Tuesday, March 1, 2011

In the Rain

Rosebud under the rain, LivornoA rosebud under the rain on the parapet of the “Scali Nuovi Lena”.Chained plastic chairs, LivornoChained plastic chairs in “Piazza Mazzini”.Smart parked like a scooter, LivornoA Smart parked on the sidewalk like a scooter in “Corso Mazzini”.Madonnnina, votive niche, LivornoA votive niche with a “Madonnina” in “Via della Maddalena”.Balcony and windows, corso Mazzini, LivornoA balcony on “Corso Mazzini”. Many of these pictures were taken while it was raining, with the help of a lens hood to protect the lens and of a waterproof hat to keep the photographer's head dry.

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20 comments:

Anonymous said...

'holding on'.



Rain, can be seen as liquide sunshine as well ;) Please have you all a good new month.

daily athens

Michelle said...

Liquid sunshine is right :) Such a lonely rosebud on the sidewalk.

Luis Gomez said...

Great shots! But I do have to tell you that my favorite is the one of the Smart car VP.

Halcyon said...

You have such a great talent for making ordinary scenes sort of humorous. Love that Smart with the scooters. And the chained chairs are funny too - wouldn't want them to escape or anything. :)

Leif Hagen said...

I especially like the Smart car backed up on the sidewalk with its scooter friends!

Jack said...

Once again, you have come up with an interesting collection of sights on your walk. I think of these as vertical collages. Good work again, VP.

Randy said...

I love the photo with the Madonna and I'll take the Smart car!

Anonymous said...

I like the Smart car on the sidewalk too...molto modern! I love flowers with rain drops on them! Thank you for taking pictures in the rain!

Ciao!

Small City Scenes said...

A rose in the rain
Chairs on a chair
Scooters make a train
Windows very plain and
a Madonna behind a pane.

Very bad but I couldn't help it.


I love the red rose though

MB

cieldequimper said...

The chairs and Smart are things we would see here too, the Madonna in her niche also...

Traveling Hawk said...

Again a nice series! The chained chairs show us that spring is not here yet, as we hope! But where is a hope...

Gunn said...

Smart parking! Smiles from the north!:)

Francisca said...

I couldn't help but start humming, "I'm siiinging in the rain..." (a la Gene Kelly)

Cezar and Léia said...

I'm following your steps my dear friend, I like so much when you are walking and sharing these wonderful pictures.You are so talented, that rose is pure poetry!Amazing post!
Léia

Unknown said...

The Smart shot made me smile! :-) The niche looks lovely.

Dina said...

Each photo is made even more special by the raindrops on the objects.
I love the rosebud.

joo said...

Rosebud under rain and Smart in scooters company are my favorite - even rain doesn't spoil them:)

Linda said...

It's good to see a place in all its moods.
Love Smart cars!

Stefan Jansson said...

Nothing more valuable that ugly plastic chairs!

Kate said...

The scooters make me want to hop on and go for a ride.