I've added the review of the 70-200 f/4 L IS to the Canon lenses...an awesome lens, that improves the already excellent 70-200 f/4...

Thanks to my fiend Andrea "Elefantino", I've had the possibility to use the interesting Canon 400 f/4 DO IS USM and the new Canon 70-200 f/4 L IS USM!

I've added the review of the 400 DO to the Canon lenses page - and I'm going to publish soon also the review of the 70-200 f/4 L IS.

My latest article has been published on Asferico (n.23)...Asferico is one the nicest Italian magazines about nature photography, and it is truly an honor to be published on its pages. You can see some preview in the publications page.

The PMA is coming (this year it will be from March 8 to 11 at Las Vegas) and in the next week there will be many announcements of new cameras and lenses...I expect to see the new Canon 40D and some nice new lenses. If you are planning to buy something, I'd suggest to wait few weeks to see what comes out.

I had enviosioned this scene many times, ever since I'd seen the movie "The Matrix Revolutions"...honestly, it is not a great movie -  but there are some truly fascinating, dreamy scenes. Near the end, Neo directs his spaceship towards the sky...he pass through the dark clouds and, for few istants, he stays above and endless sea of clouds, in the sunshine. This is...

The new essay is online: Above the clouds

I've added new photos in the galleries: Aveto Valley, Parus major (Great Tit), Sitta europaea (European nuthatch), Periparus ater (Coal Tit), Poecile montanus (Willow Tit).

When I photograph birds and wildlife, I often use ISO 400 or even 800. Even though the recent Canon cameras are pretty good at high ISO, there is always some noise, in particular in the smooth, out of focus areas. It is not a problem: with Photoshop, it is quite easy to reduce the noise, and I've made excellent print even from photos taken at very high sensitivities. Remember that, while it is possible to reduce the noise, it...

The new article, completely re-written, is online: Noise reduction

I've added new photos in the galleries: Fulica atra (Coot), Cygnus olor (Mute Swan), Larus michahellis (Yellow Legged Gull), Larus ridibundus (Black Headed Gull), Podiceps cristatus (Great Crested Grebe), Italy - other landscapes.

It does not happen often to know a person since three days and feeling like being with the friend of a life...but there is not other way to describe the two days that I spent on Sile river, with my good friend Fenice. Fenice is a young - and talented - photographer, and a sweet girl....she was kind enough to bring me on Sile river well before the sunrise, and she...

The new essay is online: Two days on Sile river

This cute animal is a Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens), a small herbivorous mammal. It is quite different from the classic stereotype of panda - it looks like a fox, and it is just a little bigger than a cat (by the way - it is also knon as "FireFox", and it has given the name to the popular web browser Mozilla Firefox). In nature, it lives in India, Nepal and China, where it is...

The new essay is online: Captive Red Panda

I've added new photos in the galleries: Mergellus albellus (Smew), Larus michahellis (Yellow Legged Gull), Larus ridibundus (Black Headed Gull), Fulica atra (Coot), Podiceps cristatus (Great Crested Grebe), Cygnus olor (Mute Swan), Italy - other landscapes, Perino Waterfalls.