Critique St Peter's Square - view over Rome from the Copula

[SFTPhotography]

_DSC1700 by SFTPhotography, on Flickr

_DSC1689 (1) by SFTPhotography, on Flickr

It's a shame they ban tripods up here. The view at blue hour in the morning would be truly epic. Hand held these and used the railings to support the camera.

 

[doggel]

Fascinating images & memorable photos. #2 is the better, for its tighter angle of field, IMO. Nice to be able to see the familiar green Tiber.
(BTW I am concerned about there being a 'copula' over The Vatican- or is it just that the architect's name was Freud)

 

[lightshipman]

Very nice, what a view

 

[pingu666]

could u clamp to the railings? might be worth a try

nice pics, prefer the second i think

 

[SFTPhotography]

could u clamp to the railings? might be worth a try

nice pics, prefer the second i think

I've been thinking this over. Possibly. They're quite tightly spaced, it's mobbed up there and there's a security fella up there too. Maybe worth a try. I'll go back maybe mid/late oct and the blue hours that bit early it might be open.

The other option is to hand hold, shoot a much wider aperture and bump the ISO up

 

[Bobsyeruncle]

Stunning view.
Prefer image 2