More Italy with the Panny 20mm 1.7

Moto Morini at a flea market in Assisi
Panny 20mm 1.7 @ f/2

More scenes from Italy made with the Panny 20mm 1.7 :

Faster than a speeding bullet...

Well, maybe not quite that fast. But rocks and bugs and such coming at you on the road can catch you unawares, and the proper gear can really make your day...

Impact!

I never saw it coming, and still don't know what it was. But I certainly heard it hit me. I assume it was some stone flying off a vehicle's tire. This is why full-face helmets rock, boys and girls. This was nothing more than a blip, barely caught my attention. I can assure you the experience in an open-face helmet, or none at all (yikes) would have been very different.

The force of impact took a good, deep chunk out of the helmet's finish, down to the composite layer.
Glad it wasn't my jaw instead...my lovely visage remains intact

Italy Highlights...

I thought I'd share a few select photos from my recent trip to Italy, many made with my recently acquired Panasonic Lumic G 20mm/f1.7, and all made with the Olympus EPL-2...

Altar of the Fatherland Monument, Rome

St. Peter's Square from the cuppola of St. Peter's Basilica

Michelangelo's Pieta, in St. Peter's

Dome of St. Peter's across the Tiber from Ponte Sant'angelo

Foro Romano at night, from above the Portico Dii Consentes

Growing thunderhead above Ponte Vittorio, Rome

Santa Maria Del Fiori from Giotto's Campanile (belltower)

Benedictine Church of St. Peter in Assisi

Piazza del Campo, Siena, from atop the unfinished 14th c. extension wall of the Duomo

Today's Photo...

A venerable R90/6 on Duke's West Campus
December 10th, 2013
Lumix G 20mm/F1.7 @ f/2.0 (that's one sharp lens)