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hot D300 action

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today i had the pleasure of shooting with a nikon d300... it was the one of the brother of my brother's girlfriend..
along with this, i held a 18-200mm lens in my hands...

i feel like.... i lost my virginity :O
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At some point in the first days of July, after realizing that my camera got more and more dusty every day, I figured that it would be time for a new big challenge for my baby.
So I got a group of friends together and we decided to spend just a few days in some cool locations in northern italy. But knowing that some of those citys would be far too crowded throughout july and august, we chose the second week of september.

DAY 1: Sept. 8th
VERONA

Departing at around 6:00am made us all feel a bit dizzy for the first few hours, but when we finally arrived in Verona after a 700km (435 miles) drive, at around 2:00pm, I was sure that it was worth it, because Verona is a really beautyful, medieval city with a lot of little piazzi and big clock towers. The biggest touristic attraction would certainly be the balcony of Juliet from Shakespeare's "Romeo & Juliet" Having wrapped up my pics of Verona after ~4 hours, we headed for the Lago di Como (Lake Como), where we arrived about 3 hours later.

DAY 2: Sept. 9th
COMO/VILLA DEL BALBIANELLO

On the second day we visited my favourite location, the Villa del Balbianello, an extraordinary villa, placed on a peninsula on the lago di como. Not only was it a wonderful romantic ambience,and the weather was just perfect, but it had as well already been a location for films like Ocean's 12, Star Wars and the latest James Bond. Later that day, we returned to Como, to take some pictures of its Dome.

DAY 3: Sept. 10th
VENICE

We knew, a pretty hot day was awaiting us, when we were baking in the car at 9:15am at temperatures of 25°C (77°F). Little did we know, that when we would arrive in Venice at ~1:00pm, temperatures would rise beyond the 30°C mark (86°F) with no clouds in sight. The city itself is one of the most beautyful and at the same time most crowded cities i have ever seen. It's impossible to  not see the grandeur that venice once posessed, being the worlds greatest naval power. Even if Venice nowadays is dirty, broken and will probably be flooded in a few decades, no picture of this world could capture this very special flair. 5 hours later we already hit the road to home, arriving at ~1:00am.

Altogether, it was a VERY intense period of time, with umpteen hours in the car and a very limited number of sleeping hours every night, but DEFINITELY worth it.
3 days, 3 cities, ~1800km (1120 miles) car drive and exactly 330 pictures (expected it to be much more)
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At some point in the first days of July, after realizing that my camera got more and more dusty every day, I figured that it would be time for a new big challenge for my baby.
So I got a group of friends together and we decided to spend just a few days in some cool locations in northern italy. But knowing that some of those citys would be far too crowded throughout july and august, we chose the second week of september.

DAY 1: Sept. 8th
VERONA

Departing at around 6:00am made us all feel a bit dizzy for the first few hours, but when we finally arrived in Verona after a 700km (435 miles) drive, at around 2:00pm, I was sure that it was worth it, because Verona is a really beautyful, medieval city with a lot of little piazzi and big clock towers. The biggest touristic attraction would certainly be the balcony of Juliet from Shakespeare's "Romeo & Juliet" Having wrapped up my pics of Verona after ~4 hours, we headed for the Lago di Como (Lake Como), where we arrived about 3 hours later.

DAY 2: Sept. 9th
COMO/VILLA DEL BALBIANELLO

On the second day we visited my favourite location, the Villa del Balbianello, an extraordinary villa, placed on a peninsula on the lago di como. Not only was it a wonderful romantic ambience,and the weather was just perfect, but it had as well already been a location for films like Ocean's 12, Star Wars and the latest James Bond. Later that day, we returned to Como, to take some pictures of its Dome.

DAY 3: Sept. 10th
VENICE

We knew, a pretty hot day was awaiting us, when we were baking in the car at 9:15am at temperatures of 25°C (77°F). Little did we know, that when we would arrive in Venice at ~1:00pm, temperatures would rise beyond the 30°C mark (86°F) with no clouds in sight. The city itself is one of the most beautyful and at the same time most crowded cities i have ever seen. It's impossible to  not see the grandeur that venice once posessed, being the worlds greatest naval power. Even if Venice nowadays is dirty, broken and will probably be flooded in a few decades, no picture of this world could capture this very special flair. 5 hours later we already hit the road to home, arriving at ~1:00am.

Altogether, it was a VERY intense period of time, with umpteen hours in the car and a very limited number of sleeping hours every night, but DEFINITELY worth it.
3 days, 3 cities, ~1800km (1120 miles) car drive and exactly 330 pictures (expected it to be much more)
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Today I've been part of a pretty cool show of the Austrian band "3 feet smaller" in a small club in vienna. A very close friend of mine was supposed to be on stage and perform one song with the band, but she did'nt, because she was suffering of a cold. But since she has a good relation to the frontman, I was able to get backstage and took a few cool shots there. I hope to upload some soon, although I'm afraid it was too dark there to come up with good-quality pics.

The show itself wasn't planned to be a big concert, it was just a presentation of their new album to some guys of record labels. Even the club's site hadn't wrote the bands real name on their show calendar, they just called them "The Strike Backs". But after all, there still were about 200 viewers.

Concerning the performance, they were playing really well! (Some deviation will probably follow)The only strange thing was, that we felt like the oldest persons in the audience. (19 & 20 years old) Most of the others seemed to have an age of 15 or 16.. For one song, the band even brought on stage the frontman of just another Austrian band, "Guadalajara".



"Kennst du die Band Julia? ...Hast du mitbekommen, wie wir die bei Last Band Standing zamgfickt haben?"

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"Na.. Julia is eh ur nett... sie stinken nur ein bissi"


:D
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done!

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FINALLY!

i managed to get my examinations done, so i won't see this school EVER again! i'm just so happy right now, because at least 3 months of holydays are awaiting me, icluding 2 weeks in croatia with my girlfriend!

so, happy summertime to y'all!
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North Italy Photo Tour by Flammi, journal

North Italy Photo Tour by Flammi, journal

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