St Albans Cathedral

by Lucky Lee

An 8 exposure HDR of the interior of St Albans Cathedral, Hertfordshire.
Post-production work carried out in Photomatix & PaintShop Pro X2.
Uploaded04/08/2011 - 17:48
CategoryArchitecture
Shutter Speed1/10
Aperturef/11
LensN/A
ISO800
Focal Length18mm
Views/Likes87/0

GIULIO57
Posted 04/08/2011 - 17:55 Link
Superb work
PPG
Lucky Lee
Posted 04/08/2011 - 17:59 Link
Too kind Giulio.....much appreciated
snappychappy
Posted 04/08/2011 - 18:06 Link
HDR works well on this, nicely composed.
Dilek
Posted 04/08/2011 - 19:36 Link
I love this one too... could you post a version which is not changed in photoshop, just to see the real ting...
With kind regards,
Lucky Lee
Posted 04/08/2011 - 21:08 Link
Thanks SnappyChappy

Dilek - It would be a little hard as there are 8 original photos. I took a spot reading from the brightest and darkest parts of the scene firstly. Then I focused on the area I wanted (about a third of the way into the scene).
Next step was to take the camera off of AF and into MF. Then I started snapping away from the highest reading down to the lowest.
Then all 8 exposures were put into Photomatix to get an HDR image I was happy with before finishing off a wee bit of 'levels' and a very little bit of sharpening.
philstaff
Posted 04/08/2011 - 21:20 Link
Realy like this as said the HDR effect works realy well.
ian
Bobbinalorry
Posted 04/08/2011 - 21:37 Link
Superb
Best Regards, Larry.

All the gear & no idea.
autumnlight
Posted 04/08/2011 - 21:37 Link
Wow amazing work.
Lucky Lee
Posted 04/08/2011 - 21:56 Link
Phil, Larry and Maria - Thank you for your kind comments! Wish I'd taken more there now!
pauljay
Posted 04/08/2011 - 22:13 Link
The end product is a tad cartoonish but it's an interesting effect.
Paul.

Photography is not a sport. It has no rules. Everything must be dared and tried! (Bill Brandt)
PPG
Dilek
Posted 05/08/2011 - 00:28 Link
It seems to me that I really have much to learn, while reading your explanation... But I suppose that is how it works... Thanks a lot for explaining though.
With kind regards,
Lucky Lee
Posted 05/08/2011 - 08:05 Link
Dilek - If you have a program that will do HDR then give it a go; I don't think the Photomatix costs that much. You'll have fun giving it a go.

Paul - Its probably a little more saturated than I was aiming for originally but I was quite happy with the outcome; I'll try a more subdued version next week just to see what you think of that one.
Dilek
Posted 05/08/2011 - 08:59 Link
Thanks Lee, maybe I will try it some day, for now I'm trying to learn my new camera. When thats done, why not?
With kind regards,
pianoman
Posted 05/08/2011 - 12:43 Link
Great result like the effect you have created here nice work
All the best

David
Lucky Lee
Posted 05/08/2011 - 20:37 Link
Go for it Dilek!!
David - Glad you like it
aliengrove
Posted 05/08/2011 - 22:38 Link
Great HDR, works very well on this scene.
Lucky Lee
Posted 06/08/2011 - 06:56 Link
Thanks Jonathan
szgabor
Posted 09/08/2011 - 06:14 Link
Nice HDR shot again. The details and colours are really nice. I also like that the centre of the lights on the chandelier was removed by HDR software.
Regards,
Gábor
My website
Lucky Lee
Posted 09/08/2011 - 07:00 Link
Thank you my friend

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