[tom]

Mihai, that's the moment Five stars for your finger

[Tim Ellis]

There are some amazing photographs in this thread.

I have finally replaced my stolen camera, so here are the first few with my new one. Sony DSC-S600

A view from my garden:-


My alarm clock, Ockie:-




Tim.

[glypticmax]

Nice cat pics Tim.
Are you using a flash?
The eyes suggest very low light (they are dilated).
Scenery is always nice to see.

[Tim Ellis]

I don't think I did use a flash, need to check the file data.

A few more I took today:-








Tim.

[John Layne]

Returned from my European holiday last week and just starting to go throught all the photos.

Taken on the Adriatic Coast - Markaska Croatia


Plitvice Lakes - Croatian National Park (Taken with Polarising Filter)


Day Trip to Venice 1


Day Trip to Venice 2


View over Dubrovnik

[Tim Ellis]

Fantastic colours John and the fish photo is amazing.

Tim.

[Mihai]

Beautiful What zoom lens did you use?

[John Layne]

Beautiful What zoom lens did you use?

Camera Nikon D200
Lens AF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor 18-200mm

The Camera was stolen in London on the way back, luckily I'd burned the images to DVD whilst in Croatia.

Now waiting for the insurance, so I can go out and buy another one

[ludenhud]

Amazzzzing fish photo!
Personally I think you need some level tuning, buy damn what a outstanding photo!

[Hervé]

very nice photos... I am curious how much they $ the masks...?

[jdp]

very nice photos... I am curious how much they $ the masks...?

prices start from 10 €, as far as I can remember, but the traditional characters are around 80/100 € and even more. there was one of those shops down the road when I was living in venice...

[Hervé]

hey thanks for info.... masks are cool... I think so... 100 euros... err... cough cough... next time...

[jdp]

let me tell you that it's full of these shops nowadays in venice, much more than murano glass shops; I always felt that every once a common shop was closing a mask shop would have taken its place.
If you don't mind having a not traditional character of the carnival you can go for a cheap one. you can have look here for a general prices understanding: http://www.bluemoonmask.com/ITA/content/intro.asp

[Hervé]

pretty cool, thanks for that link....

[John Layne]

I had read somewhere that quite a number of masks were now coming in from Asia putting the local craftsmen / artists out of business. Therefore, I was reluctant to buy one from the street sellers and there were a lot of street sellers.

We found a very small shop not far from the Rialto Bridge, the owner inside busily painting masks. So we ended up buying one of the cheaper ones, can’t remember how much it was, I’ll ask my partner when she comes home.