Andrea B. Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 I'll be in Italy for a couple of weeks, leaving the house, 2 house cats and 6 bird feeders in the good hands of our dear friend and house-sitter Kimberly. While I'm sure I will have internet connections everywhere I go -- after all the world is wirelessly "wired" now wherever we go -- I may not want to be online daily! However, please know that I'll catch up to all posts eventually. And of course Bjørn will be stopping by to keep an eye on things. Someday I really must pack up the UV gear and photograph the Roman ruins in UV. That will require quite some planning ahead though. (Scheduling, etc. Might need some permits for tripods in some areas?) This trip is for family visits (my husband's cugini, cousins) and fun. So I'm taking only the very versatile D750 with a lightweight 24-85 kit lens for vacation snapshots and memory photos. Arrivederci! Link to comment
nfoto Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 Have fun, enjoy the Mediterranean sun and light. I'll keep an eye on UVP meanwhile. Link to comment
Andrea B. Posted April 25, 2017 Author Share Posted April 25, 2017 La luce è così bella, così clara. Parco Villa Balestra, Roma, Italia Link to comment
nfoto Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 We had 20 cm of wet snow and gale-force winds the last days. Some spring ... Link to comment
Anfy Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Rome is beautiful in this season, in UV light or not! :) Link to comment
Andrea B. Posted May 2, 2017 Author Share Posted May 2, 2017 Here you go -- some typical tourist shots!! Because I am being a typical tourist and enjoying all the sights and people. I have a 24-85 kit lens on my D750 because it is easy to sling that cross ways with the red Peak Design camera strap and walk all day making snapshots. (Not photographs!) Foro Romano, RomaThe skies in Rome are this blue. Fiori Selvatici, RomaSo many red poppies! (Papaver rhoeas) The Wedding Cake, RomaMonument to King Victor Emmanuel II. Mar Tirreno, Tor San Lorenzo Michael's Cousin Luisa and Her Friend, Tor San LorenzoWe had coffee, tiramisu and gelato here.The photo is a bit pumped(!), but the Tyrrhenian Sea is this green-blue colour. Just darker. Gatto Rotondo, Pratica Di MareA sleepy, happy, rather round cat. Red Shoe, Green Shoe on the Bus Red Poppies at the Grocery StoreNote the persistance of green life in this tiled parking area.And wildflowers grow everywhere in Rome. Too Much Graffitti - and Yet WildflowersGraffitti like many large cities. Wildflowers unlike most. Link to comment
Andy Perrin Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 The cat is my favorite. Internet tradition, I suppose. I also love the poppy closeup (2nd poppy pic) and the wildflowers! Link to comment
nfoto Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 Nice flowers ... Not certain about the species identifications though, although the Malvaceae member (in the Graffiti image) should be easy to classify given the appropriate flora(s) at hand. It looks somewhat like Malva sylvestris, but there might be other candidates. The yellow flower is perhaps a Picris, but yellow composite flowers are a dime a dozen in any country. Again one needs the flora(s). The red poppy looks like Papaver argemone or P. dubium, as the capsules are long and narrow unlike the broad ones of P. rhoeas. Link to comment
Andrea B. Posted May 3, 2017 Author Share Posted May 3, 2017 Do these help?The poppies with hairs perpendicular to stem (1, 3) and with black spot on petals (1, 2, 3) are P. rhoeas. Poppies in the Forum (2) are said to be P. rhoeas. However, I have not keyed any of these so would not want to ID them with certainty. "-)Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papaver_rhoeas Link to comment
nfoto Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 These look very 'rhoeas'-like, agree. The black spots are not a reliable character, however. Many Papaver-species can have them on occasion. Link to comment
Andrea B. Posted May 5, 2017 Author Share Posted May 5, 2017 [Testing email response to new comment.] Link to comment
nfoto Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 Likewise. Can an e-mail reach Italy from Norway after crossing the Atlantic at least twice? Link to comment
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