Photography: Italy Trip, Part 2

Some more photos from my Italian trip.

 Angera Castle

 Villa Taranto Botanic Gardens

Revival/Photography: Italy

So I've decided to have a go at reviving this blog, as I did enjoy doing it. Forgive the prolonged absence. It started due to a period of unemployment, and doing nothing, due to too much free time.  Anyway, to kick us off, here are a few photos of my trip home to Italy during the summer:

 Lago Maggiore

 Statue of Apollo on Isola Madre

 View from Isola Bella

 Statue on Isola Bella

 One of the many chapels on the pilgrim route up Sacro Monte

Photography: Lago Maggiore

I love storm lighting.   You know the kind I mean.   Dark and moody clouds but with the sun still managing to sneak through somehow, casting a strange yellow glow over everything.   The kind of light that can last for mere seconds and when it does appear you of course never have a camera with you.   Well, I was lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time with the right equipment on this occasion, and I managed to get some lovely shots of Lago Maggiore at home just before a storm broke.   Some of them are HDR and some aren't.

                                                                        The HDR

                                                              And the non-HDR ones