Work's been extremely busy for the last two years and I haven't had much time to get the camera out, but finally was able to do some shooting during a vacation to Italy.  Very rusty, but I was still happy with some of my shots.  Overall it was an awesome trip, took two weeks and felt like I didn't scratch the surface of any of the places we went.  Critique welcome!

Probably my favorite shot of the trip that I snapped during some rain in Florence.  Thought about a tighter crop but I like the scale:

Umbrella by Stlrain0341, on Flickr

Couple Colosseum pics:

Untitled by Stlrain0341, on Flickr

Untitled by Stlrain0341, on Flickr

Few shots from the Vatican:

Detail by Stlrain0341, on Flickr

Sphere by Stlrain0341, on Flickr

Untitled by Stlrain0341, on Flickr

Looking Glass by Stlrain0341, on Flickr

Lake Como:

Como by Stlrain0341, on Flickr

9 by Stlrain0341, on Flickr

Dig it. Thanks for sharing.

You have a great eye for details that make good shots. Excellent photos thanks

Great photos!  What is the "sphere"?

If you take enough shots you get some good ones  But thanks!

Sphere within sphere- series of large bronze sculptures, one of which is in the Vatican.  Its pretty cool looking, and people can push it to rotate it.

http://www.amusingplanet.com/2015/06/sphere-within-sphere-by-arnaldo-pomodoro.html

The Florence pic is GREAT.
I kept your Vatican Maproom shot. I hope you don’t mind. I was just there two weeks ago and my potato pics really don’t do it justice.

The Florence shot is worth clicking the link to see it in full resolution, the Nikon 70-200 4.0 is crazy sharp.

And I hear you on the Vatican, it’s impossible to really capture the scale of that room.  I think that one was like 140 meters long?  I have a few other decent shots from there that I need to go back and edit.  Really wish I would have bought the 14-24 before going

Nice shots!  

Nice photos

OP, might I ask if you were shooting in raw or jpeg?

Raw