Post number 9 intro: Small but important improvements.
Hey guys! First of all, Thank you so much for visiting my blog, I really like to work on it… as I imagined, it is a valid way to improve my photography and also have some fun in the kitchen as well as for knowing new people. I want you to notice that on the right side of the page I added some features to make easier the navigation experience on the blog, such as the “follow me” button (very convenient to be automatically updated on posts via email… in other words: click on it! 🙂), also there is an “Archive” section (helps to organize better all the articles), a “Recent posts” section: which presents the last 3 posts I’ve published. Then there is the number of total visits, the possibility to do research by terms and the category cloud. All this in order make much lighter and faster navigating between the different posts. At the same time I’ll appreciate if you have any advice to still improve. For the rest, perhaps I will start to publish shorter posts but more frequently…. At least, there is the intention… let’s see what happens!
Places:Â The bug’s paradise
So “eccomi” (the italian way to say here I am!). As I said before during last post, this spring was particularly rainy, besides, good weather sadly came only during weekdays… So I though it could be a good idea, for this post, to use some pictures I did last year during this period (some were took in Italy, others during a trip to Sweden). These are some pretty shots you probably didn’t see before, specially if you and I are not facebook contacts (I posted some on my profile last year).
These pictures were took in different moments and places, but all they have in common that “bug’s point of view” that make them so close and particular; and as you will see in most of them, I wasn’t the only one enjoying “paradise” with all those flowers, colors and fragrances (I even got stung!).
I used my macro lens (a 100 mm f 2.8 from Canon). I really love to shoot with it since the quality of the images it generates (mostly because it is a fixed focal length lens, very bright). The more I use it, the more I’m glad to have invested some money in this lens.
Colours: rainbow tones
In spring it is difficult to remain in a uniform range of hues. It’s literally an explosion of colors. A rainbow that spreads in front of our eyes.
Flavors: Homemade “Pizza rustica”
A couple of months ago I took some pictures while my mother was preparing a typical italian dish called: “pizza rustica” or “pizza piena“. It consist in some kind of “focaccia bread“, but filled with several fresh ingredients, mainly eggs, mozzarella cheese and pork sausage. It’s a typical meal for easter time, specifically in southern Italy (where my parents are from)… also the recipe can change a little bit depending on the specific region and the family tradition. So as you can note I’m a little late with publishing, but that’s ok right? 🙂 It is very tasty and perfect as main dish, an appetizer or even to take to a picnic, maybe with the company of a glass of wine.
Other stuffs: Daily life around the world
This time just a link to one of my favorite photographic sources (The Big Picture from Boston.com). This time they show us a daily life gallery, plenty of beautiful pictures and micro-stories from all around the world. Enjoy it:
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2012/05/daily_life_may_2012.html
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