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The campo in Siena is beautiful...that's why the tourists flock there. Depending when in September you may be in with a chance to shoot some of the Vendemmia (grape harvest). <br><br>

San Gimignano is nice especially off-season, Massa Marittima too...in fact too many places are. Assisi, next door in Umbria but on a pretty direct road from Siena is definately worth a visit. They've spent an inordinate amount of time rebuilding and repairing after the earthquake and to see Giotto's frescos in the Basilica is a sight to behold (but don't try to photograph them unless you want a monk that makes Arnie look like Barbie come crashing down on you). The Piazza dei Miracoli in Pisa is worth seeing (you have to book tickets online to go up [http://www.opapisa.it/]) even if the rest of Pisa isn't... The twisted, candied pillars on Lucca's church are beautiful as is most of Lucca.....man there's too much!<br> <br>

You CAN do too much. Relax, eat the fresh food in tratorias, visit the markets, drink the wine, make friends with the locals and sample the atmosphere..join in the passegiata. One of the joys of Bella Toscana (not Bella Tuscany Francis Hayes!)is the amount of footpaths from one town to the next through beautiful countryside...these may be old Roman roads and footpaths. Books on some walks can be found here from the Map Centre in the UK <br>http://www.themapcentre.com/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Italy__Walking_Guides_417.html<br>

Amazon may have some too.<br>

Learn some Italian too (if you don't already)..a. little goes a long way.<br>

Try the Arts Council in London - they should be able to point you in the right direction. <br> <br>

Telephone 0207 3330100 <br>

Fax 0207 9736581 <br>

www.artscouncil.org.uk <br>

<i>Why is it when companies become successful they get attacked? This is a very European phenomenon and is often intimately connected with anti-Americanism (unless you are British and then success is always attacked whenever it appears)</I>

Robin - your paranoia is not welcomed here. I have travelled extensively in the States and could easily say that, it seems in my experience, all Americans are fat, self-indulgent, oblivious of (and insensitive to) other cultures. Having had a broad experience of the world I realise that while this might seem to be true it is in fact untrue. However, your statement on the Europeans and British are making me reconsider.

Hi - this may be a bit late and I think one of the above posters may be an agent - these books are excellent.

http://www.graphistudio.com/en/index.html

I've been looking for a way of creating a locked CD to put preview

images on and cannot find how to do it. Does anyone have any info on

software?

Also - does anyone using this method find it a better way of

creating a preview album...?

Hasselblad much better than Bronica? I think not. Side by side printed 20X30 the differences are minimal. If you want to argue that I've got a duff CFi lens then please do.

Hasselblad broke down 1 year from new. Bronica (ETRS and GS1) never did.

Thanks all for the information.

Got to Monticello when a storm blew in - total white-out conditions. Stayed in Blanding for one night and tried to make the trip but the roads were hell (ice and snow). Newspaper rock will have to wait as will Canyonlands. However it meant diverting...went through New Mexico back to AZ and got some great shots at Petroglyph NM outside AQ. Drivers in AQ - something else.....

Can anyone help with some local knowledge regarding:<br><br>

<u>Newspaper Rock Canyonlands </u><br>

1)How easy is it to get to the rock and from where(Needles?)<br>

2)How difficult is it to photograph in winter?<br>

3)The area is supposed to be very dry. Any ideas how much snow is

likely in early January?<br><br><u>Tucson</U><br>

4)Any good recommendations for stores to buy snow chains from?

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Thanks

Any one any idea where there might be a petroglyph or other marking

of Kokopelli to photograph in AZ?