I know it’s been a while since you last heard from me! We haven’t had access to the internet when we got into the countryside of Tuscany for a few days and we’ve been busy leading this tour. Very early mornings, late nights, not much personal time.
We’ve had every sort of weather issue you could imagine this year – rain, more rain, fog, clouds, sun, thunderstorms. All of it has challenged us and we have made some great pictures because of it! It’s been much more interesting than simple blue skies, for certain.
The picture above is from yesterday morning in Montalcino, overlooking the valley to the east. Fog makes everything so beautiful here when the trees poke up through it. We went for morning light on the village, and we got the bonus of morning backlit fog! The other scene was the same village, after we were engulfed in the the fog and a thunderstorm hit a short time later! It was a very interesting morning…The wet streets added a glow that told the story, and since the color was mostly muted in this scene below, I converted it to a desaturated, semi-sepia effect.
More will come soon, for now, ciao ciao!
Thanks, Stephan. I got behind on posting images and entries to the blog but we’re home now and I’ll be putting up new work on my website and flickr pages and will post a notice here very soon. It was by all accounts a very good trip with interesting light. I’m looking forward to processing the pictures I made.
Saliente! Magnifico!
Looks like you are having “fun” and enjoying everything! Amazing images! Very powerful and capture the beauty, charm, mystery, mystic and intense spirit of Tuscany, Italy. The back-lit fog is absolutely magical! The sepia treatment to the image below is timeless and amazing as well. Look forward to seeing more. All the best!!
Wow, I wish I could be on your tour in Tuscany right now. I was there and made some photographs in 2003 and my father, well-known landscape photographer Philip Hyde photographed Tuscany for the first time in 1996 at age 75.
Thanks for your comments, David. It was a good trip all around with mixed weather that produced interesting results and challenged us. I know your father’s work very well – he was one of several inspirations to me as I was developing my skills and vision. Anywhere we can see his Italy work?
I dream about this kind of weather but in Cairo the sun shines every day. Nothing dramatic exept khamseen (hot and dusty wind which blows in intervals for 50 days).
Ah yes, Cairo is challenging with the clean blue skies and same old sun – but it could be worse, Abua! You could have gray skies a lot like England or Ireland! 🙂
what a great lesson in taking advantage of non-blue-sky weather! Coincidentally, I leave for Tuscany on Tuesday, and am inspired by your work.
Hope you have a great trip, Andrea!
Very dramatic images. Looks like right off a NG page. Hope you are getting many more, and enjoying the trip.
Thanks- it was a great trip but difficult for internet this time around too much going on and no time to do emails or postings! Back home now, will post a small gallery of pics soon…