Mediterraneo - III

Mediterraneo - II

Mediterraneo - I

A real pity I can't transmit to you the sound and the pressure of the wind, the roar of the crushing waves few meter away on the cutting lava tongues sliding into the water, the smell of salt in the dried up pools, the noise of thousands cicadas at dawn and the seagulls flying around over your head.

Trabucchi - I

I'm going to post several pictures of these old, romantic fishing installations that is possible to find along the rocky coast of the Adriatic sea. They are called "trabucchi", a name that is connected to the catapult engine that allows quick pulling of the net (a "trabucco" is also a medieval assault machine looking like a catapult).

Most of these Aleppo's pinewood buildings are no longer used for professional fishing, some of them have been converted into minimal restaurants, few others are only used in winter. They are patrolled by seagulls that stand on the antennae that cross the seafront. They look so robust but the steel wires that tie them to the ground are there to witness the attempt of the man to fight against the power of the sea.

Pillars on the shore

I just began to process the roll of pictures I've taken two weeks ago. There's a subtle pleasure in doing this job as it allows me to see the subject of my takes from a different perspective. It might sound weird but after walking around, in search for the perfect shot, the moment of post-processing is the first big opportunity that we have to consciously and thoroughly observe our photographs. We don't have all that time when we shoot: we have to trust in our instinct. Point and shoot. And I always ask myself if I took all the pictures I wanted, in the way I wanted.

When I'm home and the photo processing tool is ready, then another question always comes in and stands behind the door: did I really want to take this picture?

(Needless to say, these pictures were NOT taken with my mobile)

How far is the sea?

A plan for next Sunday

As I need to take chance of the nice weather forecasts for next Sunday and the relative "freedom" I'm enjoying since my wife and kids are still on vacation, I'm about to put myself on the saddle of my mountain bike for a sort of a challenge I had always dreamed about: reaching the top of Brunate, not far from Como and make a visit to the famous Volta's Lighthouse (Faro Voltiano), a monumental but still real lighthouse on top of a mountain from where a stunning view of the lake and the surrounding Alps can be enjoyed. It will be a long day. Just 70 km of road with a climb of 720 meters in just 7 km.

I don't need to hurry, no need to break my back, I'll take the time it demands. Just wish to take as many good pictures as I can.

At the stand ...

... Women come and go.

(Sent from my mobile)

Home again

On my way back to Saronno from the seaside where I had been "resting" in last two weeks, I drove through Tivoli, an overnight stop, just for the time enough to say "hi" to my parents and drop my wife and kids for a week. After dinner my brother, my son and I made a walk in the town for a really good ice-cream and reached the old citadel where in summertime free admission to the temple of Vesta is granted.

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Time to leave

This is my last day here in Vieste, where I spent the first half of my summer holidays. After some hundreds of pictures taken with both my "official" camera and the mobile I've been posting from just recently, I managed to fool the control system of my mobile cam and get a perfectly blurred picture of a dawn. Looks like it was the best option I had to close this period with a picture that brings to my mind the idea of a fading transition.

In the coming days I'll keep posting some of the samples that I took while walking along the white tufa coastline of the so called "spur" of the Italian peninsula.

(Sent from my mobile)