We visited Rome, Florence, Venice, and Pisa last week. I’m knee-deep in photos and videos from four different cameras, plus the ones others took. While you wait with bated breath for the usual video summary, here are some photos I liked out of the GoPro camera. I found a couple of cool Lightroom presets last year that really bring out the colors from the usually-dull GoPro images.
Here’s an example. This is Cathedral Square in Pisa, with the famous leaning tower:
Original image
Pisa – Cathedral Square and the leaning tower
Here’s a bunch of my favorites –
Horse and carriage in front of The Pantheon – Rome, Italy
Wendy and Justin at The Colosseum
Ponte Vecchio
A bunch of toilets in Ostia Antica
Rome, Italy
Florence, Italy
Gondola in Venice, Italy
Ceiling in Borghese Gallery – Rome, Italy
One more shot during our bike tour
Piazza della Rotonda
Vatican – Rome, Italy
Vatican Museum
One of many running drinking fountains in Rome
Rome, Italy
GoPro shot of Trevi Fountain in Rome, Italy
Night shot of Trevi Fountain in Rome
Michael surveying pizza options in Rome
1622 scultpure by Bernini, in the Borghese Gallery in Rome, Italy.
The four of us in front of the Borghese Gallery in Rome, Italy
Dante statue to the left. Inside you’ll find the tombs of Machiavelli, Michelangelo, and Galileo.
Venice, Italy
The Colosseum at sunrise
Mosaic in Borghese Gallery – Rome, Italy
Ceiling in Borghese Gallery – Rome, Italy
So many selfie sticks
Pantheon facade – Rome, Italy
Rome, Italy
GoPro shot of Ostia Antica, south of Rome
Excellent bike tour of Rome, Italy
The famous (replica) horses over St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice, Italy
Looks like a smaller Colosseum – this is the Teatro Marcello in Rome
Bike tour
Rome, Italy
St. Mark’s Square in Venice, Italy
Photo in front of Il Duomo in Florence
Rome, Italy
Vatican Museum
Between Il Duomo and the baptistry – on a bike tour in Florence
Piazza della Rotonda
Flavian Amphitheatre in Rome, Italy
Rome, Italy
GoPro shot of Sistine Chapel ceiling
1622 statue of David with sling by Bernini – Borghese Gallery – Rome, Italy
Piazza San Marco – Venice, Italy
Justin and Wendy at Ostia Antica
Vatican Museum
Rome, Italy
Pantheon – Rome, Italy
Vatican Museum
Roman Colosseum – this is probably where the emporer stood back in the day
GoPro shot of the Roman Forum
Pisa – Cathedral Square and the leaning tower
With my new Leonardo t-shirt!
GoPro shot of the Pantheon facade – Rome, Italy
Rome, Italy
Vatican Museum
Vatican Museum
These passages were covered in the gladiator days
Rome, Italy
Vatican – Rome, Italy
Tourists surround the famous painting
Hanging out with the other tourists