Italy Travel Photography — Part 2 — Tuscany

So with part of 1 of this series on mobile photography, we covered taking pictures with your phone. In moving forward with this series, all the images are shot with a DSLR. And as mentioned in part 1, the camera we brought along for our Italy trip 2012 was the Nikon D7000 paired with the “do-it-all” Nikon 18-200 VRII.

The Old bridge or Ponte Vecchio, the oldest of Florence’s six bridges.

The duomo — Florence.

In Florence, everywhere is practically walking distance. As much as I wore my comfiest Samba sneaker, we still had to make our regular pitstop and rest our feet, and re-fueled.

Our bed and breakfast in Tuscany. Absolutely spectacular.

The view of Montalcino. The home of Brunello di Montalcino.

Believe it or not, but the picture below is the view from our bed & breakfast — Torre di Ponzano, your home away from home.

Driving and strolling the countryside is definitely the best way to experience Italy. The picture below, we parked our Fiat 500, got out of the car and just watched the Tuscan sunset.

Our rental car — Citroen106.

Left & above: Castello di Verrazzano– Greve in Chianti since  1150.

Right: The Black Rooster — The unmistakable Chianti Classico seal is a black rooster on a pink label.

Traditional Slavonian oak barrels at Poggio Antico.

Someone’s very happy. In her arms are couple bottles of Poggio Antico Brunello.

Badia a Passignano — The Antinoris bought the 325 hectare estate around the historic Vallombrosian abbey in 1987, and this historic abbey dating back to before the year 1049. Just as impressive, the name Antinori can be traced back to the 11th century, so they sure know a few things about wine. Tignanello, Solaia, Badia a Passignano & Pèppoli Estate are just a few legendary vineyards and wines under the the great Antinori.

Under the Tuscan sunset. We waited, waited, and waited. Was it worth it? I’ll let you decide for yourself.

I’ve seen a lot of sunsets, but none like the Tuscan sun.