I'll tell You a road that comes alongside some happiness, my friend.

Walk up those stone steps, 

the ones on which a few ripe figs have fallen,

follow the quiet pure lights You once saw shining around

And remember to bring that key

the one for the old blue door

Once You're in the old mansion,

take a rest,

but not before opening the windows to let some green come in

and when the wind bewteen the leaves

will bring You a few whispers,

It'll be the evening coming to smooth the harsh day.

So come by the patio and have a glass of a red one,

looking for the lights to change.

in front of the village and its houses 

with ocher skin and blue lids

and its discreet citizens

from other worlds

The next morning wake up early,

leave the safe and shady places

for the open sunny fields,

that begin without a warning

from everywhere around the houses.

See how everything is speaking without a single word.

Then

when the sun is set

and the voices of all those ears and flowers will be fading,

like an echo in Your lighter thoughts,

Turn back till the village comes back into view;

It's still hot but You'll have fountains

with the coolest water to wash Your face

and a corner to sit down, take a pastis

and enjoy the best.

Was it just a moment?

Who cares if it can stay forever

in that sunny side of the soul.

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All shots

with SIGMA fpL and 65mm F2 "I" serie

by marco dadone.
 

QUI DA SIGMA FOTO ITALIA Mtrading srl: 

SIGMA, Nuovo obiettivo 65mm F2 DG DN (C) - News - Mtrading (m-trading.it)

Here on SIGMA GLOBAL: 

65mm F2 DG DN | Contemporary | Lenses | SIGMA Corporation (sigma-global.com)
 

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there is not much for a snail to do

in the salty sea valleys.

except stand on some rotten wood

and watch the lights change on the horizon.
 

(Sigma 20 mm "I")

Honestly, I've never seen

what's beyond my beach of shells,

the meadows of thin grass

dragged up to the sky by the wind,

and the old scrap left there by hunters.

(Sigma 20 mm "I")

(Sigma 20 mm "I")

(Sigma 20 mm "I")

But that day, 

I found a duck's head on the beach.





(Sigma 20 mm "I")




a strange hollow head

into which I easily slipped






(Sigma 20 mm "I")




and almost immediately 

I found my soft snail shape

transform into that ot a duck.

Me 

a duck ... with legs, feathers and all. 

Finally able to slide

along the canals to the town I've only heard about,

they call it little Venice.

(Sigma 35 mm "I")

first came the reflections of the houses, 

which seen on the contrary 

looked like buildings made of water

(Sigma 35 mm "I")

then as soon as I settled down 

I recognized some friends, 

young and old 

all sliding along the streets made of blue, 

barking like dogs at the people walking by

on the thin bridges

(Sigma 35 mm "I")

(Sigma 35 mm "I")

(Sigma 35 mm "I")

(Sigma 20 mm "I")

(Sigma 35 mm "I")

(Sigma 35 mm "I")

(Sigma 35 mm "I")

(Sigma 20 mm "I")

That's how I found out 

why ducks always seem to smile 

from under their beak.





(Sigma 35 mm "I")
 



And now that you know my little secret


tell my last friend who remained on the beach 

to look for a hollow head of a duck, 

like the ones 

that hunters use to recall, 

instead of staring all day at the horizon 

like a dumb snail.

(Sigma 20 mm "I")

Well if he doesn't, 

he could always sneak up to the old boat 

for some adventure...


...should it ever leave...

(Sigma 35 mm "I")




 

(Sigma 35 mm "I")

-the end-

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-just an excuse to continue my try on the SIGMA "I" SERIES LENSES, 

these images come straights from the "ready to use" JPEGS of the SIGMA fpL,

just with my personal white balance according the the blue cast of some sleepy mornings.

LENS USED: 20 mm and 35 mm f2 - "I" SERIES - from SIGMA

on Sigma fpL

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for Italy SIGMA is by MTrading:

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NUOVO SIGMA 35 mm serie I: 

35mm F1.4 DG DN | Art | Lenses | SIGMA Corporation (sigma-global.com)

NUOVO SIGMA 20 mm serie I: 

SIGMA, Nuovo obiettivo 20mm F2 DG DN Contemporary - News - Mtrading (m-trading.it)

20 mm "I" on Sigma Global (CLICK HERE)

(Sigma 20 mm "I)

(Sigma 35 mm "I")

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There is a place

after a cave

where boats come to rest winterlong;

no one has seen it before 

'cause with a single move

the spell is gone. 

It's where I go

hiding my steps

sneaking my shape through the wind's whirl

to reach this foamland

and lean on the hulls

calm and windswept as an old bird.

Did I became them

or now became then

I should have stayed home in my own bed

but once You're a seabird there's no way,

the waves will be always in Your head.

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Sigma fpL with 20 mm I serie, 1,67 sec. at f9, iso 20

Sigma fpL with 20 mm I serie, 1,67 sec. at f22, iso 80 

Sigma fpL with 20 mm I serie, 1,67 sec. at f22, iso 50
 

Sigma fpL with 20 mm I serie, 4 sec. at f22, iso 80, crop.
 

Sigma fpL with 20 mm I serie, 1.33 sec. at f22, iso 100, crop
 

Sigma fpL with 65 mm I serie, 1/60 sec. at f2.8, iso 100
 

Sigma fpL with 35 mm I serie, 1/320 sec. at f2, iso 2500
 

Sigma fpL with 20 mm I serie, 2 sec. at f18, iso 6
 

Sigma fpL with 35 mm I serie, 1/320 sec. at f2, iso 2500
 

Sigma fpL with 24 mm I serie, 5 sec. at f18, iso 25 Intentional Camera Movement
 

Sigma fpL with 90 mm I serie, 1,5 sec. at f20, iso 32
 

Sigma fpL with 24 mm I serie, 15 sec. at f14, iso 6

Sigma fpL with 90 mm I serie, 0.8 sec. at f16, iso 6
 

Sigma fpL with 24 mm I serie, 4 sec. at f14, iso 100
 

Sigma fpL with 24 mm I serie, 20 sec. at f14, iso 6
 

Sigma fpL with 35 mm I serie, 20 sec. at f20, iso 6

Sigma fpL with 24 mm I serie, 20 sec. at f20, iso 6
 

Sigma fpL with 90 mm I serie, 1/640 sec. at f4,5, iso 800
 

Sigma fpL with 65 mm I serie, 1/200 sec. at f2, iso 250
 

Sigma fpL with 65 mm I serie, 1/30 sec. at f9, iso 640.

Sigma fpL with 35 mm I serie, 1,33 sec. at f18, iso 100, crop.
 

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Scattato con le lenti SIGMA - Serie I -

20 mm f.2, 24 mm f.2, 35 mm f.2, 65 mm f.2, 90 mm f2.8

Qui su Mtrading per l'Italia:

SIGMA - Marchi - Mtrading (m-trading.it)
 

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by

marco dadone

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the sleeping boat

- black & white sessions -