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Photographer’s Note

Saint Peter's Square, Rome, Italy.
[June 2007]

This is the large public square outside Saint Peter's Basilica, which is considered the greatest church on Earth. The square is actually round, with the perimeter marked by two huge colonnades.
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~At the center of the square is an Egyptian obelisk brought to Rome by Caligula in 38 from the town of Heliopolis, on the Nile Delta. It was part of Nero's Circus where Saint Peter was crucified, and where construction on Saint Peter's began in 324. The obelisk was moved to its present location by Pope Sixtus V.

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Thanks,
Pelin

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aadilj (17950) 2008-03-05 1:04

The textures in the sky are vivid and beautiful. I like the blue haze and the architecture as you have captured it. The composition is superb and nice.

jorgi (3804) 2008-03-05 1:21

Hi Paulina,

beautiful presentation of Rome. I like the vastness shown here with obelisk touching the enormous blue sky. Foregorung seats offer to seat and embrace this magnificent square full of wonderfull buildings and most pleasant atmosphere. The relation beetween ground part and hypnotic blue sky is superb and gives great sense of openess.

Kind regards,
Jeri

cyborg83 (3798) 2008-03-05 1:45

NO w koncu cos w kolorze, ja dzis tez porzucilem sepie :)
Fajna fotka ze swietna kompozycja i cudnym kolorem nieba,
Rameczka tez udana,
pozdrawiam

tedesse (13212) 2008-03-05 3:14

Witaj!
Fantastyczny kadr w piêknych kolorach i bajecznym niebie.
Pozdrawiam Tadeusz

JanD (15043) 2008-03-05 5:30

Czolem Pelin!
Bardzo dobry POV. Ciekawa perspektywa. Przesliczne barwy. Interesujace swiatlo.
Ladne foto.
Pozdrawiam!

Felip (3905) 2008-03-05 8:19

Aaaaaaarrrrgggghhhhhh!, Paula, how can you have done this?. Look at the enormous mass of sky in comparison with the buildings, obelisk, and square...If I were you, I would run to give myself ten scourges ;)
If only you would have took the image from the street opposite, and in a landscape format, it surely would have looked much better (even if the square was full of chairs, as i can observe). I'm sorry but you should have to come back to Rome, and repeat the shot. ÷)
And as punishment, this time I only send you half a kiss! ;)

Pozdrawiam!

Felip

cyim (481) 2008-03-05 23:23

This is a nice shot indeed. I like the wonderful clouds in the sky you captured.
The foreground seemed a little dark on my monitor. ?Intentional

Graal (58714) 2008-03-05 23:27

Miejsce slawne z piekna architektura, bylem tam. Ciekawe barwy, fajny pionowy kadr. Podoba mi sie.
Pozdr. Al.

jurek1951 (26136) 2008-03-06 11:54

Witam Paulina,
kolorystyka super,niebo az chcialo bysie byc w takim,robi atmosfere,miejsce tez interesujace,podoba mi sie,pozdrawiam
Jurek