I may have admitted earlier to having a slight gondolier obsession. I may have also owned up to standing in one place and shooting hundreds of pictures of them at a time. But never let them say that it was not a fruitful indulgence!
At one point I switched from wide-angle to high-power telephoto so I could snap close-up pictures of the things that were passing under us. I got lucky enough to catch the photo of possibly the most intense-looking Italian I saw in my time there. I think that the reason that I like this photo so much is because not only is he a gondolier, but he also reminds me so much of Cory -- if you see him sticking his tongue out like that, you know he's concentrating on something. And for someone who likes gondoliers as much as I do, what could be better than one who reminds you of your husband?
This photo is from our honeymoon. If you'd like large resolution, enlargement-quality copies of any of the files you see from our adventures in Italy, please leave a comment and let me know.