What’s Your Preference?

beth0b · #1 (**permalink**) 08-27-2009, 11:25 PM

From a recent trip to Italy... Here are a few shots from a visit to the Vatican. What an amazing place! Too bad we could not take pictures in the Sistine Chapel.

Inside St Peter's Basilica. If you look near the bottom right of the picture you can see a dark alter - Just this structure alone is 98 feet tall! Hopefully that helps with giving you a sense of scale.. pictures really do not do that place justice. It's really a very grand and beautiful church, with just the most amazing architecture and artwork.

Here is a statue of St. Peter, with the front of St. Peter's Basilica in the background:

Standing in front of the Basilica, from my point of view:

And lastly, a picture taken of St. Peter's Square from in front of the Basilica:

There are more pictures from Italy and France are on my flickr. Thanks for looking!

Bernzfotos · #2 (**permalink**) 08-27-2009, 11:27 PM

Been there and loved it.

Also love these fotos Beth - No. 1 is impressive with that light shining through. Cheers, Bernz

beth0b · #3 (**permalink**) 08-28-2009, 12:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Bernzfotos

Been there and loved it.

Also love these fotos Beth - No. 1 is impressive with that light shining through. Cheers, Bernz

Isn't it an amazing place? I really loved visiting. Thanks for the comment

scootsmom · #4 (**permalink**) 08-28-2009, 12:57 AM

Great set! They are all beautiful, but that 1st one is amazing. I looked at it on your flikr in large size, and it is just beautiful! Another place I want to visit someday.

Allyson

bearly · #5 (**permalink**) 08-28-2009, 01:12 AM

those are excellent... i absolutely love the sunbeams coming in through the upper windows in the first one...

what an incredible building... i've never been there but i'm studying architecture so i know this building quite well

shmelly · #6 (**permalink**) 08-28-2009, 01:32 AM

Great set of photos the first is amazing you have captured so much detail.

Hayward Taylor · #7 (**permalink**) 08-28-2009, 01:49 AM

Hi Beth - love the different angle and perspective of your iimages .. that last photo is super .. my wife and I were in Italy in 2002 and I was able to take photos in the Chapel .. I didn't use the flash and I disconnected the shutter sound .. very nice photos

CanonRebelz · #8 (**permalink**) 08-28-2009, 01:50 AM

Whoah. The lighting and detail in that first one is AMAZING!

simplyjoed · #9 (**permalink**) 08-28-2009, 01:55 AM

Great shots! so much detail. What lens did you use?

beth0b · #10 (**permalink**) 08-28-2009, 02:07 AM

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Originally Posted by scootsmom

Great set! They are all beautiful, but that 1st one is amazing. I looked at it on your flikr in large size, and it is just beautiful! Another place I want to visit someday.

Allyson

Thanks for taking the time to view a larger image! Sometimes I wish we could post them larger on here, although I do understand the longer loading time and how the pages would be formatted weird.. etc. Haha anyway thanks for the comment, it's really a fabulous must-see place!

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Originally Posted by bearly

those are excellent... i absolutely love the sunbeams coming in through the upper windows in the first one...

what an incredible building... i've never been there but i'm studying architecture so i know this building quite well

Yeah the sun coming through was really lucky! I bought a book about the place once I left, and I've been reading all about it. Must be interesting to study!

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Originally Posted by shmelly

Great set of photos the first is amazing you have captured so much detail.

Thanks very much, yes there is much detail in the shot, but it still does not do the building justice!

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Originally Posted by Hayward Taylor

Hi Beth - love the different angle and perspective of your iimages .. that last photo is super .. my wife and I were in Italy in 2002 and I was able to take photos in the Chapel .. I didn't use the flash and I disconnected the shutter sound .. very nice photos

Well thank you very much for the comment! Lucky that you got some pictures inside the chapel. They were really cracking down on anyone that took any so I didn't take my chances..

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Originally Posted by CanonRebelz

Whoah. The lighting and detail in that first one is AMAZING!

Thank you very much, as always!

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Originally Posted by simplyjoed

Great shots! so much detail. What lens did you use?

I actually only have the kit lens, 18-55mm on my D60