Good morning to everyone wherever you are in the world...Well, the week has gone by and I did a little experimenting on DPRevived.com. The site has promise for general discussions and posting one's own photos in their own thread but I can't yet see how it could support a multi-layered weekly thread without it being very confusing regarding who is replying to who. I do expect to hang around in there though. Anyone else found a forum with threaded views such as we use now?BTW, we might have a guest of honour pop in today for a cup of tea and a chat.I start Part 2 of a thread before Part 1 is full (at around 110/150 posts). At that point, continue discussions in Part 1 but please don't post any new photographs there. This prevents any tail-enders’ photographs being marooned with no room for comments.-W

Not a good week for electronic equipment in my house. The earth-leakage-circuit breaker switch keeps falling every now and then, and I still haven’t found the culprit Maybe that is also related somehow to the fact that both my new PC and my nice ink-tank Printer are are now broken and I'm still in the long-winded process of getting them repaired ☹So, that means no new photos from me from this week , but so as not to miss out in this penultimate photo of the week thread, here’s something reposted from my old PC, from years ago. From Verona 2011, the operaLa Traviatain the big ArenaIt was a great performance that night on a lovely warm evening in the open air. All the opera shots were taken handheld with my old Nikon D90 and the 70-300/F4.5-5.6. We were sitting quite a distance away from the stage, so quite pleased with these old shots despite the old equipment and conditions.A quick snapshot outsideAnother touristinside the Arena, the staff appear out of a hole, and bring in some more cushions for the stone stepsProgram anybody?"X" marks our seats on the stone step so quite a distance from the stage. fantastic acoustics all around the Arena!Disclaimer: This one is not my photo! (found in internet)The sun sets and the audience is readythe lights go onand the colourful love story startswith music from Verdi of courseA fantastic evening !

Wow, I love #3. Took a while to work out what the H was going on there. Those guys seem to be emerging from a giant shopping trolley.#6 is a nice vibe.#13 is very cool.The D90 was a stalwart of the camera world.Fine set.

We are almost at the end of being able to enjoy  this weekly institution, which I have followed with one "name" or other since 2014. I have not been shooting much as I been back and forth to the UK this month.Here are a few I shot in Modena some weeks ago in San Francesco Modena.I was in Bath for sad family reasons. I probable took my last walk on Little Solsbury as it is time to sell the family home in Bath.Anybody who wants to stay in touch can send me a PM contact, with maybe an Email or a new Forum contact.

I enjoyed these. I always like to peer into the orchestra, so 13 and 14 I find especially interesting - is that Carlo Rizzi conducting? I like the sunset image of the audience too.One of the things i miss living in SW Scotland is accessibility to world class opera - we used to be regulars at Welsh National Opera in Cardiff. But I don't really fancy the huge arena experience either - seems to be geared to fairly traditional productions. I guess they need to fill all those seats!

A mystery indeed. An intersting guessing game I thought the sign posts in #5 would give us a clue but no help there.The message hanging on on the building in #7 could be written  in Lettish (saying "Sale and lease of other premises")  so Latvia  would be my guess to the place of that shot.but now,  for the last hotel shot we back again in London. So it must have been a longand interesting tour of many places

The MOdena shots are excellent as ever, but it's the shots of the downs above Bath that catch my eye. I know that line of trees in #9. They're visible from my brother's home in Swainswick and feature in some of his paintings. Come to think of it, as someone with longstanding memories of Bath you might be interested to browse his websiteGlyn Davies | Artists based in Bath | Paintings of Bath (glyn-davies.com)

I'm going to miss my weekly trip to Italy. You seem to have concentrated on internal shots more recently so it's nice to see a couple of rural scenes thrown in at the end, albeit not Italian.

woodsider79 wrote:I enjoyed these. I always like to peer into the orchestra, so 13 and 14 I find especially interesting - is that Carlo Rizzi conducting? I like the sunset image of the audience too.Yes that's Carlo RizzilinkOne of the things i miss living in SW Scotland is accessibility to world class opera - we used to be regulars at Welsh National Opera in Cardiff.sounds good!But I don't really fancy the huge arena experience either - seems to be geared to fairly traditional productions. I guess they need to fill all those seats!We don't do it very often at all,  but we could jump into the local overnight train and wake up in Verona in the morning. The overnight trains here are still something vaguely similar to those days when travelling/flying  was "part of the holiday"

Another good set, as we've come to expect from you over the years ! ...sorry to hear the visit to the UK was for sad reasons

A great mix of pictures from the past, all  with you particular eye for composition.Maybe next week you can go out with a bang and show us your super London street/light and shadow shots.As for the future, maybe a Flickr group might work, rather than a forum, none of which seem to have the threaded view that made this weekly thread work. I have neglected Flickr lately, but I might reactivate my activity there.

fireplace33 wrote:woodsider79 wrote:I enjoyed these. I always like to peer into the orchestra, so 13 and 14 I find especially interesting - is that Carlo Rizzi conducting? I like the sunset image of the audience too.Yes that's Carlo RizzilinkOne of the things i miss living in SW Scotland is accessibility to world class opera - we used to be regulars at Welsh National Opera in Cardiff.sounds good!But I don't really fancy the huge arena experience either - seems to be geared to fairly traditional productions. I guess they need to fill all those seats!We don't do it very often at all, but we could jump into the local overnight train and wake up in Verona in the morning. The overnight trains here are still something vaguely similar to those days when travelling/flying was "part of the holiday"Overnight trains with the car used to be the (almost) perfect answer for our holidays when we had children in tow. From home (Gloucestershire) to Avignon in less than 24 hours, with car kids and camping gear aboard. I can't help thinking motorail would be a great way to reduce carbon footprint, but services have been cut back or stopped completely.  Of course they were quite expensive...

The first one is special.Marko

Mysterious indeed. They all have something to say, though I'm not sure whatThe tunnel and the dinosaur trying to dodge the incoming meteorite are my picks.

It's been a cold spring in Finland. Still some snow on the ground even in the south and temperatures below zero at least during the night.First lonely oystercatcher had arrived on the shore this morning. I bet it was not too fond of the -5C temperature. There was still ice cover on the sea along the shore.Marko

spective, looking maybe last time to photos in my dpreview gallery

Lovely set Vahur, especially the reedling and the grebe.Marko

The imminent loss of this forum and associated friends has resulted in me getting a bit sentimental.  I've taken a look back through 8 years of m43 images and selected a few that make me smile to see them again.A quiet corner in Agia Sophia, Istanbul.Calatrava in Rioja. Spot the singing blackbirdWinter in VeniceThatbeach in IcelandThree Cliffs, Gower. So many family memories.A Sardinian vineyard. Playing with ICMSt George's day in Sardinia.Near where I called home for thirty-odd years. Perry pear tree.Skokholm cliffs, Pembrokeshire.Worms Head, Gower.My favourite tree. I watched this character through the years as it slowly aged and lost branches. But it goes on, .. a bit of a Tolstoyan moment there...Playing in the woods.More play, From a village in the french alps. I took this through the door of our flat while recovering from covid!  Experimenting with high res mode.Playing in a scottish quarry. Multiple exposure.

Lovely varied set.Marko