It seemed like the woman didn't trust me ( she might have thought I was taking pictures of her land ) and right now, my Italian isn't good enough to explain that I have absolutely no bad intentions, that I am just on a walk and like to take pictures of nature.

Ha ha, that's pretty funny. I'm very snap happy with camera phone too since joining Hive and I'm sure people often give me a second look when photographing a pint, a tree, a mushroom etc!