Canterbury cathedral

mike703 · Aug 26, 2016

I collect cathedrals... last week on a family holiday in Kent, UK, I had a chance to see one of the best - Canterbury. The windows down the nave are clear glass, rather than stained, which provides beautiful natural light inside.

Pentax K5iis body; Sigma 10-20 f/4-f/5.6 and 17-50 f/2.8 lenses, and the Pentax 55-300. The 10-20 is great for cathedral interiors: you just have to accept the perspective distortion as part of the composition!

c/c welcome.

Best wishes

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Mike

http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/mikeward

Ari Aikomus · Aug 26, 2016

I really like these shots! Thank you for sharing... K-5II and its 16mp sensor also produces very good IQ.

Happy shootings,

Ari

Twong · Aug 26, 2016

Very nice.

Jim Beverlin · Aug 26, 2016

Very well done

MightyMike · Aug 26, 2016

Wonderful photos, reminds me of the time i had the Sigma 10-20mm F4-5.6 and was in a similar cathedral... it was 8 years ago

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EArenz · Aug 26, 2016

Mike, great cathedral photos. I'm a fan!

kitsios_spyros · Aug 26, 2016

Excellent shooting Mike! I enjoyed them a lot.

Thanks for sharing them.

chrispics4 · Aug 27, 2016

Some great shots here Mike, looks like an awesome place for photography.

GPGeneralPhoto · Aug 27, 2016

Very well done.

Valeriu 64 · Aug 27, 2016

Dear Mike , you remember me abouth my Sigma 8-16mm .

If you know how important is 2mm, from 10mm to 8mm . ;-)

I like your photos , beautiful, thanks.

Regards, Valeriu

aussiegal · Aug 27, 2016

Fabulous cathedral shots.

Joseph Tainter · Aug 27, 2016

Nicely done.

Joe

robbo d · Aug 27, 2016

Impressive building. I too enjoy the architecture of old churches.

Nice treatment of the images too, very light and believable HDR work there, well done.

One or two could do with some distortion control, what lens are you using, I find the DA12-24 works very well in lightroom correction.

mike703 · Aug 28, 2016

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mike703 · Aug 28, 2016

robbo d said:
Impressive building. I too enjoy the architecture of old churches.

Nice treatment of the images too, very light and believable HDR work there, well done.

Thanks Robbo. Actually I didn't do any specific HDR treatment; all images are from a single RAW file (though I bracketed exposures in some cases and then selected the best one to work with). The 'look' is, I think, a consequence of the lighting. Interestingly last time I posted a similar cathedral series, someone raised the issue whether HDR had been used:

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robbo d said:
One or two could do with some distortion control, what lens are you using, I find the DA12-24 works very well in lightroom correction.

Sigma 10-20, which is great fun in this type of environment. I know it has some complex distortion issues (beyond the normal perspective effects!). I haven;t made much effort to deal with those - I use PS elements which has a simple barrel / pincushion correction but nothing more. The idea of automated correction using LR does appeal...

Thanks again for your comments.

Best wishes

mike703 · Aug 28, 2016

Thanks Valeriu - yes the 8-16 is tempting... but it's also a lot heavier than the 10-20. It would however complement the 17-50 perfectly. Hmmm... I have a birthday soon

Best wishes

Valeriu 64 · Aug 28, 2016

Dear Mike , do not hesitate, buy Sigma 8-16mm. Is fantastic.

Is the lens that I take with me to Mars. ;-)

I can not break, from she.

You'll see, that you'll thank me.

Regards, Valeriu

P.S. I wait, you send to me, your first photographs taken with Sigma 8-16mm.........................and Happy Birthday ! healthy , God give to you , and to your family .

robbo d · Aug 29, 2016

When i say HDR, i believe that using a single files higher dynamic range applies as HDR, hence the name.

I prefer this method as Pentax's raw files are so good and shadow's can come up clean that its easily usable.

The HDR method of combining files can be ok but many overdone examples out there.

chris gunn · Aug 29, 2016

Some quality photography here!

Cameron R Hood · Aug 29, 2016

Awesome. England is wonderful.

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