[Leica] Taormina

[Peter Klein]

Back to Sicily, where the first stop on our tour was Taormina.

Mt. Etna showed itself briefly at daybreak.
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Me, waxing lyrical
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Greek theater:
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Through the arch:
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Coastline:
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In Italy, it's a stone mason's adhesive. Leica users will understand...
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Girl in yellow:
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There's a story behind this last picture. Last summer, I attended an 
adult music camp. One of the pieces we played in the orchestra was the 
overture to an operetta by Camille Saint-Saens called "La Princesse 
Jaune" (The Yellow Princess). The story was about a young man who falls 
in love with the portrait of a Japanese princess dressed in yellow. In a 
dream, he travels to Japan and meets her, but eventually decides that 
his sweetheart back home is who he really loves.  So when I saw the 
young woman, I just had to take her picture.  I told her the story, she 
thought it was cool, and she posed for me.

Olympus E-M5 and 20/1.7, 25/1.4 or 45/1.8.  Enjoy.
--Peter