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<blockquote data-quote="Blue439" data-source="post: 822779" data-attributes="member: 53455">Despite being from the country of Doisneau and Cartier-Bresson, I am definitely not an adept of street photography... but sometimes, you get lucky! This was in one of the old trams in Lisbon, Portugal. Nikon D3, Nikkor 24-70mm ƒ/2.8 G lens.[ATTACH=full]408803[/ATTACH]... and this is the opposite of the Sardinia ruined church photo I posted yesterday. From this angle, you can see that the church had three naves, it was therefore quite large. Ruins of outbuildings are also visible to the right, which leads me to believe that there probably was a monastery there. I admit I never took the time to research it before, but I just did and it happens I am right. The church is named San Nicola di Silanis and it was donated in 1122 by a couple of local lords to the abbey of Monte Cassino, which was of course the home of Saint Benedict, founder of the Benedictine order in the 500s (see the Wikipedia page of San Nicola in English <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Nicola_di_Silanis" target="_blank">here</a>).Nikon Z7, Nikkor F 19mm ƒ/4 PC-E tilt-shift lens, FTZ adapter. Gitzo tripod, Benro geared head. NiSi S5 filter holder and Ø150–mm circular polarizing filter.[ATTACH=full]408804[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blue439, post: 822779, member: 53455"] Despite being from the country of Doisneau and Cartier-Bresson, I am definitely not an adept of street photography... but sometimes, you get lucky! This was in one of the old trams in Lisbon, Portugal. Nikon D3, Nikkor 24-70mm ƒ/2.8 G lens. [ATTACH type="full"]408803[/ATTACH] ... and this is the opposite of the Sardinia ruined church photo I posted yesterday. From this angle, you can see that the church had three naves, it was therefore quite large. Ruins of outbuildings are also visible to the right, which leads me to believe that there probably was a monastery there. I admit I never took the time to research it before, but I just did and it happens I am right. The church is named San Nicola di Silanis and it was donated in 1122 by a couple of local lords to the abbey of Monte Cassino, which was of course the home of Saint Benedict, founder of the Benedictine order in the 500s (see the Wikipedia page of San Nicola in English [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Nicola_di_Silanis']here[/URL]). Nikon Z7, Nikkor F 19mm ƒ/4 PC-E tilt-shift lens, FTZ adapter. Gitzo tripod, Benro geared head. NiSi S5 filter holder and Ø150–mm circular polarizing filter. [ATTACH type="full"]408804[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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