Church HDR by Onslow
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This is following on from Kai's thread in the forum regarding HDR images. I wasn't going to post this in my gallery but the file size is to big for the forum and to reduce it anymore would negate the effect of doing the HDR.
I was looking for a contrasty scene that would be impossible to capture with other methods. I choose this because it is local, and quite handy to work with undisturbed while I get the exposure and set the camera. It is taken in natural light ie I did not switch on the churches interior lights. The sun is coming in through the window to the right and lighting the flowers on the left.
Taken by conventional means the shot could not have captured details in the stained glass windows, or in the patch of sunlight, without making the wall paintings disappear into darkness.
The image was made from 6 originals shot in RAW from underexposed to overexposed and combined together in PS /HDR merge.
Well there yer go - for the history peeps the church dates to around 1130AD and what you are seeing is the original part of the church with its Norman wall paintings. The stained glass windows date from the 14th and 15thC. It quite interests me that they had the signs of the zodiac painted around the arch not something that is common in modern churches. The arches are made of Roman brick probably salvaged from a nearby villa. Hence they are not the typical rather crude arches of most Norman builders.
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Many thanks for viewing and any comments,
Richard.
Comments (25)
chachi
Beautiful church and great shot!!! We all need more HDRI files in our lives... Are you going to make the full version available? -chachi
Zacko
Well well well...leave it to Richard to show the perfect usage of HDR. Like i told you before...i too find very little use for this specific tecnique in general...but for shots like this...WOW! If only i had thought of this when i went to the Vatican. I bet i then could have gotten some decent shot out of my visit to the St Peters church....sigh. I tried to make a HDR-image out of the photo im about to post in a little while...but wind-movement made it impossible. Bla bla bla...superb example my dear friend. Have yourself a wonderful evening! #:o)
bclaytonphoto
Thanks for sharing this one...I've been following the thread and this is a very nice example
nattarious
Wonderful compo and angle Richard! And just wow about the .RAW 6 merged files! Impressive my friend and thank you for the share JOE
Cosme..D..Churruca
The outcome is fantastic... it is perfect !
st_fish
I'm not sure what HDR means but out of the description it seems like its effective especially considering it was several images taken over and underexposed and then stitched!! AWESOME job! Well done! 8;o)
odie
wow... what a view and thank you for the work! :0)
busi2ness
Excellent sample, it brought out the high light without losing the detail. Exciting to learn about these new things.
rainbows
I know nothing of this type of photography, Richard. I do know a magnificent shot when I see one. Sublime image. Astonishing work. I thank you for showing this to us all. Hugs. Di.
TwoPynts
A stellar HDR image professor! By jove, I think he's got it! :)
Loloe
Great image of this beautiful church!!! Bravo!!!
Valentin
The brilliance of the light and colors is wonderful captured and intencifyed with HDRI!
short_ribs
Stunning HDR buddy! you've done an amazing job with this one! sigh I'll get better with it as time goes on I hope LOL for now my style will just have to be bad HDR :P Excellent work you've done here! bows Thanks for sharing! :)
gradient
xlt example of where HDR work can really bring out the best bits of an image...and then put them all back together to produce something that would not normally be possible!!! Congrats!
Valerie-Ducom
Very nice and beautiful picture and excellent color and composition... I like this pov and perspective!!! Good day ;)
Luka_30
Amazing achivement!
Richardphotos
the effect is stunning Richard. from my recent work in dark cathedrals I understand the advantage. I will try some raw myself in the next few days and see what result I can muster. this church reminds me of a cathedral I visited in the Filipines
watifeye
Beautiful work Richard. Thank you for the information. I have not tried this method yet but will certainly give it a tryout in the future. Excellent work!
Margana
This is simply stunning,Richard.The details are out-standing and I just love your pov and the distortion you got.Wonderful HDR work,my friend.As always,I am grateful for your generous and expert contributions to this site.I always feel like I learn something from your uploads.-M :^) PS My ancestors were Norman,so watch it buddy,lol.Oh...and double-LOL at "peeps"!!!That's not a word I thought I'd ever see coming from you! #:^DDD
redchilicat
Wow sounds complicated! It turned out beautifully!
vlaaitje
very impressive...
jimken61
Fantastic work Richard! I think you have got it down. Excellent Job.
smittan
great shot, I like those blueish windowds
CDBrugg
beautifully done!!!
TomDart
Wow...this is so neat. Wowwww! Woowow! Actually Richard, I just got back from the "comments" thread..so you get a Wow! I have also tried some HDR images but not with such a fine place to try it. Your work here is well done and very pleasing. I would dearly love to see how a simple one shot exposure would show this church, for comparison. You seem to have captured the detail in both highlight and assumed shadow area well. And, yes, this is a lovely shot. Tom.