the world from behind her camera
Project 365 anno ’10
The Vatican City (002)
Jan 2nd
December 11, 2009 was the day. I finally got the chance to see this place. ‘Indrukwekkend!’ (Impressive!) once you reach the top of St. Peter’s Basilica and get a full view of the smallest country in the world both by population and area.
The name “Vatican” is ancient and predates Christianity, coming from the Latin Mons Vaticanus, meaning Vatican Mount. The territory of Vatican City is part of the Mons Vaticanus, and of the adjacent former Vatican Fields where St. Peter’s Basilica, the Apostolic Palace, the Sistine Chapel, and museums were built, along with various other buildings. The area was part of the Roman rione of Borgo until 1929. Being separated from the city, on the west bank of the Tiber river, the area was an outcrop of the city that was protected by being included within the walls of Leo IV, and later expanded by the current fortification walls of Paul III/Pius IV/Urban VIII. When the Lateran Treaty of 1929 that gave the state its present form was being prepared, the boundaries of the proposed territory were influenced by the fact that much of it was all but enclosed by this loop. For some tracts of the frontier, there was no wall, but the line of certain buildings supplied part of the boundary, and for a small part of the frontier a modern wall was constructed. The territory includes St. Peter’s Square, distinguished from the territory of Italy only by a white line along the limit of the square, where it touches Piazza Pio XII. St. Peter’s Square is reached through the Via della Conciliazione which runs from the Tiber River to St. Peter’s. This grand approach was constructed by Benito Mussolini after the conclusion of the Lateran Treaty.
Droplets (microphotography – 001)
Jan 1st
Few months ago I attempted to try microphotography by using water droplets. I didn’t know exactly what to do but just followed my instinct. I have this wonderful photographer on my Flickr account list of friends and he’s a genius when it comes to microphotography. I love his works!
At first I used marco filters on my sigma 105mm but I wasn’t impressed (by the cheap filters
) I thought of capturing them really close. But this shot with all 5 roplets satisfied me.
Gotta practise ..gotta practise!



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