S Roque Church Photo

Photographer’s Note

Hi TE friends

This is my first picture about portuduese churches.

Despite the ISO 1600, there aren't so much noise. I used a banister to support the camera because is not allowed to use tripod.

I hope you like it and I whish you a nice weekend.

The Igreja de São Roque (Church of Saint Roch) in Lisbon was the earliest Jesuit church in the Portuguese world, and one of the first Jesuit churches anywhere. It served as the Society’s home church in Portugal for over 200 years, before the Jesuits were expelled from that country. After the 1755 Lisbon Earthquake, the church and its ancillary residence were given to the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa (the Charity House of Lisbon) to replace their church and headquarters which had been destroyed. It remains a part of the Casa today, one if its many heritage buildings.

The Igreja de São Roque was one of the few buildings in Lisbon to survive the Earthquake relatively unscathed. When built in the 16th century it was the first Jesuit church designed in the “auditorium-church” style specifically for preaching. It contains a number of chapels, most in the Baroque style of early 17th century. The most notable chapel is 18th-century Chapel of St. John the Baptist (Capela de São João Baptista), a project by Nicola Salvi and Luigi Vanvitelli constructed in Rome of many precious stones and disassembled, shipped and reconstructed in São Roque; at the time it was reportedly the most expensive chapel in Europe.

Nikon D40X
2009/09/10 17:44:40.3
Compressed RAW (12-bit)
Lens: 18-55mm F/3.5-5.6 G
Focal Length: 18mm
Digital Vari-Program: Auto (Flash Off)
Metering Mode: Multi-Pattern
1/5 sec - F/3.5
Exposure Comp.: 0 EV
Sensitivity: ISO 1600
Optimize Image: Vivid
White Balance: Auto
AF Mode: AF-A
Color Mode: Mode IIIa (sRGB)
Tone Comp.: Auto
Hue Adjustment: 0°
Saturation: Auto
Sharpening: Auto

ChrisJ, Amaz, subhendu_bagchi, alvaraalto, Graal, fanni, Docarmo, emilbo has marked this note useful

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ChrisJ (70443) 2009-09-12 1:51

Ola Aires

Nice reflections in the polished wood at right with good linear perspective & superb warm cold colour contrasts between the blue & yellow. Excellent sharpness & diffused light. Tfs!

serp2000 (9733) 2009-09-12 2:11

Hi, Aires,
Excellent shot! It reminds me the guidbooks photos. Well done! Interesting informative note!
Have a nice weekend!
Serghei

Tweety (3410) 2009-09-12 2:14

Bonjour Aires,
Une très belle photo dont j'apprécie en priorité le cadrage. Des couleurs très agréables et une pdc incroyable.
Bravo à toi.
Christophe

Amaz (7556) 2009-09-12 2:25

Bela captura, Aires!!
Boa composição e agradáveis luzes!!

Lindo travalho!!

Meus parabéms,

aadilj (17950) 2009-09-12 3:05

Fabulously handled Aires and very well composed. I love the hues and the way the lights are managed. Wonderful work

Gerrit (36313) 2009-09-12 7:16

Hi Aires,
wonderful rich baroque interior. The colours and light are great and the sharpness is very good for the circumstances.
regards, Gerrit

TopGeo (22249) 2009-09-12 7:43

Hello Aires

A superb depth shot Good architecture with a good balance in the composition with in perspective and especially an incredible depth of church. A good choice of format, with excellent sharpness, colour, pov. I like the detail and line of BG with decor and icons

delkoo (34810) 2009-09-12 8:44

hi aires
great interior light management, and Extraordinary amount of sharp detail in this one.

well seen
didier

elkab (3326) 2009-09-12 10:17

Hi, Aires!
Great perspective here. I like playing with GO. Very good light and beautiful colours.
TFS and have a nice weekend
elizabeth

subhendu_bagchi (3540) 2009-09-12 10:23

Great composition with interesting point of view Aires, the church looks so beautiful. Light and colours are so vibrant. Great depth and sharpness. I like it a lot.
Have a great weekend.
Subhendu

alvaraalto (5303) 2009-09-12 12:56

Hi Aires,

Excellent quality of this picture you made in difficult circumstances. Beautiful clearness and colours. I also like the low POV you chose.

