Cathedral




Interior of Almudena Cathedral, Madrid
Taken 05/08/11
Pentax K5
Sigma 10-20mm f4.5-5.6
ISO 800
f8
1/10 sec (handheld)

It's interesting to see that too busy is the main reason thus far, the weekly comp does not require more than choosing a pic from your archives....though I guess with some subjects this can take a bit of time.

I really like the first one, this sort of subject definitely suits the fisheye. The second one might look better cropped square, or with more fill light to get back some shadow detail. The sky in some of these shots seems a bit devoid of detail, the wonky Tower Bridge one would have more impact IMO if the sky was a bit darker. It gives me vertigo though! Likewsie the one of the Millenium Bridge could do with a darker sky, maybe a grad filter in Lightroom would do the trick.

Thanks Andrew and Bjorn! It was a stroke of luck that we flew over this part of Greenland, we normally fly further south, and that the weather was pretty good. It's actually very rare to get this good an opportunity: the last time was a few years ago, and I only had a compact. All the pictures were taken on the K5 and using the Sigma 18-250mm, which gives me the chance to zoom in if needed. I might get an 18-125mm lens, however, as I rarely go beyond 125mm. I also took a couple with the Sigma 24mm Super-Wide II, here's one using that lens.

Thanks for the comments! Confluence is my favourite shot, too. It is difficult sometimes to get a sense of scale, without any man made objects in the picture, as the Docc pointed out. It's also difficult to get rid of the haze, especially in the distance where it is more marked, hence there is more contrast in shots where the image does not reach the horizon. The last shot seemed to have some very thin mist in the distance, which is why the contrast drops rapidly in that picture. I am getting an IR camera soon, converted by Karma Mechanic, so I am really looking forward to seeing how aerial shots work out with that!

Japers, These shots were all taken from 34000 feet.

Great shot, I can see why it has had so many hits.

Sounds like an intersting lens. I use the Sigma 24mm Super-Wide II a lot, but would love a faster 24mm.

I've been wondering, from the quote on DPR, what exactly is "calmer journalist and landscape photography." :

Good captures, in spite of the window. The second one has much more contrast, have they been processed differently?

Nice captures, the second one is very sharp, and the messy background doesn't bother me. It's the insects environment, after all. I may have to rethink my ideas about getting this lens....

In both pictures the background looks a bit noisy, perhaps some NR on the backgrounds only might improve them further?

There don't seem to be many entries to the competitions recently: 7 so far for the weekly comp (granted it's a bit of an odd topic), and 4 days to go in the fortnightly comp and not a single entry yet! Saying that, I haven't entered the fortnightly comp myself yet. It's good to see a few entries in the monthly comp, but that has had to run for a second month. I would like to enter but I am having trouble finding something that fits the theme.

Are people losing interest in the comps, or is it just down to time of year or subject choice? I've added a poll, I hope it covers all the reasons people are not entering.

Edited for bad grammar....