Inside Basilica of St. Peter, the Vatican

This was taken on my vacation to Italy in April 2004. This was also my first serious use of my DSLR. I carried a small pocket-sized tripod, and used it on the floor of St. Peters to take this shot. I used ISO 100 to keep the digital noise and file size to a minimum, and stopped down to f/8.0 to get a good DOF and sharpness.

I know St. Peter's has been photographed a million times before, but this is my shot and is special to me. I walked around under the main dome for quite some time before I found a composition that I liked. I also had to be patient and wait for other tourists to clear out in front of me :-)

This is a great angle. Your composition and framing are excellent. Very nice exposure as well.

I like it.

 

(Incidentally, this was taken mid to late April, 2004? I was in Rome at the same time. Alas for me that none of my colour Vatican photos are good enough to show.)