The Insiders' Guide to St. Barths: Sicily photos

Thanks all

I had a hard time selecting a small collection to give just a hint of what we experienced. I took about 550 pics... In addition to these ten, there is a set on Flickr . At the moment there is 30, but I will upload more.

One of my favorites

Highlight of the day: the Duomo. It is absolutly beautiful. And if you look at postcard pictures, you should know that the baroque facade is just a facade. The real ancient church/temple is inside - and visible from the outside as well. Resting your hand at one of the columns from a far distant millenium - awesome...
The Duomo was built in the 7th century over the great Temple of Athens (5th century BC). The façade was rebuilt by Andrea Palma in 1725–1753.

MikeR, I do wish you could go back soon. It is beautiful. I am saving my two bottles of Donnafugata, some sundried tomates and a salsiccia for a special meal with friends. I know Sicily is in their dreams too.

Bev, it's a Nokia N95. I've had it a couple of months, but not until this trip have I really used the camera. For a phonecamera, it's good, I think. The pics will be even better when I bother to use the finesses like white balance and stuff. In time I will also be better at handling the cameraphone, using the right angle. Some pics were slanted and had weird perspective.

One big drawback though, if I am trying to take a picture in bad lighting, it takes forever before the camera lets me squeeze off. I attended a 50th birthday party tonight, and used the camera a lot. Sometimes I just wanted to scream at it - I know it's gonna be a crappy picture, I want it anyway, just take it! In better light, no problem. It's not as fast as the only-cameras, but what can you expect from a phonecamera?

A word of caution to those who use phonecameras (you have probably already experienced this) - be careful working with the pics on the phone/memory card before making copies. I was flipping through the days pics, trowing some, rotating some. The phone rang - and the picture I was currently rotating got messed up. Not possible to open the file anymore.
Since I have 549 others, no harm done. But good to know so you don't mess up the perfect pic - edit with phone in offline mode or do it on the computer!

If you can pry the teenager away from the computer for a while...

/K

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Back in reality, cherishing memories of a dream that came true!