Vatican City: St Peter’s Square

The Late Renaissance design of St Peter’s Basilica has greatly influenced church architecture in Western Christendom. The Baroque Neoclassical St Peter’s Square, designed by Bernini, is “the greatest of all piazzas before the greatest of all churches of Christendom” (History of Architecture, Sir Banister Fletcher, 1896).

Nikon D200 | 18-200mm VR @ 80mm | 1/320s @ f/8 | ISO 200 | Handheld

Nikon D200 | 18-200mm VR @ 18mm | 1/2500s @ f/5.6 | ISO 800 | Handheld

Nikon D200 | 18-200mm VR @ 32mm | 1/1000s @ f/8 | ISO 800 | Handheld

Nikon D200 | 18-200mm VR @ 24mm | 1s @ f/11 | ISO 1600 | Handheld

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The Great Ocean Road, Victoria: Sights and Vistas

Some of the attractions and landscapes along the Great Ocean Road.

Split point Lighthouse, Aireys Inlet

Nikon D200 | 18-200mm VR @ 26mm | 1/125s @ f/11 | ISO 100 | Handheld

Nikon D200 | 18-200mm VR @ 40mm | 1/350s @ f/8 | ISO 100 | Handheld

Cape Otway Lighthouse

Nikon D200 | 18-200mm VR @ 55mm | 1/60s @ f/16 | ISO 100 | Handheld

Port Campbell

Nikon D200 | 18-200mm VR @ 27mm | 1/160s @ f/11 | ISO 100 | Handheld

Cape Otway

Nikon D200 | 18-200mm VR @ 112mm | 1/30s @ f/16 | ISO 100 | Handheld

Princetown

Nikon D200 | 18-200mm VR @ 56mm | 1/60s @ f/16 | ISO 100 | Handheld

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