Mvsei Vaticani, the Musuem of the Vatican, including the Sistine Chapel (where photography is forbidden, but widely engaged in, but this little Mennonite boy didn’t feel comfy taking any pics)
Some of the beautiful modern architecture of the Vatican Museum that contrasts so nicely will all of the old
More of the same, including the top of the famous staircase
A large courtyard that is part of the Vatican Museum tour
If we would have had more time here (we just rushed through the courtyard), that ball would have offered myriad creative photo opportunities
St. Peter and his golden ball
Honeymoon trip? or trying to read a brochure with tiny print?
“Back to back they faced each other…”
I love these masks! They’re amazing…
Lions, eagles, etc
The walls of the Vatican buildings were just one huge painting interrupted by intricately carved columns, golden gilding, and statues
Instructions for descending the stairs
Mennonites Descending a Staircase
A very famous, nice looking staircase, at that
My dear brother Benji acting normal. btw, we were *not* eating at McDonalds. We were experiencing local cuisine (ok, we stopped at a supermarket and got pizza) and were only at McDonalds because they had tables to sit at.
My earlier compunctions about taking pictures in forbidden places (Sistine Chapel) had given way to bitter regret that I had such compunctions. So I avidly snapped pictures (as soon as the mandatory tour guide was around a couple of tunnel corners as to ensure he did not see the powerful flash; unfortunately, when he got to the next room, he would wait until everyone filed in to begin his speech. Since the darkness was giving even my infrared focusing trouble, I was nearly always the last one to sidle innocently (or not so innocently perhaps) into the room. He would give me a stern look and say, “Are you the last one?” I would innocently reply, “I think so.”) in the catacombs, where doing so was forbidden.
The church above the catacombs
A side chapel
The ceiling
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September 2nd, 2008 at 1:04 am
All of the HDRs in this post were shot as RAW and batch converted to HDR. Neither the HDRs or non-HDRs have any post processing except perhaps some routine whole picture leveling. This, of course, excludes the obvious selective color picture, Back to back they faced each other.
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