A stunning interior

One of the most remarkable interiors I've seen is the 16th and 17th century Medici Chapel in Florence. It houses the tombs of several members of the wealthy and powerful Medici family, and the stunning designs in marble are second to none. The magnificent dome is much lighter than the lower portions of the chapel because of the high windows, and this required HDR to even out the exposure. I used 3-f/stop increments between the three frames I shot because the contrast was so extreme. I used my new Sigma 14mm f/1.8 ultra wide angle for this, and unfortunately that included some scaffolding covering one section of marble. I wasn't sure I could eliminate it, but after an hour's work I did it. I'll post the shot of the dome tomorrow, but for now I wanted to show the incredible designs in the floor and on one of the walls. The unusually large lens aperture of this Sigma lens is invaluable in dark interiors where no tripods are allowed. My settings for this shot were 1/200, f/1.8, 3200 ISO. I purposely moved back a few feet from the immediate foreground to help increase depth of field because an aperture as large as f/1.8 has such shallow focus.