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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Blue439" data-source="post: 822675" data-attributes="member: 53455">To continue our Roman trip, this is a photo, well a snapshot really, which is technically not good at all (this sort of reportage or “street photography” is not at all my thing) but does manage to capture, maybe, an interesting ambience: in Saint Peter’s basilica, on the threshold of the immense nave, a nun stands immobile, like she is stricken by the “divine light” that falls down from the high windows of the cupola that sits over the transept crossing... All the while, and completely oblivious to the beauty of the instant, boorish, or simply uncaptivated tourists stroll around with empty gazes, so that our nun has the moment all for herself and her God... and the casual but respectful observer that I was.I was lucky enough to have this photo used as the main feature on the cover page of the official Vatican website for about three months, back in 2012. I took it on my saint’s day (August 8), so maybe Saint Dominique made me a favor on that day! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll eyes    :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />Nikon D3S, Nikkor 14-24mm ƒ/2.8 G, handheld. 1/60 sec., ƒ/3.2, ISO 500.[ATTACH=full]408667[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

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