Trinity College Dublin

Hi all... was out in Dublin for a week working earlier this year, and decided to drop by the Library at Trinity College whilst I was there. Pretty extraordinary place it is too. The largest Library in Ireland, it houses the Book of Kells, amongst many other things. Its Long Room is quite something. Interiors are not generally my thing, but decided to make an execption in this case. Also turned into an impromptu stress test for the high ISO capabilities of the K1. All shot between ISO 5000 and 16000, with the PLM 55-300 (not on crop mode).

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All thoughts/comments etc. very welcome as ever...

Best

Another great set Bill. Love the ambient light in a grand old building like this...you've captured the essence of the building really well
and the images even at those iso settings are superb quality.

Unusual choice of lens for such a shoot but works surprisingly well.

Regards

Karlo

From the seeing to the framing and the developing, all top notch.
As Karlo says "Another great set Bill"

These are really beautiful. The lovely subdued colours of the books and joinery work really well together. Now if you had a DFA* 50mm f1.4 lens........!

Agree with all above comments. A great set.

Nice set. Are you sure you were not at Hogwarts ?

Thanks Karlo, Nigel, Rob, Robert and Peter re thoughts re these...

Karlo, yes, good point re lens... I really only headed to the college to have a look at the Book of Kells... the Long Room at the Library came with the ticket, and was a complete surprise... happened to have my walk around kit on me (K1 plus PLM 55-300), so used what I had, which was good fun... re high ISO’s, have been really impressed with the K1 in that regard... the last one is 16,000, and still pretty clean considering... the rest are 5000-10,000...

Peter, yes, know exactly what you mean... definitely has that feel to it... very “Hogwartian” (if that’s a word - it is now) indeed...

Thanks all

Best

Fantastic light and tones in these, along with superb composition.
It almost feels deserted but if it's anything like when I was there years ago, I'd say it was anything but.
You can almost feel the age in these.
Great shooting 👏👏👏

Brilliant results. You might like the John Rylands Library on Deansgate in Manchester. It offers some similar opportunties.

#4 is superb particularly shot at the ISO's as you've suggested.

Thanks Derek, John and Chris...

Derek, you’re not wrong... absolutely heaving on the day I went... beautiful, and very very busy...

John, thanks for the intel re John Rylands Library... will def have a look the next time I’m up...

Chris, yup, no. 4 is ISO 5000... pretty impressive I reckon...

Thanks again all...

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These are great and a fine example of using a telephoto lens in a confined space, something I am particularly fond of. I find that using a long lens in an environment like this forces the eye to find extraordinary angles and compositions, rather than relying on a wide angle to encompass a scene.

3 & 5 are my favourites.

Regards
David

Love the simplicity, the darkness and the depth of these - no over-processing, they appear to me just as you would have seen them and with the accompanying atmosphere they create. Your composition is spot on too Bill

Very well done once again. I really do appreciate your sense of light (and colour); your photography is enlightening, rather than dazzling. 1, 3 and 6 are particularly succesful in that regard. They feel as if you were framing light and not just material objects (albeit special, enlightening objects in their own "write").

Many thanks for offering these to our senses.

A quality set of images that obviously open up a whole new visual on a location. Well composed, exposed and photographed.

Best regards