Italy - Tuscany

I have just finished processing and posting the first of three galleries on my trip to Italy earlier in the month. Here are six pictures from that gallery, I hope you enjoy them. All images taken handheld with a D2H and 17-55mm f2.8 lens.

Assembly hall, Uffizi palace, Florence

NIKON D2H    ---    17mm    f/4.0    1/60s    ISO 200

Pont del Vecchio, Florence

NIKON D2H    ---    28mm    f/9.0    1/320s    ISO 200

Side chapel, Duomo, Florence

NIKON D2H    ---    44mm    f/2.8    1/10s    ISO 200

Christ and Mary Magdalene

NIKON D2H    ---    55mm    f/2.8    1/80s    ISO 200

Michaelangelo sculpture

NIKON D2H    ---    34mm    f/2.8    1/25s    ISO 200

Sculpture of Phillipi Brunelleschi's death

NIKON D2H    ---    30mm    f/2.8    1/125s    ISO 200

 

Thanks Chris. Image #2 was shot with my 17-55mm lens and because the scene is so large you have no choice but to tilt the camera up. This of course leads to converging lines at the top of the image. If there were a way to shoot from higher up and keep you camera level that would not happen but alas there is not.

 

Thanks Ken, you can see the rest of the gallery by going onto my Pbase website. I am still working of gallery #2 and #3.

 

Thanks Mike, I gave a lot of thought to that image. I purposely let the focus on Mary go soft in order to give emphasis to Christ. It is also one of my favorites. Handholding the camera for all of the indoor shots was a challenge in that it was fairly dark in almost every building.

 

Hi Patrick and Elliott,

This was a fun trip and I am happy to share it with you. Thanks for the correction Patrick, I will make the change.

 

Thanks Dao and Hans. The trip was fun but a lot of hard work too with all the walking every day.

 

I'm glad I could help your live vicariously. Thanks for your comments.

 

Hi Frank, thanks for taking the time to look and comment. As for the above picture, I think we all felt that way, I just couldn't find anyplace to sleep like that. After 40 hours in route we were pretty wasted.