Light and Glass ~ Church Window by bmac62

Photography • Cultural and Spiritual Art • posted on Jan 03, 2009

Open full image in new tab Zoom on image

Hover over top left image to zoom.
Click anywhere to exit.

Members remain the original copyright holder in all their materials here at Renderosity. Use of any of their material inconsistent with the terms and conditions set forth is prohibited and is considered an infringement of the copyrights of the respective holders unless specially stated otherwise.

Description

I took this photo quite some time ago with my now antique digital Sony Cybershot (1.3MP). The original photo simply presented a lifeless, dull, gray-cast window. Consequence: Filed and forgotten... Today I pulled this old file shot up with no thought of posting it. But I was amazed at what came to life as I ran it through Photoshop. So, here it is...bottom line for me is you can do a lot with old stain glass almost no matter what you start with. Three other notes. 1) this is only a portion of the full size window, 2) this photo was taken from the outside and 3) I thought I was standing directly in front of the window but still got a bit of the odd effect of the horizontal lines of the window being straight but the vertical lines being tilted. Always something more to work upon :-) Hope you enjoy looking at this leaded glass half as much as I've enjoyed resurrecting it. Bill Location: Alfred Parish Church, Alfred, Maine.

Comments (27)

)

tennesseecowgirl

1:02AM | Sat, 03 January 2009

Stunning artwork~

)

3x3

2:02AM | Sat, 03 January 2009

lovely shot with nice details

)

durleybeachbum

5:01AM | Sat, 03 January 2009

It is just gorgeous!!! Well done for the postwork, it will be hard to live without PS now we are starting to get to grips with it!

skipper62

5:39AM | Sat, 03 January 2009

Great shot and post work. Bet you could do wonders with the Huge Window over the alter at El Cid.

)

kenmo

6:08AM | Sat, 03 January 2009

I'm glad you resurrected it... Excellent shot...

)

fredster66

6:10AM | Sat, 03 January 2009

You captured this very well Bill. Nice work.

PD154

7:15AM | Sat, 03 January 2009

Beautiful illustration of the masters legacy there, I like that blue colour, but then I would, as blue is my fave colour LOL...Nice one Bill.

)

drace68

7:47AM | Sat, 03 January 2009

Yes, rich blues. Nice photo-edit, Bill.

)

moonrancher

8:17AM | Sat, 03 January 2009

The design work is awesome, and it's amazing what you can do with a few megapixels. :D Great presentation-- glad you saved it. For parallel lines-- The Perspective tool in Photoshop fixes those right up, too.

)

kansas

10:19AM | Sat, 03 January 2009

Such a beautiful window. The cross, crown, and flowers are truly lovely.

)

CavalierLady

10:25AM | Sat, 03 January 2009

Lovely window and you achieved beautiful results in Photoshop! Glad you retrieved this one, Bill.

)

MrsRatbag

12:30PM | Sat, 03 January 2009

Beautiful!

)

BessieB

12:34PM | Sat, 03 January 2009

Superb work Bill, a beautiful window. I cant get into PS, I am so lost with it. I can't even understand the instructions, eeek! I went to a church this morning and am going to see what the shots turned out like and hopefully do a mini series over the next few days, fingers crossed,

)

auntietk

1:08PM | Sat, 03 January 2009

Oh wow. This is wonderful! I don't know what it looked like to begin with, but whatever you did ... it's perfect! I love those rich colors. Nicely done!

)

Richardphotos

2:11PM | Sat, 03 January 2009

not always easy to get proper alignment even with expensive lens of stain glass windows.I love seeing them if no one asks me to make repairs.excellent post work Bill. it is beautiful

)

goodoleboy

4:09PM | Sat, 03 January 2009

Stunning clarity, colors, design, lighting and textures -- revived by the magic of Photoshop -- in this capture of the stained glass, Bill!

)

gypsyflame

5:20PM | Sat, 03 January 2009

This is beautiful...wonderful detail and you brought it to life, I love it!

)

artaddict2

2:31AM | Sun, 04 January 2009

Beautiful rich colour, excellent!

)

mairekas

8:59AM | Sun, 04 January 2009

WOW! Fantastic work!!!

)

Kaartijer

9:26AM | Sun, 04 January 2009

That big was my very first digital camera, but it was making pretty good pictures! Excellent shot, Bill! That a real good picture!

Charberry

12:38PM | Sun, 04 January 2009

I love stained glass windows!! In Photoshop, you could have straightened the lines. I know a lot of people do not know all the things Photoshop can do, but it's after "select all" and then under edit-transform or free transform, depending on which you want to do. The "skew" would work well on this one. If you have any questions about this, just PM me, and I'll try to help you as much as possible. ;o)

)