Saint Peter's Square
Vatican City.
360° panorama created from a video using Luminar.
Basilica Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano
View from via Della Conciliazione, coming in from Castel Sant'Angelo. Rome, Vatican City.
Some electric wires and street signs removed using Pixelmator.
Ornate
Light pole in front of the Basilica di San Pietro, St. Peter's Square, Vatican City
Largo del Colonnato
Looking eastwards on a sunny Italian morning at sunlight filtering through the columns running around St. Peter's Square. Vatican City.
Palatio
Ruins of a domus on the Palatine. Roma, LZ.
A chain in the foreground used to keep visitors out has been removed using Pixelmator.
Hollowed Three-D
A lightning struck tree sparkles on during golden hour. On the grounds of the Villa Grazioli, Grottaferrata, Rome, LZ.
To perceive depth (which can be extreme, notice the slightly browner leaves in the foreground at top left), cross eyes and superpose left image viewed with right eye over right image viewed with left eye. The brain will do the rest.
A vista of Italian Stone pine
A vast field of green down the slopes of Grottaferrata, with a crown of Stone pine trees punctuating the view. View west from Villa Grazioli, Grottaferrata, Rome, LZ.
Haze removed using Luminar.
Arc of Time: Bookends of Empire
That's the Colosseum in the background on the left, and the Arch of Constantine in the foreground on the right. They both look equally ancient now, but their construction was separated by more than 230 -- two hundred and thirty! -- years. The Colosseum was started c.72 AD by Vespasian and finished in 80 AD by Titus. The Arch was erected by Constantine to commemorate his victory over Maxentius at the Battle of Milvian Bridge of 312 AD. As such, these two structures mark the golden age of Rome at the height of Empire. Vespasian's ascent to the purple in 69 AD marked the end of all pretensions of a return to the Republic. And soon after Constantine took over, he shifted the capital to Byzantium. View from the edge of the Palatine hill, Roma, LZ.
This is one of my favorite photographs, but will mean nothing to anybody else. This is why this album is run the way it is.
Frescoes of Villa Grazioli .. [3 / 3]
Magnificent frescoes decorate the doorways and walls and ceilings of the late-renaissance era Villa Grazioli in Grottaferrata outside Rome, LZ.
Frescoes of Villa Grazioli .. [2 / 3]
Magnificent frescoes decorate the walls and ceilings of the late-renaissance era Villa Grazioli in Grottaferrata outside Rome, LZ.
Frescoes of Villa Grazioli .. [1 / 3]
Magnificent frescoes decorate the walls and ceilings of the late-renaissance era Villa Grazioli in Grottaferrata outside Rome, LZ.
On the Third Day
A ceiling fresco at Villa Grazioli, artist unknown, appears to be a variation on Raphael's God Separating Land from Water. Grottaferrata, Roma, LZ.
Lavender on the wall .. [3 / 3]
Spring flowers hug the walls of the Temple of Antoninus and Faustina by the Via Sacra leading into the Forum Romanum. Rome, LZ.
Lavender on the temple .. [2 / 3]
Spring flowers hug the walls of the Temple of Antoninus and Faustina by the Via Sacra leading into the Forum Romanum. Rome, LZ.
Lavender on the roof .. [1 / 3]
Spring flowers hug an ancient roof by the Via Sacra. Forum Romanum, Rome, LZ.
Roman Spring
New buds bloom by the road side -- one of the oldest road of the lot, Via Sacra -- on the Palatine hill. Forum Romanum, Rome, LZ.
In camera HDR.