Cathedral Interiors
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We took a walk in the cold last Sunday afternoon and took a turn through our romanesque/gothic cathedral. Here are a few of the shots I took - a usual in a dim gothic cathedral, a bit of a light challenge, especially with the 4-5.6 zoom that was on my camera at the time. They're all hand-held at iso 1600 or 3200. I tried not to do too much noise reduction...
1) looking down the nave towards the apse
2) detail: door into the apse
3) detail: door into apse
4) detail: radiating chapel gate
5) window: the Prophet Daniel (this set of 5 windows are the oldest in Germany)
6) I find it slghtly jarring that this early 18th century chapel is tacked on to the side of the building
7) the cloister corridor is full of grave-marking epitaphs
8) handle on a sarcophagus of one of the former bishops
As usual, critic and comments welcome.
Cheers, Sara
1) looking down the nave towards the apse
2) detail: door into the apse
3) detail: door into apse
4) detail: radiating chapel gate
5) window: the Prophet Daniel (this set of 5 windows are the oldest in Germany)
6) I find it slghtly jarring that this early 18th century chapel is tacked on to the side of the building
7) the cloister corridor is full of grave-marking epitaphs
8) handle on a sarcophagus of one of the former bishops
As usual, critic and comments welcome.
Cheers, Sara
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For #4, if mine I would play around with tighter crop to lose distracting background....(some of the interesting part would be lost)
For #6 I would see what cloning tool can do with that wire....:D
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Thanks, Taz, glad you like them!
-for #4 I'm not sure I agree with you about the distracting background but can see where you're coming from. I'll check through my pictures to see if I have one with less DOF.
- on #6 I see what you mean. The wire is holding up this:
So here's the question about photographic honesty: do you take something out of a scene that has an actual function as a part of that scene? It's not like taking a construction crane out of the silhouette of a medieval city (done that :-) . What do you all think?
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It depends on your intent. If you are documenting or doing photojournalism, then cloning stuff out in post is not permissible; you can lose your job and reputation if you get caught. You have to lie when framing the shot in the viewfinder instead
As cathedrals go, Augsburg's is pretty dark so shooting there is always a bit of a challenge. On the other hand we are so spoiled today in terms of high iso settings - remember when you were lucky to have iso 400 or 800 film in your camera??? Those were the days when I developed a very steady hand and the trick of bracing myself or my camera against a pillar or on the back of a pew.
--as to cloning I admit I am also more from the leave-it-as-it-is school except when it is something like a construction crane against the sky in a medieval village. A certain degree of that is laziness on my part but I also feel that those imperfections remind us that the world is indeed far from perfect - and I'm not sure that perfect is always interesting.
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Lots of interesting details - I'm perennially amazed at the art, architecture, science,
and engineering that went into the construction of the great cathedrals... good job on the cloning too!
I like 1, 5 , 6 and 7.
I probably would have changed my POV to include such a beautiful luminaire in no 6 and then cloning would be moot.
No 1 has a little barrel distortion that can usually be fixed in software.
My particular favorite is no 7 for the leading lines and perfect exposure.
The dynamic range and color in no 5 is very good.
@ Eric - like you I'm always amazed at the engineering and craftsmanship of a thousand years ago. What makes Augsburg's cathedral particularly interesting is the mix of eras - it was first built in Romanesque times, extensively added on in the Gothic and then in the Baroque they stuck on that fancy chapel on the side. A real mish-mosh of styles.
@ Willard: thanks for pointing out the distortion on #1 - I already had to spend some time correcting the "upright" of it but now I see that I missed the distortion. On #5 I got lucky that the winter light coming through the window was not too bright - I took several shots and this exposure was the best. #6: I'll have to go back and see if I can get a good shot with the candelabra AND the dome - it's kind of a weird angle as the candelabra hangs fairly far below the dome...
Glad you both liked the set!
Cheers, Sara
Sara, this is a wonderful shot. Great use of light!!
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