The Vatican Museums…
by Rodney Campbell on Jan.24, 2018, under Life, Photography
The two attractions that most visitors come to see within the Vatican City are the Vatican Museums & St Peter’s Basilica. Vatican City is just to the north of the city centre of Rome – indeed the Vatican is it’s own (small) country (the smallest in the world).
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NIKON D750 + 28.0-300.0 mm f/3.5-5.6 @ 230 mm, 1/250 sec at f/5.6, ISO 2500
Note: These photographs (especially the wider shots) look much better when larger. To see larger versions in an inline overlay slideshow gallery viewer click any of the images.
Again I’d booked my tickets online in advance before leaving Australia which allowed us to skip the absolutely massive line outside. We arrived at opening time (9AM) and the queue was already hundreds of metres long.
NIKON D750 + 28.0-300.0 mm f/3.5-5.6 @ 28 mm, 1/30 sec at f/5.6, ISO 220
Inside the Vatican Museum is an enormous ornate hallway running the length of the museum hosting the galleries of Candelabra, Tapestries & Maps.
The Map Gallery
NIKON D750 + 28.0-300.0 mm f/3.5-5.6 @ 28 mm, 1/30 sec at f/5.6, ISO 100
The Map Gallery
NIKON D750 + 28.0-300.0 mm f/3.5-5.6 @ 28 mm, 1/30 sec at f/5.6, ISO 125
Just before the Sistine Chapel there’s an outside walkway (many stories up) with a view over the inner courtyard of the building – used as a parking lot for the Vatican workforce.
NIKON D750 + 28.0-300.0 mm f/3.5-5.6 @ 28 mm, 1/50 sec at f/5.6, ISO 100
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