This week’s theme is Sunshine. I snapped the shot getting off the subway near the Colosseum one morning in Rome. (The sunburst is achieved by setting the aperture to f/32 and shooting.)

Here’s some more shots of sculpture from Italy…these particular sculptures are from Loggia dei Lanzi in the Piazza della Signoria.

Rape of the Sabine Women

One of the Many Lions in Florence

Perseus with Medusa's Head

These shots are of sculpture from the collection at the Vatican.

Child Ringing a Duck's Neck

Bacchus

This week Friday’s theme is “Overcast”. Here’s a repost of a panorama of the Arno.

Shots of Graffiti…I deviated on these images, as I usually don’t do much post processing when shooting street photography. I tried to enhance the grittiness of these images to make them feel more dirty…

Here’s some Latin text on the Santa Maria in Cosmedin, Rome, Italy. This church houses the famous “Mouth of Truth” as seen in the film Roman Holiday….While waiting to stick my hand in it’s mouth, I read some of the Latin inscriptions. In fact Rome and Italy were full of ancient Latin and ancient Greek inscriptions, and even some ancient Hebrew. I had a field day reading all three. Thank you Mrs. Sullivan, Dr. Mosley, and Dr. Warren…All those dead languages helped me be a better tourist!

Latin Text

Santa Maria in Cosmedin

Here are two shots of the Arno River, looking East and West. To the West is the Ponte Vecchio and other famous Florentine landmarks.

Looking East

Looking West

It’s Photo Friday, and this week’s theme is “Night Life”

Here’s a shot from the Via Por Santa Maria in Florence at night

It’s Photo Friday at photofriday.com. This week’s theme is “Self Protrait”. Here’s a shot of April and I…I took it holding the camera at arms length while we kissed.

A personal favorite of mine from Italy: an HDR Panorama from the Ponte Vecchio looking northward down the Arno.