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Image Title: St Andrews Cathedral
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| Photographer |
Ian Bledowski {K:409}
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| Project |
#41 Perspective
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Camera Model |
Canon EOS 400D
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| Categories |
Architecture
Cityscape
Historical
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Film Format |
Digital RAW |
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Lens |
Canon 18-55mm EFS f/3.5-5.6
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| Uploaded |
4/7/2007 |
Film / Memory Type |
Digital ISO 100
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| Views |
219 |
Shutter |
1/1000
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| Favorites |
0
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Aperture |
f/3.5 |
| Critiques |
8 |
Rating |
5.44
/ 5 Ratings
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| Location |
City - St Andrews
State - FIFE
Country - United Kingdom
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| About |
A shot of the famous wall that dominates the skyline of St Andrews. Taken at the ruined cathedral on a beautiful day.
I have been trying to get interesting shots of this much photographed wall and feel this to be one of my least boring. As it is so large it is a difficult subject to capture, and I feel that this shot is not perfect due to the wall rising from the lower right and ending in the upper left leaving a lot of blank space. I do like the exposure and low saturation of this image however, which was achieved through RAW processing. No other digital manipulation has been applied. Please tell me your opinions on the image.
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There are 8 Comments in 1 Pages
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Francesco Barillaro
{K:1907} 4/7/2007
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I like this kind of picture...i Like diffetent perspective.well done
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Paul Lara
{K:86846} 4/7/2007
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Ahhh. The cascade of birds just completes this shot for me, Ian. Splendid!
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Dave Stacey
{K:137742} 4/7/2007
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Marvellous capture, Andrew! Great detail in the stonework, and a beautiful sky to go along with yur dramatic perspective. I agree with Paul about the birds really making the shot special, although I would like it without them, as well. I don't think the empty space takes anything away from the image at all. A very well done treatment of a difficult subject.
Dave.
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Roberto Arcari Farinetti
{K:191948} 4/7/2007
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hello..
a powerful view Ian.. i like it!
roby
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metoni .
{K:23515} 4/7/2007
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Great architecture!
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Paul's Photos
{K:35218} 4/7/2007
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nice perspective....
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Doyle D. Chastain
{K:100828} 4/13/2007
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Ian - I like it and I know intuitively that we are our own worst critics . . . but never, NEVER, refer to your own work as "my least boring". Others will pick it apart for you in due time, my friend!!
As it happens, this is a very unique POV and the exposure and post work really accent the color and texture of the stone work. The birds were helpful to you as well.
To get it all in, you can consider a couple of other options if you wished. A 10.5mm fisheye, with distortion correction would have done the job nicely. The other alternative would have been to look into stitching images together in a panoramic image . . . though that would require some learning if you're not familiar with the process. There is a Panoramic forum here on UF if you're interested in trying that approach and decide you need help.
But for THIS image . . . . least boring is a poor description . . . splendid would be much more accurate!
Regards,
Doyle I <~~~~~
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Ian Bledowski
{K:409} 4/17/2007
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Thank you for the comment Doyle,
This is part of an on going project of mine, where I am trying to find new and exciting views of the landmarks in this highly photographed town. I am glad that so many people, including yourself, have enjoyed this image.
I have deliberatly desaturated the colours to help bring out the stonework and to try and move away from my usual, highly saturated, style, and I see from what you have said that it was the correct decision. This was the first shot at that POV rotation and I had barely decided to try a shot there when the birds took off, leaving only a fraction of a second for composing the shot, so it was not quite how I would have liked it to be, but the presence of the flying birds helped to add a vital element of scale that made me choose this shot for posting on UF over the others of that day.
As for fitting the entire structure in frame, I have also been recommended wide aperture ~12mm lenses, but these are way outside my budget, and so I worked on a quick photomerge which gives the impression of a fisheye lens but is still clearly a construction from seperate photographs, though it needs more work before I can post it here.
Thanks again, "splendid" is certainly a description I can live with for this image :)
Ian Bledowski
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