Fanfare

All comments welcome!

Hi Colin,

 

I like this sort of image! It's sharp, colourful and full of eye-catching detail! I like the angle and title too!

 

Regards, Chris

 

P.S. If you have a minute, have a look at: http://www.pbase.com/moorlands/truro_cathedral ~ I'd be glad of your comments.

Thanks Chris! Judging by some of the ratings I think some folk thought I just can't hold the camera straight!

Nice lines and detail Colin! What is this place?

Bath Abbey, right? Did you design this one too Colin? Very nice job {~; We have the same camera and have been to the same places...great minds and all that.

That's the Cambridge thingie, isn't it? (King's College Chapel, now I recall, ed.) Nice juxtaposition of fan tracery and the blower.

Mind you, I think I'd work on the subject a bit. You're including three distinct focal areas and the organ is obviously being awkward. My feeling is that you need either a little bit more, or a little bit less.

nice angle and great detail

Becky, Sandeha is right - Kings College Chapel, Cambridge. Hanna - No I had no part in the design of this! (Note the Perpendicular (Late Middle Ages) architecture with fan vaulting:-))OK Bath Abbey is similar.

 

I deliberately left this as a somewhat chaotic composition as an experiment as I thought it looked good! There are some rather more restful looking shots to come maybe.

 

Thanks to you all for your comments even if some imply I might be of a very advanced age! :-))

Beautifull line and colorplay

Nice composed (and the music too;~))) I can hear an angel. Bach? mike

Thanks Hans!

 

mike - Bach would have been good! The organ was playing very quietly while we were there. A bit of practise. I didn't recognise the music though.

Love the unusual 'angle' and how you've found something for the foreground interest - so many church shots are rather 'flat' in the 2-D sense.

LOL - was a joke!

Thanks Bill!

 

Hanna - Oh yes I got it :-)) Bath Abbey is quite like this and I have been there but no photos. How long have you had your 300D and how are you getting along with it? I find with digital it is the skies that are the most problematic bit. They all come out looking kind of wishy-washy.

Colin, you just keep cranking out nice images and nice comments, you are a good example to us all.

Glad to see an organ image on this site--in my experience here, they're very rare.

 

Great placement of the trumpet's "bell"--the curved front--against a subtle, dark and narrow background that brings it out in contrast about as much as possible.

 

Tough exposure situation--perhaps you've done as well as possible. Think I would opt for a tad less exposure, given how much detail is burned out in the organ pipes and windows. But you HAVE managed to keep a reasonable amount of detail in the woodwork. And I do have to admit that the pipes would have little real detail to show even if the exposure were much less, meaning that their "gleam" or "glint" in the light would just be less. So maybe I've talked myself into recommending that the exposure is fine just as it is.

 

About the issue of simplicity mentioned by a poster above--some things are just complex. I wonder sometimes at comments on photo.net that move in the direction of great simplicity. While I, for one among many others, often strive for very clean, simple composition of photos, the opposite direction also can be compelling--the direction to represent a complex, detailed place in complex detail, with lost to see and "decode".

Got the 300D in March just weeks before going to England. It takes me a while to get into new things so I spent the first two weeks there using my Olympus C720, which is a super digicam. I always have trouble with skies and finally bought an ND grad filter but haven't tried it out yet. I really enjoy the 300D now that I've got used to its size and weight compared to the olympus. But the 28-100 isn't wide enough so I'm looking for a second hand something. I have some abbey shots, but none as dynamic as this. By the way, you posted an id number to an image on my 'Love among the ruins' but I couldn't get a result on it. Can you link me to it?

Hanna, try this link : Pulteney Weir!

 

Hey! this works! My first HTML active link! The previous post was a passive link where you have to copy and paste into your browser and was the absolute limit of my html knowledge till today!

 

Well techno-joy aside, my wife gave me the 300D (wow! shock!). My first digital camera. Took me a while to learn how to make it take pictures and I'm still struggling with some bits. I have tried an ND grsd but they seem to have a slightly odd effect with digital compared with film. Maybe I need to persevere a bit more. I bought a Sigma 12-24mm lens to get wide shots. It is equal to about 20-40 on film so a really useful lens. Drawbacks are the size and weight (it is full frame 35mm) and it can't use filters easily but otherwise it works well. Nikon make a digital 12-24 which is smaller so maybe it would be best to wait for Canon to make something similar. There aren't a lot of s/h lenses around for Canon EF though. All the best with your 300D!

Kenneth, thanks for your comments. Yes possibly I might have worked on the overexposed bits. Thie issue of simplicity or complexity is an interesting one but I think the more fundamental question is 'does my photo connect to, or communicate to, the viewer?'. If it does then the method, or style, used is secondary. Here I'm trying to communicate the feeling of the great music associated with this place using the organ, angel with trumpet, and the fan vaulting etc. I think at least some people 'got it'. Bt if people see it another way that is fine too!

 

regards - Colin

Hi Colin, interesting angle you have here,not the usual photo of similar places. Well done. My 300 D Digital is on its way to me from the States, I hope to enjoy it. Pnina

Tim, thanks about the nice images etc. I can't see the point of leaving a nasty comment.The more I take photos the more I appreciate the skill and artistry of others.

 

Pnina - thanks - I look forward to your 300D photos. I find digital and film are like oil and watercolour painting. Very different in the possible effects.

You're right - Pulteney Weir

Very effective for the mood it renders.

Good photo. I like the light on the organ pipes.

Another well composed image, I like the angle - and the perspective. I made a number of church photos, always with wide angle. A good idea to shoot with narrow FOV - it is always inspiring to visit your portfolio ;-)