Italy

Although I like to take on sporting challenges, I was happy that I could drive to the summit of the “Tre cime di Lavaredo” in Southern Tyrol. The pouring rain was a plausible excuse. Once at the top, the rain turned into a drizzle, and we could take the rock path. After half a kilometer, the splendor of the rocks was revealed.

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• Camera: ILCE-7RM2
• Aperture: ƒ/14
• Shutter speed: 1/25s
• Focal length: 14mm
• ISO: 100

Some things never change in Italy. The fairgrounds with carousel and autodrome are among the evening attractions. When I was a child and visited Italy with my parents, it is like that now—seen this year in Savona.

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• Camera: LEICA X VARIO (Typ 107)
• Aperture: ƒ/3.5
• Shutter speed: 1/30s
• Focal length: 18mm
• ISO: 1600

If you think in detail about what architecture has been put up in Italian cities, you will find little comparable anywhere in the world. Here is a photo from Genoa.

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• Camera: LEICA M (Typ 240)
• Aperture: ƒ/1.7
• Shutter speed: 1/125s
• Focal length: 50mm
• ISO: 1600

My wife Karin walking through the palisades on the broad streets of Genova. There you can shoot photos every few steps. The whole scenery is a kind of architecture combined with art combined with old historical walls.

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• Camera: LEICA M (Typ 240)
• Aperture: ƒ/4
• Shutter speed: 1/25s
• Focal length: 50mm
• ISO: 1000

By entering an Italian restaurant, I often remember Billy Joel “Scenes from an Italian Restaurant.” And the song text proves the reality:

A bottle of white, a bottle of red
Perhaps a bottle of rose instead
We’ll get a table near the street
In our old familiar place…

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• Camera: LEICA M (Typ 240)
• Aperture: ƒ/2.4
• Shutter speed: 1/125s
• Focal length: 50mm
• ISO: 1000

The photo shows the entry street to Genova. From the parking garage, we went up with the escalator and started to explore the city. And from this point, we could not see any cars; the streets were to narrow. Which is a good thing in the Italien city; I like the motor scooters more.

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• Camera: LEICA M (Typ 240)
• Shutter speed: 1/750s
• Focal length: 50mm
• ISO: 250

Even at night, you can’t get ice cream without standing in line. The fixed points in the Italian cities are the ice cream parlors. They ensure a pleasant get-together and sweeten the last hours of the day.

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• Camera: LEICA X VARIO (Typ 107)
• Aperture: ƒ/3.5
• Shutter speed: 1/30s
• Focal length: 18mm
• ISO: 640

On the way back to the parking lot, I saw that soccer field. Sportspeople were playing football in the middle of Genova. Between highways and streets with cars, a photo which represents Italian city life.

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• Camera: LEICA M (Typ 240)
• Aperture: ƒ/2
• Shutter speed: 1/125s
• Focal length: 50mm
• ISO: 1600

Genoa was pretty empty, only a few people on the streets. I was able to use our stay for many photos; this city has endless motifs.

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• Camera: LEICA M (Typ 240)
• Aperture: ƒ/2.8
• Shutter speed: 1/90s
• Focal length: 50mm
• ISO: 1000

For me, Genova is the most magnificent city in Italy. The big and high buildings with high walls, the gigantic windows, and massive wooden doors. That all combined with Italian architecture art built between high and low streets and alleys. The city is close to the sea, with a big harbor, Italy at its best.

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Post processed with: Photoshop 2020

• Camera: LEICA M (Typ 240)
• Aperture: ƒ/16
• Shutter speed: 1/125s
• Focal length: 50mm
• ISO: 250