Murano and Burano

[lapsedmodernist]

The two small islands East of Venice proper in the lagoon.

Murano is famous for its glass (although I suspect much of the glass tchotchkes for sale in the little shops there are Made in China these days...)

This is what Steve Martin would call "the cruel bed."







she is so transparent



frayed rope on the boat in transit between the islands



oh,I loved Burano! All the little colored houses!

Comments

[boobirdsfly.livejournal.com]

oh my god i love the colored houses !!!
stunning shots !

[lapsedmodernist.livejournal.com]

thanks! I loved the colored houses, too!

[christophrawr.livejournal.com]

you make me so jealous of your vagabond life...

[lapsedmodernist.livejournal.com]

what can I say, I am like the scorpion, it is my nature!

[angiereedgarner.livejournal.com]

Thank you for posting these! I want to get back there...

[lapsedmodernist.livejournal.com]

when were you there?

[angiereedgarner.livejournal.com]

2001, I think!

[isolt.livejournal.com]

Your pictures are rapidly making the European Postdoc my post-field dream...

[lapsedmodernist.livejournal.com]

I think the European Postdoc is pretty dreamy for non-aesthetic reasons, too. Like health care!

[olamina.livejournal.com]

ahhh, we are definitely doing burano on our next trip!

[lapsedmodernist.livejournal.com]

it's too bad you guys weren't there, it would have been a blast to roam around the islands together. Fortunately you are close enough to be able to go back whenever you want, easily!

[beginnersmind.livejournal.com]

Breathtaking!

[lapsedmodernist.livejournal.com]

thank you, Julie!

[beginnersmind.livejournal.com]

No thanks needed! We should thank you for sharing these. If you sold glasses that filtered the world so that I could see it like it looks in your photos, I'd wear them all the time!

[lapsedmodernist.livejournal.com]

you can come visit my head and get cozy in the hammocks behind my eyes any time.

[dietrich.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous. What kind of camera do you use?

[lapsedmodernist.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I use a Nikon D80, but I think the lens makes a lot more of a difference than the body. For all of them except the colored houses and the last one I used a 50mm F1.8 lens, which is probably the best and the sharpest prime lens you can get on the cheap, and for the other two the kit lens that came with the camera (18-55mm).