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D90 + 16-85vr - cathedral architecture

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The weather outside was poor, and the lighting indoor was also affected due to lack of sunlight thru the stained glass windows. Made for a tough lighting experience.

Feel free to provide C&C.
 
Nice shots. Did you shot these handheld ?
Love the last one. Where is it ?
Thanks for sharing
André
 
Very nice photos.

I think the dullness of lighting outdoors helped your photo, since the light through the windows balanced the electric lighting. In my church photos, I nearly always have to take multiple exposures and do blending to get the larger dynamic range.
 
Thanks everyone for the nice comments.

Bingo - to motorcityjim, it is the National Cathedral in Washington DC.

BTW - all were taken handheld. I think they do allow monopods, but I did'nt take mine that day.

I do love the 16-85vr for what it does/is - considering it is not a $1500 pro lens. I love its sharpness, end to end, corner to corner, speed and build quality is excellent.
 
tsh2115 said:
Really like the second shot, it was very dark inside when I went this past summer.
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Well, perhaps the church really is dark, but to me, images that dark just don't appeal to me. They are just so dreary and muddy looking.

I would post-process that photo some. You don't need to use any fancy expensive software either. I just use Photoshop Elements myself, which one can find on sale at places for only $80

So while, like you, I like this image a lot, my feedback for skmdpreview would be to consider some post processing in the future for images like this one. For example, it just took me a couple of minutes in Photoshop Elements to change the photo to this one below. Note that I've also done some perspective and distortion correction too.

I hope you don't mind my editing the photo like this. But as they say, a picture is worth a thousand words. I just want to illustrate what is possible with just a little post-processing.

 
LanceOR - your points are valid. I should have adjusted for perspective distortion. I do have apple aperture. As for lightening things up, yeah - always a balance whether to adjust for lighting which was not there or to keep it in original mood.

Thx for your points.
 
Good photos.!Is this zoom equal to 17-55 in quality???Does your zoom and sensor combo handle high contrast scenes well,do you get blocked shadows and clipped highlights???I find great glass actually increases latitude+DR a bit.
 
LanceOR said:
Well, perhaps the church really is dark, but to me, images that dark just don't appeal to me. They are just so dreary and muddy looking.
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It appears that you blew out some highlights (the two far columns, people at the altar which were already just getting clipped, and the hair of the gentleman in the right foreground). I would have left the levels untouched.
 
tarnish said:
LanceOR said:
Well, perhaps the church really is dark, but to me, images that dark just don't appeal to me. They are just so dreary and muddy looking.
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It appears that you blew out some highlights (the two far columns, people at the altar which were already just getting clipped, and the hair of the gentleman in the right foreground). I would have left the levels untouched.
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Much of the touch up makes sense to me but I agree that it ends up being too light. Whilst you may not like dark photos, the result doesn't look like any cathedral that I have been in it. I enjoy reality being stretched but go too far and it starts to feel unreal.

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Andrew
 
west29 said:
Much of the touch up makes sense to me but I agree that it ends up being too light. Whilst you may not like dark photos, the result doesn't look like any cathedral that I have been in it. I enjoy reality being stretched but go too far and it starts to feel unreal.

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Andrew
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Well, I've been told that I generally tend to overexpose my images. Maybe it is related to the fact that I have cataracts in their early beginning stage. My night vision gets rather dim.

The really in thing these days is to go for a HDR effect. So many people like to do that with photos now.

How does this look?

 
Yikes!!!!!!

Now that isn't how I want to recall this cathedral.

Colors make it look like a hip hop joint.

I think I will stick with my modestly adjusted white balance and colors :)
 
If you get a chance the observation deck in one of the towers is a very peaceful and relaxing place, and gives a great view of the city. (It would be worth finding out the hours before planning a trip - I don't know if it's always open).







These are shot with D40 and kit lens. Your pics of the main hall came out well - I struggled in the low light and could have used VR.
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Matt
 
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