Been There, Done That
Piazza San Pietro, Vatican City
The tour begins.
Bernini’s massive Piazza San Pietro is a breathtaking work of baroque town planning laid out in the 17th Century as a place for Christians to gather. Looked at from above the piazza resembles a giant keyhole: two semicircular colonades, each made up of four rows of Doric columns. On the square there are…
Hang on I think we have a straggler.. “Can you keep up please… stay with the group!”
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dinghysailor1
nice one!!...chuckles…
:)))
David Harris
Haha!! I have been there Paul and yes, it is a stunning piece of architecture and planning! In Rome, it must have been really exiting at that time when you had Bernini and Angelo putting up these great master pieces all over town! You have captured this so beautifuly! I love shots like this. Great work Paul!
Julie Langford
Excellent Paul – great symmetry and wonderful lighting. the textures are exquisite. Great work as always – Well done
Halcyon007
The light on the ground is sending chills down my spine! The detail and texture in the tiles on the floor is just mindblowingly amazing.
It’s not just reserved for the floors though! Those pillars just gleam on the right, standing so tall and immense (great use of person (have not got a clue as to whether man / woman from this distance so I won’t guess) to show the impressive scale of it all).
The framing of it all is also superb. Floor, roof and two sides, all there to see and those scratchings on the ceiling really add to the shot to.
Imber
Beautiful image.
Deborah Parkin
love the perspective of this Paul – the way it gentle sweep round. The detail and texture is wonderful in this – you can almost feel the stonework – the figure/person in the back really makes this for me as it gives it a sense of scale and its grandeur.
Naomi Frost
LOL….fantastic despription…sorry I was lagging behind…got caught up in the magnificent processing here. Terrific textures throughout this entire piece and I love the person who gives perspective. Those colonades are really tall!
Rosina Lamberti
Oooh, that’s really beautiful…good shot!
Paul Tupman
Thanks all for your wonderful comments on this.. I really appreciate them all… :-)
Zsuzsa Korody
This is amazing!!! You made the perfect picture of the place… I love Varican City, there are so many things to capture…:-) Great shot!
Azzurra
i walked through there…rome is so photogenic..anything you shoot is great!! haha nice shot!
Mark Tisdale
Ha, I’m often the last one in the group, too. It’s the curse of the photographers. I remember this area well and your capture of it is really nice!
coffeebean
Ahh yes….. ok been there, done that AND been the straggler too! ....BUT haven’t captured anything near as GREAT as this image, well done, it’s wonderful and the straggler gives that important sense of scale.
ktowers
excellent shot
Jonicool
this is really beautiful! wow!
Michelle Boyer
Great composition
Birgitta
This is breathtaking photography, Paul. (!!)
I’m blown away by it…seriously. Terrifically rich in texture and as always-
your tones. Just love it.
pmistric
Beautiful architectural columns and beautiful white tones. I like how the walkway glistens. Great job!!!
Lisa Kenny
most impressive !!
Elana Bailey
This is truly lovely. Fab tones, lighting, perspective and mood. An instant fav. Well done.
Paul Tupman
Thank you again Elana.. :-)