Old Pinakothek, Munich

Soft, low contrast light was your friend here. A really nice composition to boot. Great placement of the people in the frame. Did you have to pay the lady in the red coat or was this serendipity? Whatever, luck favours the prepared. Always a treat to view your latest. Best, LM.

Len, thanks for stopping by ! Yes, the light was interesting here. But dynamic range was already too high for the monitor, fortunately not too much for the sensor. Two TIFFs - one lowkey for the windows and lamps, one for the rest - were combined with a mask in CS3. The lady was there, it was luck (but I came three times and waited a bit. The museum attendant wondered about this strange tourist...). The red lady is close to the center, I hope it works.

The architect should hug you for this masterpiece. Karl

Thank you, Karl !

Just Classic Photo! Regards, Valentyn

Wonderful and thanks for your usful explanation. regards

Stunning tonal variation, especially on floor and ceiling. Compositional POV from stairs is perfect, adding depth and size. I love the walls and arches, and the way lighting on far stairs adds separation of tones. Overall wonderful symmetry is embellished by opposition of people on stairs.

 

Great LAB work.

Hi, Carsten. I have meant to visit this museum on my not-so-frequent visits to Munich ( most recently 2 weeks ago) but never seem to find the time away from work. Your excellent photo has convinced me to go visit it next time I am in the area. Cheers, J

Thank you all for your thoughts !

Very well executed, Carsten. The blend of exposures looks very natural and the composition is flawless, human figures give life and scale to the scene. I am surprised at the DOF you got at f/2.8. Is this due to the combination of small sensor size and low focal length ?

Thank you, Peter. I had to look twice in the EXIF, yes, very wide DOF for f:2.8 The sensor is APS-C sized. This and the 24 mm (41 mm equivalent) focal length play a role, but perhaps sensor geometry is also relevant: the depth of Bayer sensors is less than Foveon sensors, where RGB elements are stacked vertically. Greater depth of a light sensitive layer should correlate with greater DOF, and indeed it is known that FOV of (Bayer) digital cameras is less than estimated with DOF calculators. Wafers are much thinner than film, and most DOF calculators algorithms are based upon film technology. Makes this sense for you ?

Looks like I'm late to the party. This building looks very beautiful, and your image of it does it justice. The person in red is a wonderful addition as is the other figure on the stairs.

There are some that say luck often happens to those who are prepared. Perfect light, greath depth - almost 3D and there is lady luck in red. Kudos on a superb image.

Thank you, Jeff and Tony !

Indeed an architectonic masterpiece. I like the lenght of the space attained with the wide angle lens. And I agree with the 3D and depth comments. Excellent shot, Carsten.

 

PS.- Here is just another option with different cropping and colors. I hope you like it.

David, thanks for your thoughts. Indeed a valid option, but I like to see the lower part with ceiling and lamps, and prefer the excentric vanishing point

Brilliant shot!! Love the depth!!

 

Best regards,

 

Vamsi Krishna

A long time.... It is a stunning composition, DOF is unusual good, as well as the play of light and shadows , the point of camera ( I like the coming and up going stairs), the texture, monochromatic color palette... and.... the timing. did you ask the lady to wear the red shirt? ....;-))

 

Very well done ( well no news here ...;-)) I hope all is well.

Pnina, thanks a lot for stopping by. Sorry for the late feedback, have been quite busy in my job, but after a trip to France now a few days for PN.... I am glad that you like it, it is one of my recent favs. The lady`s shirt was indeed red, I was really excited and eager not to miss this opportunity (however, as you now, with PS magic it would have been easy to make a green shirt red...).

 

Have a nice weekend

 

Carsten

The central symmetrical composition does justice to this monumental architecture but what I like the most is how this scene is lit thorugh these large windows. The figures add some human touch and they are placed exactly where they should be. All in all -- you did a very good job here.

Michal, thanks a lot for your thoughts. This is one of my all-time favs, well spotted :-)

 

Carsten

Great work. Very nice verticals and beautiful tonality. These peaople are exactly on right places. Stunning photograph.

Gunnar, thanks a lot :-) It was luck, a rare occasion, I didnt have to wait for this scene