National Cathedral #4

recent camera club field trip . . maybe twenty of us enjoying the low

angle sunlight.

The low angle sunlight is enjoyable to me also, giving great balance, drama, and mystery. but.. a touch of humanity would add to the enjoyment. Even a blurred shape going past. Built by, and used by, but here not shown.

Nice light. Makes you feel very calm. Very nice, DDD

Hello Carl, this is something of an explosion of colour. I've always been very fond of the effects of stained glass in churches and I like the way you have captured it. This shot has an ephemeral, almost fairy tail quality to it.

 

I had a go at capturing this effect here: -

 

http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3625432

 

Best wishes. Peter

This isn't as much of a thoroughfare as it appears to be, so you're not going to see a purposeful pedestrian. If I got one of the other photographers to pose for me, then s/he would be the subject, rather than the three areas of bright light. Did you notice the vertical light element reflected off the left side column?

I like it as it is. I get a sense of solitude, no matter how many other persons might have been in the cathedral at the time.

 

Great work, Carl.

 

--Lannie

This is a shot that improves with second viewing... always a good sign. There is a lot of

visual echoing going on here -- the nicely clipped columns at far left and those at far

right and in the distance on the upper right too. The sparkling light brings the scene to life.

 

Your composition is very clever -- it must have taken a million tiny tripod movements to set up.

 

I've learned to give myself cropping and perspective correction room in these shots, since getting perfectly parallel lines isn't possible from this high vantage point. I moved the tripod two or three times, maybe . . . . . .

First the vibrant light colors are so very unusual when connected to the severe Cathedrals appearance..

I like the crop you have taken , the diagonal stairs that are creating a 90 degree angles with the columns, the light on the lower Lhs.. and the bg. dark, but the arced enterance is well seen. Interesting composition, I came to look at it several times. Happy new year,Carl, Pnina