Church of the Ascension

Great image of this interior church which ceiling is like the hull of a boat.

Hi Doug,

A fine job with this capture.

The details as to the lens and setting used are missing. These are good things to share with those not familiar with shooting interior scenes. Just a suggestion, as I have had over 45 years of shooting such scenes as this.

Best Regards,  Mike

Mike -

This is a three frame panorama. Each frame is oriented vertically. Each frame is a 3-shot exposure bracket. The images were captured with a Nikon D700 equipped with a 14-24/2.8 nikon lens at 14 mm. ISO 200, f/9, shutter speed adjusted for 2-stops over and 2-stops under matrix-metered camera optimum. The images were tonemapped in Photomatix, stitched with PT Assembler, processed with DXO, and stitching anomalies fixed with Corel Paint Shop Photo Pro. Thanks for your comment.

Doug  

I like this photo very much.  I'm experimenting and trying to improve my technique with hand HDR and I love the idea of photographing churches, so this caught my attention.  Very nice.

The only thing that strikes me as off in the photo is that the bottom half of the picture seems to have a green cast to it, perhaps from having to choose a white balance (or its associated magenta/green tint) for the ceiling but mismatched for the pews?

One more thing: I would either clone out or replicate the corner of the pew in the lower left corner so that it matches the lower right corner as it is the only thing throwing off the symmetry the longer I stare at the photograph.

That's what I see as suggestions, but it's just suggestions.  A fine photo for sure!

Scott

Thanks Scott. I agree with both of your suggestions. The white balance was a compromise that I thought gave the best overall appearance. I meant to take out the pew in the lower left corner and also rotate the left side of the image toward the viewer, but forgot about it. I appreciate your comments.

Doug

Very nicely done, Doug! And knowing all the details and hard work that went into making this image is very informative. Thanks for sharing. Other than the pew sneaking in at the lower left corner, I think it's very well composed. Congrats!