We loved it. Venice is very expensive, heaving with tourists and has a terrible graffiti problem but is also beautiful, fun and a delight to explore.

Best wishes, Kris.

If you have plenty of light the relatively new Kodak Ektar 100 is a lovely film. It is one of the few colour print films I have really liked (but that is largely due to a long standing bias towards slides).

K.

I love the owl!

K.

During our long weekend in Venice I managed to shoot two rolls of 135mm Ektar 100, one roll of 120 Ektar 100, one roll of 135mm Rollei Retro 80 and one roll of 120 Adox CHS 50 Art, as well as 316 digital images (although many of those are bracketed versions of the same image). The films are in the post to be developed, and I am working on some of the digital ones. Here is a small (you'll be glad to know!) selection. The biggest problem with Venice is that there have been so many photographs taken over the years, clichés are hard to avoid. All these were shot with my K20D.

Venetian graffiti. (SMC-M 100/f2.8 )



Pasticceria Rizzardini (12-24mm at 24mm, taken just before dawn)



Lamppost with a view. (DA* 50-135mm)



Others can be seen in my flickr account.

Best wishes, Kris.

The Rialto Bridge in Venice. I could have moved around and got it all in but decided that this was a more unusual viewpoint. The problem with Venice is that several billion photographs have been taken of the place making a different take on it hard to achieve!

K.

I went out at 5am to take photos without the crowds. I cannot decide with this image if the colour version, or the "Antique Light" version is better? Or perhaps some other version...

Colour.



Antique Light



Best wishes, Kris.

Despite the name it is actually only about ISO 1200...

K.

Sounds like some fun to be had there, John. Nice catch! K.

Yes, I did but you'll have to wait until I have finished the roll of film and had it developed...

K.

One of the more recent additions to the Lockyear household.




Best wishes, Kris.