Ely Cathedral Tower from the Octagon

Another shot of one of my favourite buildings - Ely Cathedral. All

comments welcome!

Colin, a striking image from an unusual viewpoint. It works very well - did you replace the sky? If you did I feel it has been done well and is a good choice as it gives the towers of the cathedral an almost 3d appearance. Nice work.

 

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Very interesting perspective

Interesting composition and I agree with Paul re: the sky, it really adds drama to the image.

Thanks Manu!

 

Paul, Amar, yes this is a replacement sky as at the time it was a very boring overcast. So this is from another frame with more going on.

interesting perspective. The sky is nice.

Great point of view and DOF. The geomethry of the roof in the foreground really add to the photo. WEll done!

Great perspective, well done.

New perspective. Dramatic sky, and the roof seems to be reflecting it. Great colors in the background. Nicely done.

Very good perspective and point of view!

Interesting the perspective, the roof leading the eyes. Good work on the sky. Perhaps slightly too much roof, I would avoid the central composition here and crop a little at the bottom (just an idea). Regards, Carsten

Thanks to you all for taking the time to comment.

 

Carsten, yes I wondered about both your suggestions. However My own preference is to keep the tower fairly central to allow more of the background landscape to be seen. I agree a little could be cropped from the bottom without losing much.

I like the long line of roof - it makes this a more unusual composition. It also leads your eye right to the central subject in the background. Replacing the sky was a good choice; the dramatic sky works well with this.

A striking image largely due to the wonderful viewpoint. The composition is impeccable as are the colours of the land and buildings ~ just not 100% convinced about the colour of the sky.

Kind regards, Chris

I could have totaly love this photo but I am not sure to appreciate the foreground almost completely occupied by this grey unaesthetic and roof.

Thanks Kim!

 

Chris, thanks - I find matching the sky to a forground so that it looks totally convincing is very difficult. I think the colour of the sky here and the light and reflections have all been heavily PS'ed so it is not surprising to me you are not 100% convinced!

 

Henri, I agree the roof is more dramtic than aesthetically pleasing!

Great visual angle and powerful dramatic sky! Bravissimo!

I love the point of view, but I agreed on the sky.... too much unrealistic.... in anycase great idea!

Nicely done. The only thing is that the towers seems to be a little tilted to the left which can be easily fixed. Otherwise, very good.

As mentioned above, both the sky and the perspective make this an interesting shot...good work, Colin!

Thank you Raffaele, Andrea, baldur and Linda!

 

Baldur, the whole cathedral is on a very soft piece of ground that used to be an island in the middle of a huge flooded area called the Fens. Nothing in the building is straight so it is difficult making it all look vertical. There used to be a similar small tower to the right of the main tower but they fell down! The place I stood to take the photo also was rebuilt after it fell down many centuries ago.

Colin, thank you for the explanation. Compared to how good photographer you are, I should have figured this out myself.

 

Regards, Baldur

Beautiful perspertive. Good.

Baldur, thanks for the compliment!

 

Angel Luis, thanks for taking time to comment

 

- regards Colin

 

Colin, I don't know how I have missed that unusual very interesting image. Two very different lined constructions, The gray that leads you right " into" the cathedral, and the sky colors behind that are as a color " answer" to the roof that brings you in....so very good. Pnina