Winchester Cathedral

Chantry chapel in Winchester cathedral. Stitched from 9 HDR images in

a 3x3 grid, each taken with 3 exposures, so 27 photos were taken for

this. Please view the large version. Thanks for viewing.

... given the wonderful exposures with the rest of the Cathedral, these windows are a legitimate light source. As usual, your technique is stunning, Theo, and in the larger version, the image is breathtaking.

Thanks Dennis. To be honest I would have preferred it if the windows were less blown out, but the contrast was so strong that even the -2 exposures had blown-out windows, the camera I had back then couldn't go further than -2, but now -with my Canon- I would have used -4 exposures.

Superb work, fantastic!!! A very epetial 7/7

A superb picture - what amazes me is that you can make an HDR image, adjust it, overlay it on the original and then stitch 9 of them them together without seeing any "exposure" variations between them. You must have the patience of Job to get this just right.

 

Cheers! Rick

 

Clear to the point exposure!

Theo, which software did you use to stitch and tonemap your HDR? Did you stitch the panorama in 32 bits-per-pixel? thanks!

Thanks for your comments.

Rick: the exposure variations can indeed be a bit of a problem from time to time, although the stitching software gets better and better dealing with this. However, if the exposure variations are visible in a stitched image, I open the originals, adjust their relative brightness and re-do the stitching.

Sergey: Tonemapping: Photomatix. Stitching: often Autopano pro, sometimes Photoshop CS3 (note: 3 is much better with stitching than 2). I work with 24 bit images.

Extraordinary image which I somehow missed until now. I second Dennis on the windows note. Although their brightness may appear as technical imperfection, they make feel as if I am standing right there squinting to see the less lit details.