Groet Rob

siamesa (13247) 2009-09-12 13:53

Oi Aires

Eu precisei de alguns minutos para ver cada detalhe, mas tem que ser assim mesmo com essas fotos de interiores .Acredita que há uma igreja aqui que era totalmente decorada nas paredes e teto com pinturas de santos e cenas celestiais. O Vaticano ordenou que as paredes fossem cobertas e as lindas pinturas sumiram. Disseram que era por causa de alguns santos que foram "cassados". E o trabalho do artista?
Adorei a foto com todos esses detalhes belos. parabéns.
Abraços
maria

celmaleite (2956) 2009-09-12 18:13

Bonita imagem desta belíssima igreja. Lindas cores e ótima nitidez. Parabéns!

emka (22389) 2009-09-12 23:49

Hi Aires, Nice pilot photo of the new series. I am lookng forward to continuation. Beautiful baroque church, richly decorated, like othe jesuit chueches evferywhere. Interesting reflections.

Regards

Malgorzata

Graal (58786) 2009-09-13 0:01

Hi Aires,
nice interior of church. Beautiful details. Well composition. I like it.
Gr.,Aleksander

npecanhuk (14756) 2009-09-13 2:21

Oi Aires!
E foi um excelente começo, pois essa foto do interior dessa igreja está muito boa, muito bonita!
A exposição está ótima, a nitidez também e as cores estão muito atraentes! O ponto de vista foi acertado e a composição eficientemente bela!
Parabéns, abraços e um ótimo domingo prá ti!
Neyvan

john1 (2421) 2009-09-14 10:43

Hello Aires,

Great details and colors of the architecture.
Excellent colors and sharpness, very beautifull persective. Good light(very difficult in the chrch)
and Icons.
Best regards.
John

carper (65742) 2009-09-14 10:46

very beautiful my friend,
good composition fine atmosphere here, good details, very good photo job here I like it, have a nice evening.
regard jaap

fanni (8889) 2009-09-15 14:42

Hello Aires,
I think that ISO-1600 for taking shots indoors (i.e. churches or metro stations) is quite ok, provided that the exposure is correct.
I find this shot excellent for an interior photo! And most of all I like the perspective; you chose a very good POV, and the fact that you placed the camera on the banister (with the glossy banister visible and having some colourful reflections on it) only adds the "right" effect to the photo :)
Good colours and contrast, very good light management. I like it :)
Warm regards,
Elena

mkamionka (4990) 2009-09-17 8:03

Hi Aires,
it may sound funny but when we were in this church with my wife we were talking about you.
The church is marked in the tourist guidebooks as an important one, but the exterior is not that spectacular as the interior. So being there I was wondering if you know about the church because people living in a place quite often don't use a guidebook and may not notice interesting places if they are not attractive from a distance. So I was hoping I will show the church first.
But I have to say that I am really impressed with your POV and I think it is much much better than my shot so I won't even try uploading my picture.
The church is really pretty. We visited it in the morning just before leaving to Vasco Da Gama shopping centre...

Great job, TFS
M

Docarmo (8856) 2009-09-17 22:17

Olá Aires,
Que foto impecável! Luminosidade e cores muito bem captadas. Um interior de igreja muito bonito!
Parabéns!
Docarmo

emilbo (9659) 2009-09-24 16:14

Olà Aires,
Merveilleuse photo pour ta première d'église portugaise. Excuse-moi si je ne l'avais pas remarquer avant. Excellent éclairage, belle architecture et superbes couleurs. Beau travail et bonne exposition.
Tous mes compliments,
Amicalement,
Emilius