I did have one day on my Italy trip where I was able to photograph some wildlife. This goat-antelope species is called a chamois and is native to the mountains of Europe. We were hiking in a place called Gran Paradiso National Park in the Italian Alps when we saw several of these guys. I didn’t have my long lens with me, but was able to get fairly close to a few chamois including this one.

The poppies were in full bloom and everywhere throughout France and Italy. This one was taken in the last few minutes of twilight, just outside the town of Montalcino in Tuscany, Italy.

This is the Il Vittoriano monument in Rome. I set up low with a medium long lens and used a slow shutter to get the streaks of headlights passing by.

Just back from Europe where Shelley and I drove from Paris to Rome in a little over a week. Other than a few hoofed creatures in the Alps that I was lucky enough to photograph, it was clearly not a wildlife trip. The landscapes, however, were another story — especially in Tuscany. This was taken from the balcony of our room in the medieval hill town of Montalcino. Vineyards surround Montalcino and the local red, Brunello di Montalcino is considered one of the best in the country.