Rocco Galatioto, nice photos and good food

Assisi, high on a mountain in Umbria, Italy, is a place of peace that has consoled countless people over the centuries. Those who are religious find it a place of reflection and spirituality. This is the church above the old one where Saint Francis prayed which is still used as a place of worship.

These three images date from last April shot at Monet's garden in Giverny France. This has to be the most beautiful garden anywhere. Just lovely especially after a spring rain that soaked the flowers   .

These images were made in Castellammare del Golfo. The building long abandoned and ready for rehabilitation had become the pigeons'. This particular one appeared very calm and self assured just like any building owner would be. Occhio vivo strikes again .

On the 287 North in New York State there was the old Tappa Zee Bridge. Recently it was replaced by a new one called the Mario M. Cuomo bridge in honor of the ex Governor for whom I worked as a photographer many years ago. Approaching the new bridge, it looks like a bunch of sails. The new bridge is very sleek while the old one, due to be demolished soon, was of a very down to Earth no nonsense design with little imagination. I like the new bridge and I wanted to share these images with you.

In early summer of 1986, the Statue of Liberty was reopened after it was restored to it's former glory. It was also it's centennial. Naturally in New York, everything is done large [excuse the grammatical error]. This was the great boat parade before the actual lighting up of the light by President Regan. We [myself, my wife and the children] first went on the Brooklyn Bridge from where these images were made and then we got on the Staten Island Ferry to see the late night celebrations. All in all it was a memorable experience.

Nikon should be bringing out a mirrorless camera by next spring.      With the launch of the much-celebrated D850 at the end of last year (and   there are MANY reasons to celebrate it), Nikon  still needs a pro-grade mirrorless camera if they want to compete with Sony. Canon, are you reading this. According to an interview on the Japanese network NHK with a Nikon manager that was first discovered by NikonEye.com , the Nikon employee responds to a question about Nikon mirrorless cameras by saying, "development is underway, and we expect to bring one to market by spring of [2019]. Let us hope so. Mirrors are the past.