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St. Peregrine Chapel, Mission San Juan Capistrano
St. Peregrine Chapel, Mission San Juan Capistrano
EarlBaker


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Challenge: Holy Places (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ3
Location: St. Peregrine Chapel, Mission San Juan Capistrano
Date: May 6, 2006
Aperture: F5.2
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/3 sec.
Galleries: Interior, Architecture
Date Uploaded: May 7, 2006

 For the Holy Places challenge I drove down to the nearby Mission San Juan Capistrano to shoot the fabulous Serra Chapel. Because of the low lighting, it was a challenge to use my tripod to get the exposures just right. While shooting, I noticed this very small side chapel which was quite dramatic. Because it was such a confined space, all the burning candles made it uncomfortably hot inside. St. Peregrine is the patron saint of cancer sufferers.

I shot a lot of different settings, so I had to do very little post-processing. A little bit of rotation because it was slightly tilted. Small tweak of brightness/contrast. Unsharp mask. Crop. Re-size. Save for web.

This is my second submission to DP Challenge.

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/11/2006 02:19:48 PM
Good lighting, a little too centered for my tastes, perhaps a closer look at the candles and statues would be more interesting.
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Nikon Z9
Nikon NIKKOR Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S
 05/11/2006 08:14:54 AM
Beautiful. Good use of framing the photo.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 05/10/2006 10:54:59 PM
I don't know if you could have done anything different with the lighting...I would have liked it better with less shadows.
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Nikon D90
Tamron AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II for Nikon
 05/10/2006 04:24:42 PM
Too much light in my opinion. If it were just the candle light I think it would be way better.
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Pentax *ist DL
 05/10/2006 04:01:09 PM
Really liked this one. I can imagine the light was a challenge, but you pulled it off spledidly. Looks like you really know your camera.
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 05/10/2006 01:57:06 PM
I think it needs some more contrast. Quite symmetrical. I can't decide if that is good or bad. 5
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