Church of St. Nicholas, Little Quarter, Prage

Began in 1703, this magnificent High Baroque church is the

masterpiece of father-and-son architects Christoph and Kilian Ignaz

Dientzenhofer. One of the few churches where the public is admitted to

the first floor. A three shot, handheld HDR picture.

Great HDR, Rick. Oh, Oh .... I used to be so proud of my St. Nicholas capture now I can only admire this wonderful image :-) Very nice, really.

...thanks for your kind comments, this was a wonderful church to visit - and be allowed to photograph! Your pictures of St. Nicholas are still very fine and you should remember that your pictures are what inspired me to visit Prague - you have every reason to still be proud of them! Best regards, RickDB

Beautiful shot and excellent HDR, Rick I like the composition and detail, felicidades // Salvador

... on every level. Fine HDR and a wonderful architectural rendering. Did you use the TS here? Can't tell. If so, it must have been fun to reverse the shift.

Great composition and great light. Congrats.

Salvador, I have never seen so many Baroque churches in one place - some of them were remarkably similar to the Mexican basilicas you have shown us on PN - even with the hundreds of child faces that look like dolls heads. Unfortunately, 9 out of 10 do not allow photography, so one has to be content just to look.

 

Dennis this was one of my famous handheld HDR shots (in fact, I never once had the opportunity to use my tripod in a church in Prague), in this case the camera was steadied on the balcony - I used my Canon 10-22 mm lens at 10 mm - with this technique though, you are really limited to just 3 auto-bracketed exposures, to control the highlights you sometimes need more. (FYI I always enter the exposure info under the details). BTW, I did use the TS down shift for some shots from the top of towers, works just as well to keep the verticals upright and avoid wasting the top half of the frame on sky.

 

Vadim, glad you liked this - thanks all for commenting. Cheers! RickDB

Hi Rick..this is a delightful shot for the eye, I really like the colouring on this, besides the art work on the vaulted ceiling, I think the blue chequered floor too adds something to this scene. Anway a great architectural shot...well done mate.....Regards

Beautiful detail and well done HDR! Take care 7/7a

This church , St. Nicholas , is one on the most beautiful church on the world .Congratulations !