bad news: I don’t have much time lately to blog.
bad news #2: I don’t have anything very interesting to write.
good news: I have time to take photos. I hope you like photos.
good news #2: I’ve been to Florence (Firenze). I’ve also been to Venice (Venezia).

I constantly kept getting that “hmm, I studied this once” feeling in Florence. In Venice as well, but there it was more “Look, a pigeon”.

What I’ve learnt? A few things …

• The Duomo in Florence is really impressively huge
• There is too much traffic in Florence
• Venice is peaceful. No traffic on the streets, just in the canals
• Pigeons in Venice don’t mind a bit of flash, but full power in their eyes scares them ;)
• Buying a katana sword is cheaper than a gondola ride in Venice
• Off camera flash really is that great. My luggage was a G9, a 430 EX and an OC-E3. And let’s not forget the superb Gorillapod.

The photos …

Quoting wikipedia:

Metelkova is an autonomous social centre in the centre of Ljubljana, Slovenia. It is located on the site of former military barracks (the Slovenian headquarters of the Yugoslav National Army) and was squatted September 1993. The site consists of seven buildings and was 12,500 m². [1] The name of the squat comes from the surname of the 19th century Slovenian Roman Catholic priest, philologist and unsuccessful language reformer Fran Metelko, after whom the nearby street is named.

Nowadays, Metelkova is a place where young people gather for various reasons, namely concerts, workshops, pint(s) of beer, or just to hang out. I’ve always liked this place for it’s artistic looks.

See for yourself …

It was a lovely Saturday afternoon and I took most I could out of it - I went to the bathroom. I took some equipment with me. I had a camera, some lens, flash, a tripod and a remote shutter release. Plus a black shirt. I opened the water pipe and started playing. Here are the results: