Cathedral of Notre Dame, Chartres, France (please view large version)

Any critique welcome (well...not too harsh), I also invite you to

take a look & rate the other photos of this 'Cloisters & Cathedrals'

folder. If you decide to give a bad rating, no problem, but please

explain why, I do want to learn from it. Hope you enjoy them, thanks!

what lens size did you use for this.

ciaran

Not much chance of a stray tourist getting in the way of this shot. Very well framed and exposed; even down to the brickwork detail. You must have spent an age squinting and on your back or knees. Well worth the trouble.

Awsome photograph. Looks like a reflection in a pool of some sort.

Were you allowed to bring in a tripod, because you must have had to sit still for a looonnnnggg time to get a pic that bright.

 

Nice shot, mine of cathederals are all dark and bad

 

 

Yes, Andrew, a tripod was allowed. As a matter of fact the day I was there, there was some sort of feast day going on, with all sorts of Christian youth communities, so it seemed, anyway, it was very busy. It might be because of that that they didn't make a problem of me using a tripod. Also because of the crowds (I guess) they had opened the front door which gave a flood of reflected sunlight, which did help this photo IMHO.

In general in France church interior photography isn't much of a problem, although that may have changed. FYI: in Spain it is almost always not allowed and in England you have to buy a (inexpensive) 'photo permit'.