From Viseu to lucasgalodoido, paura &... Photo

Photographer’s Note

To lucasgalodoido, paura and other Brazilian friends.

Why? If you take a look at their galleries, you'll find why, specially if you go to the Minas Gerais sections; see, for instance these: 1, 2.

This is also my first post of Viseu, an important town in the Centre/North Portugal, at least in the context of the small country we are, that has very few big towns. It's a charming old town located in the a very scenic region of verdant hills and valleys. Its origins are older than the Roman occupation, during which it had some importance.

The church, named Igreja da Misericórdia (Church of Mercy), is a construction of the late 18th century and looks more imposing than the supposedly more important cathedral, which happens to be in the same square front, to the back of the POV.

The image is a stitch of 6 horizontal shots. I am not satisfied with the result, but I feel I have to show it after the trouble I had obtained it. I wasn't expecting that it was so difficult, specially after having been able to obtain reasonably good stitchings with not so much work using shots taken by hand much less carefully than I did here. One of the irritating things for me is that I find it's easier to stitch images from a set of shots without much repetition, but on the other hand sometimes I discover that if I had shoot a couple of angles more or had used other exposure adjustment here or there, the final result would be much better and also easier to process. The obvious remedy sounds to be making plenty of shots with various angles and exposure adjustment., but the problem with this approach is that choosing which shots to use in the stitch is a nightmare, aggravated by the fact that the processing time of each try can be quite lengthy if you use much images. Here I started with a set of 32 shots and ended up with 6. One of the hardest things to achieve was avoiding broken lines/corners, namely in the staircase. In the latter I simply gave up. I wouldn't be posting if the church was more represented in TE and if I saw good chances of returning in Viseu soon. It rained heavily most of the day I was in the town, so it hadn't many chances of getting decent photos.

Location (latitude, longitude): 40.66,-7.9115

tober, PaulVDV, danos, alvaraalto, jwmunro, mikolaj_kawa, shevchenko, ines8, xuaxo, dip, bakes888, ellelloo, celmaleite, jusninasirun, axiotea, rginer, denisn72, Didi, paura, lucasgalodoido has marked this note useful

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ribeiroantonio (21859) 2009-06-07 10:16

É uma igreja lindíssima que eu conheci há muitos anos, no século passado!!!
Acho que tens um trabalho de colagem muito bom. Assim à primeira vista não vejo imperfeições.
Pelos vistos, existe uma luz muito forte do lado direito pois as sombras são bem visíveis.
Também gostei da nota e do relato das dificuldades em fazer a colagem. É preciso ter paciência, coisa que eu tenho cada vez menos!
Um abraço,
António

tober (3944) 2009-06-07 10:39

Hello Jose, isn't it a difficult and time consuming work to stitch several horizontal shots ? But the result is quite succesful and the church looks like a shining star in the darknes of the night. Congratulations, Tolga

PaulVDV (5144) 2009-06-07 11:02

Hello Jose,
I think all your work resulted in a very beautiful picture.
The architecture and its many details are presented very well. The white façade makes this church look brilliant in the dark night.
Well done !
Best regards, Paul

danos (32198) 2009-06-07 11:45

Ola Jose,
nice presentation of the façade of the Church of Mercy,as the dedication to the two TE friends.I like the sharpness and the clarity of the scene,but the background have a lot of great patches of light,like mine at this photo.I resolve the problem with the clone stamp from Photoshop.

Have a nice week,danos

alvaraalto (5229) 2009-06-07 11:53

Dag Jose,

I’m always fascinating to see the Portuguese influences in the pictures of our Brazilians friends. So it is interesting to show us the origin of many South American architecture of the past centuries with this beautiful nightshot.

Groet Rob

COSTANTINO (22529) 2009-06-07 12:15

Hello
A nice,nightshot of this beautiful church with so many architectural details..This shot has a very good quality,the result is great and this church looks so
beautiful..compliments
Costantino

ciakgiak (10496) 2009-06-07 16:05

Hello Jose,
The architectural style of this facade is splendid. I like its simple and elegant contrast of colours and the perfect exposure and management of light.
A really superb work.
Friendly regards.
Giorgio

jwmunro (6571) 2009-06-07 17:46

Hello Jose -

A very nice image that is presented very well. The color casts are addressed, the night black is black (without noise), and the technical details are spot on the money. As you know these images are much better presented during the blue hour, but I guess we work with what we have. Well done!

Thank you for sharing.

John

Docarmo (8820) 2009-06-07 19:48

Olá José,
Belíssima arquitetura, me dá saudades de Minas (eu compreendo perfeitamente o título, há muita semelhança mesmo) - os portugueses deixaram sua marca registrada lá, sem sombra de dúvida.
A gestão de luz está magnífica. O trabalho de colagem... ah, deve ser uma loucura... que perfeição!
Parabéns!!!
Docarmo

mikolaj_kawa (29787) 2009-06-07 23:22

Ola Jose! Amazing church, amazing facade, wonderful shot. Good light and shadow, very good contrast. Original work. Saude!

