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The Chapel

Postby Geoff M on Mon Aug 11, 2014 9:05 pm

A small Chapel (privately owned) located just a few klm's from my home.

This image was shot using a pano head, x2 rows of three images (portrait orientation).

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The Chapel

Postby chrisk on Mon Aug 11, 2014 11:52 pm

Looks to be a real beauty geoff. Love the rich blacks and darker tones but feel like the lighter and mid tones tones need a lift.


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Re: The Chapel

Postby gstark on Tue Aug 12, 2014 8:09 am

I love it.

Churches like this, with lots of good space around them, are quite rare in Oz. Well spotted, and great mono.
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Re: The Chapel

Postby Remorhaz on Tue Aug 12, 2014 11:35 am

Crop the bottom 20% I reckon
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Re: The Chapel

Postby zafra52 on Tue Aug 12, 2014 6:31 pm

Nice, but I agree it could do with "lighter and mid tones", as advised by Rooz.
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Re: The Chapel

Postby the foto fanatic on Wed Aug 13, 2014 12:37 pm

Lovely spot.

I have actually shot a wedding here, so I know it quite well.

Congrats on an excellent b&w conversion Geoff - it gives a totally different feel to the place.

I love the trees and the shadows of the trees, and the sky too.

A terrific change-up from a colour image which would not have half the impact of this masterpiece.

I note with interest the six exposures combined to provide the final image - great technique.

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Re: The Chapel

Postby Matt. K on Wed Aug 13, 2014 3:52 pm

Ditto with all of the above. I would maybe cut just a tad from the empty foreground but I wouldn't change anything else. Nice work!
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Re: The Chapel

Postby Geoff M on Wed Aug 13, 2014 8:58 pm

Thanks all for the feedback, all critique will be considered and may even be incorporated :) . The stitched TIFF file is 133MB and the detail at 100% is pretty impressive IMHO.

The stitching program I used was the free Microsoft Image Composite Editor (ICE), and worth every cent :D
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