Sometimes natural patterns can be so regular, but still much more elegant than our artificial counterparts. These are the leaves of the Iris flower.
Archive for March, 2007
Iris Leaves
Posted in Leaves, Luca Baldassarre, Nature, Photo, Plants, Textures, Wallpaper on 16 March 2007 | 1 Comment »
Alpine Valley
Posted in Grass, Italy, Landscape, Luca Baldassarre, Mountain, Nature, Photo, Trees, Wallpaper on 16 March 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Summer in the Italian Alps near the famous Monviso. You can trek around the mountain in three days, sleeping in comfortable cabins and crossing three passes with fantastic views. This valley is called Vallone di Vallanta and struck me for its smooth grassy slopes.
Alpine Clouds
Posted in Clouds, Italy, Landscape, Luca Baldassarre, Mountain, Park, Photo, Snowscape, Wallpaper on 16 March 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Parco Nazionale del Gran Paradiso was the first national park established in Italy and protects a vast alpine area, across the regions of Piemonte and Valle d’Aosta. The photo was shoot in spring near the Rif. Vittorio Sella on the northern part of the park. High clouds were blown against the rocky peaks and [...]
Santorini after Dusk
Posted in Cityscape, Greece, Jacopo Gottlieb, Night Shot, Photo, Wallpaper on 15 March 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This shot was taken on the strange and beautiful volcanic island of Santorini, one of the Cyclades, in Greece. The major villages are Phira and Oia (in the photo), both built on the edge of the cliff which surrounds the caldera.
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Carpet of Leaves
Posted in Animals, Italy, Leaves, Luca Baldassarre, Park, Photo, Textures, Trees, Wallpaper on 13 March 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Pay a visit to the Animal Park “La Torbiera” near Novara, Italy.
I went the fall of some years ago. The splendid animals have plenty of space to roam and I was immersed in a beautiful forest. The trees were shedding their leaves, covering the ground like a warm blanket.
It was autumn at its best!
Insect Love (or just sex?)
Posted in Animals, Insect, Italy, Love, Luca Baldassarre, Nature, Photo, Wallpaper on 7 March 2007 | 1 Comment »
I found these two little shiny green beetles copulating on a flower in a meadow in the Brenta, Dolomites, Italy, one summer evening of 2004. I couldn’t resist my voyeurism and put kneeled myself with a macro lens to capture love unfolding!
Liquid Sunset
Posted in Cityscape, Genoa, Italy, Liguria, Luca Baldassarre, Photo, Sea, Sunset, Wallpaper, Water on 7 March 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Marina in Genoa is called Expo and has been designed jointly with reknowed architect Renzo Piano. His is the contested Sphere, which should have contained numerous butterflies, but it just didn’t work out. Now they recreated inside a tropical environment, with small birds, camaleons and other animals. Next to the Sphere there is [...]
Leaving Capri
Posted in Italy, Jacopo Gottlieb, Landscape, Photo, Sea, Sunset, Wallpaper, Water on 3 March 2007 | 1 Comment »
Sun is falling behind the famous island of Capri, in southern Italy.
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It looks like a Turtle
Posted in Animals, Jacopo Gottlieb, Photo, Turtle, Wallpaper on 1 March 2007 | 2 Comments »
A sea turtle trapped inside the Acquarium of Genoa, Italy.
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Silhouetted Tree
Posted in Italy, Luca Baldassarre, Nature, Photo, Trees, Wallpaper on 1 March 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A big oak tree, leafless, in winter, Varazze, Italy.