Graal (57647) 2009-06-07 23:43

Hi Jose,
beautiful architecture of church. Good shot by night. Nice details of facade. Your version is attractive also. I like it.
Gr., Aleksander

shevchenko (9862) 2009-06-07 23:50

Hello Jose,
Really look like similar these architectures at different locations, just like in my country we were employed architect from China to built Chinese traditional style architectures especially to built temples. Good balancing of symmetry and tidy work to show the facade of the old church, distinct night photo, well done.
Ally

John_F_Kennedy (31197) 2009-06-08 0:15

The colourful lights have lit up the building so well. I like your POV.
Best wishes,
Achim

ines8 (990) 2009-06-08 3:25

Beautiful nightshot,perfect image!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cumprimentos,
ines

leonorkuhn (13513) 2009-06-08 12:51

Olá José,

Muito bonita esta foto noturna. A arquitetura da Igreja tem o mesmo estilo colonial encontrado nas igrejas de Minas Gerais neste mesmo período. Simetria, luminosidade e detalhes excelentes.

Abraços
Leonor

xuaxo (5693) 2009-06-08 13:03

Olá José,
Apesar de alguns detalhes, como a escada, acho que em geral que a trabalheira valeu a pena. Pelo menos para nos dar uma ideia dessa fachada e para nos ensinares mais um pouco destas técnicas.
Cumprimentos,
Francisco

TopGeo (21639) 2009-06-08 14:25

Hello Jose,
I think all your work resulted in a very beautiful picture. It is a technique that gives certain results of brightness well Here has a enough satisfactory quality with disadvantage the noise his background of also night Generally speaking a most excellent choice! Thank you for sharing.
Georgios

emka (21179) 2009-06-08 15:01

Hi Jose,

Very nice night shot of this baroque church. Good work of stiching. Nice symmetric composition in good colours.

Regards

Malgorzata

dip (12534) 2009-06-08 23:35

Hi Jose,
beautiful nocturnal image of the church,
wonderful architectural details!
well composed,
Dimitris.

bakes888 (18101) 2009-06-09 0:48

Hi Jose. I have trouble getting a stitch to work as I want also so you have my sympathies. Good handling of light and excellent symmetry and balance. Thanks for sharing.
Have a good week, Paul.

ellelloo (4733) 2009-06-09 12:02

Hello José,
A very attractive night shot with good control of exposure, excellent colours and good sharpness. I think your stitch is made very skilfully. The church has beautiful architecture! TFS!
Greetings from rainy and chilly Finland,
Lasse

celmaleite (2669) 2009-06-09 14:48

Com certeza todo trabalho compensou, a foto ficou lindíssima com uma iluminação impecável. Parabéns, abraço

jusninasirun (10150) 2009-06-10 7:00

Hi Jose,

It is stunning how you managed the night shot here. The details are so well seen and the framing is flawless. The layers of the staircase adds perspective to the shot and I like it.

Best regards,
Jusni

axiotea (16031) 2009-06-10 23:19

Olà José
You might be not completely satisfied with your work, but I found it quite successful!
Beautiful architectural details displayed in a good exposure and which stand out nicely against the dark sky!
Thanks for the photos in ws and note.
Abraço
Marilyn

sunamoon (5057) 2009-06-11 16:00

Hola Jose,

Muy buena captura nocturna,
la luz del edificio y el color dorado y blanco,
muy buena definición!!! Buen trabajo!

Un saludo,
Elena

berek (28849) 2009-06-11 21:19

Hi Jose,
I like all of them . good light control with beautiful architecture here. incredible details . Greetings.
Burak

ElAprendiz (7370) 2009-06-12 18:26

Hola Jose:

Me parece que 1,25 seg. es muy poco tiempo de exposición, para una escena donde el ambiente es totalmente oscuro. Yo hubiera preferido quizas 2 o 3 seg.

De por si, me gusta mucho el encuadre perfecto que tiene la imgen, pero sin duda de que la simetría de la arquitectura es extraorinaria. Gran toma nocturna.

Saludos desde Colombia, John

rginer (527) 2009-06-12 23:04

Ola Jose,
As per your note it has been quite difficult, but I sincerely think the result is splendid ! You just wanted to share with us this beautiful and unique Igreja da Misericórdia in Viseu and you did it ! Wonderful POV, lights and most important ... its architecture, really portuguese, colonial. We have to go there !
Gracias por tu esfuerzo, pero creo que has cnseguido una muy buena fototrafia !
Buen fin de semana !
Un abrazo,
Roser

denisn72 (6969) 2009-06-15 14:46

Hi José
This night picture is a success! The exposure, details and colours are incredible. This church looks attractive in the night. The architecture is impressive and the low point of view is very interesting. Thanks for sharing! You did a great stitch! Cheers!
Best regards
Denis!

Bluejeans (32021) 2009-06-17 5:25

Oi amigo ,
Magnifica esta tua foto com esta igreja iluminada , os detalhes são muito belos , fizeste uma bela colagem tens os meus parabéns !!!
Belo ponto de visão , é um belo lugar para visitar a noite e fotografar, parabéns!!
Um abraço Gonçalo

Didi (35998) 2009-06-17 15:34

Salut José
Les nocturnes c'est ma passion.
Belle immage de cette architecture Gold à l'heure noire.
La symétrie est très appréciable.
Amitiés

paura (38266) 2009-06-17 16:19

José,
Perdoe-me por essa visita tardia, amigo. A imagem está excelente, com efetivo controle de exposição e lindos resultados. Realmente se parece muito com muitas daqui que, aliás, foram em maioria construido por portugueses mesmo. Obrigado pela parte que me cabe em sua homenagem.

Abraço

Paulo

lucasgalodoido (16583) 2009-06-18 9:11

Olá José,
realmente uma Igreja com bastante similaridade com as de nossa galeria, há dessas por todo o interior de Minas Gerais. Bonita noturna nos mostra aqui, e obrigado pela homenagem.
Parabéns e Abraço