Wide Angle

Street near me

I added a second lens to my camera gear recently. It's a Tokina 12-24 f/4.0 wide angle. I've still to learn how to use it properly, but so far, I like the results.Here is a test shot of a street near me here in Milan (15mm f/4.0 1/750sec):I know these so-called ultra wide angles distort things … [Read more...]

Small, Furry, and Black

The weekend coming up is a holiday weekend here in Italy, and this means that, weather permitting, the roads may well be rather chaotic. Anyway, despite the probable impending road chaos, a friend of mine has asked me if I want to go with him to the Verdon gorge just across the Italian border in … [Read more...]

Well, I do do a little bit of everything

My friend and Blog from Italy researcher, Gaetano Salvo wants to sell his house, so I'm going to put an on-line brochure for it here on my blog for all the web to see.I've seen Gaetano's place. It's a sort of semi-detached style house and it is not half bad. As Italian places go, it's pretty … [Read more...]

Parental Approval

My folks dropped in here the other day, said that they enjoyed reading my blog, and that they like the journalistic style of the post I wrote for Joe Tangredi over at Volette.com.Even though I'm no spring chicken at 43, it's still nice to get the nod of approval from my mum and dad, so many thanks … [Read more...]

Coda di Rospo in Il Quadrifoglio

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We're pretty lucky really. There are quite a few interesting restaurants dotted around the area of Milan in which we live.Indeed, there is an excellent little restaurant literally two minutes walk from our house.  We live in the Paolo Sarpi area of Milan, which is close to the Hotels Hermitage … [Read more...]