Got back from a trip to Italy the other day and got some of the better pictures up on my website and thought I'd share a few with you. None of these are processed yet except to convert them from RAW to JPG so they'll display.
Here is a shot of the Santa Maria del Fiore Campanile (Giotto's Bell Tower) in Florence. I didn't climb it, all though I should have and could have gotten some good shots of the city.
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Here is the Leaning Tower in Pisa, unfourtunatly it was raining in Pisa the day we were there and the shots I got of the Tower leaning got corrupted probably due to the rain. I got some shots of the Tower with the Duomo that I'll try and crop out the Tower, but who knows if they'll look good or not.
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Here is a shot of the family checking out another church, this time in Lucca. A beautiful city which I would highly recommend to anyone visiting Italy.
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Now for my favorite part of the trip, Cinque Terre. Got to hike part of the trail and it was spectactular!! The 5 small villages were very picturesque and I would highly recommend visiting all of them.
Here is a shot of the Gigante in Monterosso al Mare:
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Here is a shot of a street scene in Vernazza:
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Here is a shot looking back from the trail over looking Vernazza:
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Lastly we visited beautiful Rome.
Here is a shot in the Forum:
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And a final shot inside the Colosseum:
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I took about 1400 pictures the whole 11 days and the camera (30D) worked like a champ! The batteries died on me while going through the Capitoline Museum in Rome but since I had an extra set it was no problem. The 17-40mm f/4L was what I used through the whole trip and only pulled out the 70-200mm f/4L twice for a total of about 10 minutes. I left all my other lens at home and didn't really miss them. Although I could have used a wider angled lens a few times. Luckily I carried plastic 'Zip-Loc' baggies with me as I had to use one to put the camera in in Pisa as it was raining. Camera still got a little wet and it is evident on some of the shots but it wasn't too bad. I just looked kind of funny walking around with a large plastic bag hanging in front of me. Now the fun begins as I start to process the pictures and clean some of them up. I've trimmed it down to around 500 +/- good shots out of the 1400. It can probably be trimmed down even farther but I'll do that as I process them. I'll post some more later as I get them processed, this is just a taste of Italy.
Enjoy, and C&C is always welcome.
-Mack
