St. Patrick's Cathedral 2

Thanks for any constructive feedback and ratings!

You've done an excellent job on the exposure and processing. The reflection on the floor is also very appealing. It's the converging verticals that worry me. Is there another place to do this shot?

PDE

Beautiful work, very nicely composed, Scott!

Beautiful, very good light, excellent composition! Regards.

Thanks for your comments, everyone!

 

Jeff: I could have done perspective correction on this to reduce the convergence of the verticals, but I probably would have lost the outermost columns and a good portion of the ceiling in doing so. In my first St Patrick's shot, I did a lot of perspective correction, as I wanted to emphasize the strength of the arches. In this shot, however, my emphasis is more on the ornate patterns in the ceiling, so I was willing to let the verticals converge for the sake of pulling in as much ceiling as possible.

 

Thanks for taking the time to comment. I really appreciate hearing other people's thoughts and ideas for improvement. Cheers.

I think you would be hard pressed to capture the immense volume and the spectacular vaulting without some converging verticals. A 24mm TS lens will give you a great vertical perspective, but it won't have such a wide field of view. I'm not sure about the reflection, seems a little too bright. One tip passed on to me by Theo Jacobs is that converging verticals are much more acceptable if you don't include the floor. Cheers, RickDB

Thanks Rick! That's a good tip! I've often wondered about using a TS lens, but you're right.. 24mm wouldn't be wide enough for a space like this one. Cheers, Scott.

The TS lens is much more effective than you might imagine - it is really a very wide angle lens and by shifting the lens you are selecting just the top half of the frame. Even on a 1.6 crop sensor it is much more useful inside a church than you expect. I have two shots down the aisle of a cathedral in China - one taken with the 10-22mm and the other with the 24mm TS - both given impressive, but quite different, results - if you are interested they are posted in my "China" folder.

Cheers, RickDB

Great indeed, the refrection on the floor gives a special "touch" to the shot, well done felicidades //Salvador

Rick: thanks for pointing out those examples from China! I hadn't realized that you're actually shooting with a 40D, the 10-20 EFS and the TS lens. It's great to be able to compare the 10-20 with the TS on the same subject matter. Cheers!

I like everything about this shot...the converging verticals create an almost surrealistic feeling with the people and columns leaning in. The lighting and reflections are amazing..best wishes..Marjorie

I found myself in St. Patrick's Cathedral last week with my new 5D2 and 24 mm TS-E lens, posted a shot so you can see how the same shot compares - I was surprised how dark it was, I was really pushing the limits with 1/30 s handheld at full aperture (only f/3.5), ISO 1600 and shifted to the red line. Being around St.Patrick's day, I couldn't get a shot without the visitors! Cheers, RickDB.