Canterbury Cathedral.
4 Raw images with different exposure times converted to 16BIT TIFF in Canon Digital Photo Professional. Merged in Photomatix.
PP in PSPX:
Cloned out a rope, a blown out spot & a dozen hotpixels
4 masked HSL layers
overall curves
masked curves for the altar
masked HSL in multiply mode for the vignetting
overall HSL: desaturation
merged
resized
USM
The dark shade in the carpet is someone who stopped for a few seconds in my long exposure.
I had to chuckle when I unpacked my gear and someone behind me whispered, look, a professional.
Post challenge: Wow, thanks everyone! This was a great week for me. I got this ribbon, I won an international photo prize (new gear, yay) and my Free Study image made the front page of the inQuire Newspaper.
Oh, and it's not my picture which is asymmetric, it's the cathedral. The choir is actually crooked :) Nonetheless I'm pleased with my first attempt at HDR.
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I used to live in Canterbury and have some wonderful pictures inside the crypt before realizing that this is not allowed so I treasure those pics I managed to get. Makes me home sick. Great image.
Jeff
Clevon, I had the tripod attached to my backpack when I went in. No problem. Whilst taking the pictures, two priests and a couple of the guides with the orange ribbon passed me. Noone said anything. I've also been in there with a monopod, the guides are always really friendly and eager to tell you some details of whatever you've just taken a photograph of. Just remember that you're not allowed to take pictures in the crypt under the choir.
While, this picture is beautifully done, and well deserving of the ribbon it won, I am still not sure what HDR is. :-) Could someone please define the term for me so I can sleep tonight?
The minute I saw this photo, after I picked my jaw up off the floor and studied it for the longest time, I knew it was blue ribbon material! Congratulations! This is just flawless!!!!!!
Good demonstration of HDR, consider perspective correction for verticals, or straight ahead angle with crop for straighter verticals. I like the colors on the altar and the priest/person behind.
Very cool! This is a nitpick but I almost wish the green and yellow cloth had been desaturated a bit so it wasn't so bright...it makes it difficult to look at the rest of the image which is so beautiful. Nicely done otherwise.
Ummmm.... wow. Beautiful. My only nitpick is that it seems, when I look at the two windows in the very back (center) it seems like things are not aligned, which I think is very visually important in shots like this... regardless, that is a nitpick, as I said, and I think this is a gorgeous shot.
another photo that is making this my favorite challenge to view! Thanks. I personally think you have a ribbon here. this one and that other interior of a church are just amazing! 10
This has stunning everything: subject, exposure, colors, range, composition. I love the perfectly formed stars of light that don't look the least bit blown out or over-exposed. You did really great! Congratulations! 10
ok this is my pick for top 3 nice HDR, the thumbs looked great but after voting i can see a lot of people just did not get it, YOU DID so you get my 10
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