One interesting tidbit. If you look at the picture of the Alfa Romeo, I positioned my wife as to get her reflection in the car's fender. I'm thinking of titling it "La Donna nella Macchina (The Lady in the Car)".

I've been studying Italian for about 8 years and I'm reasonably fluent. It's always a challenge dealing with dialects and the speed of normal speech but I do fairly well.

The food was, as usual, amazing. If you want your fill of great food, order a "degustazione per due." We had several and just couldn't finish all the food they brought out. When we left food on the table, they worried that something was wrong! It was great.

It was a fun trip. We drove over 3,300 kilometers and took over 3,300 pictures.

Phil

My wife and I just finished a 6 week trip to Italy so I thought I would share some of the pictures.

Phil

Palermo fruit market

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Teatro Massimo in Palermo

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Duomo in Gubbio

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Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione

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Duomo in Positano

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Manarola in the Cinque Terre

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Duomo in Milano

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Possible a Komodo dragon or ..... a fossilized monster from the movie Tremors! Despite the haze, I like the last one. It's quite ethereal.

Thank you very much. I've only had the Sony a6000 for about 18 months and it's a learning curve for me. Took many photos in my youth with a Asahi Pentax Spotmatic II back in the day but the new digital technology is amazing.

This is my first post so be gentle! These were taken in May during the Passport to DC Embassy tours. The Embassy of China was open for the first time. These are a few of the shots I took. The embassy itself was designed by I. M. Pei and is huge. The plan is 10,000 square meters and it has about 38,000 square meters of floor space. Yes, that's right, it's in square meters. The shots are of the limited area open during the tour. The first is a sculpture over a spiral staircase. The plexiglass pieces are the Chinese characters for cloud and rain (so, yes, it's purple rain); the second is a long hallway with the hanging sculpture in the distance; the third is a display case with inverted umbrellas overhead. I did minimal post processing and just cleaned up the RAW files before converting them to JPG. Shots taken with Sony a6000 and the kit zoom lenses.

Thoughts appreciated.

Phil

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If you are going to convert your RAW files to high-quality JPEG files, why bother with the RAW+JPEG combination and just shoot in RAW? You can then convert them into whatever format and quality you desire. Plus, most editing software is non-destructive so your original files are not modified directly.