needed. Edit: sorry I just realised that I edited the earlier post incorrectly - I miscounted the "quote" bracket pairs and wrongly assigned that post to you when it should have been assigned to Nigel. I miss the 'add to multiquote' facility from the AP forum. It is messy [and impossible on a tablet] editing pages in BBCode format. |
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Post by kate on Apr 10, 2023 6:30:48 GMT
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Post by squeamishossifrage on Apr 10, 2023 7:24:01 GMT
 A well cushioned couch where the well cushioned Sultan's bed used to be in his bedroom in the harem quarters of the Topkapi Palace. The wives and concubines had a modest four hundred rooms available to them... |
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Post by squeamishossifrage on Apr 10, 2023 7:25:44 GMT
 Cushioned against a fall... |
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Post by peterob on Apr 10, 2023 8:11:27 GMT
I must improve my keywording. The only "cushion" example I can think of is the fender on a boat and I must have lots of shots with these in - finding one has been a challenge!  DSCF1870.jpg by Pete, on Flickr |
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Post by zx9 on Apr 10, 2023 8:23:15 GMT
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Post by zx9 on Apr 10, 2023 8:29:41 GMT
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