the gate of the history Photo

Photographer’s Note

I took this photo only a few days ago.

It was handheld and it was inside the most important romanesque cathedral of Spain: Santiago de Compostela.

One old tradition says Iacobus, one of the apostles of Jesuchrist, was found in this place (Iria Flavia) with two or three hundred gamusinos.
It was the 9th century and suddenly was built and old a little church.

That little church grow up and grow up and became the main romanesque church of cathedral of Spain.
And also thousands of pilgrims arrived to Santiago de Compostela because they wanted to visit the tomb of the apostle.

That's (almost) the story and that's one old crypt of the cathedral.

I hope you like it.

PaulVDV, Valerka, patshoo, Elaine_Blath, PixelTerror, andante, feather, Cretense, xavshot, chrkont, UlfE, riclopes, mydrjoe, Truja, steliosk, josepmarin, quillo, Amaz has marked this note useful

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PaulVDV (5056) 2008-06-23 22:20

Hello Carlos,
Good use of that beautiful churchgate as the frame for the picture. Nice capture of the ray of light.
Regards, Paul

Valerka (8159) 2008-06-23 22:21

Hi, Carlos,
The title made me open the thumbnail and I see a nice capture of lightbath in this cathedral.
Interesting POV and good depth.I like the way you've caught the people. It implies the idea of movement.
TFS
Valerka:)

patshoo (944) 2008-06-23 22:28

Attractive POV,Beautiful focal point and well prepare composition,A bit glare not effect overall scene,Man on middle ground also made this scene lively.Good work,TFS.

tomescuc (2835) 2008-06-23 22:29

Cool POV, light rays, people. Nice one.
cheers,
CT

keribar (42726) 2008-06-23 22:31

Hello Carlos,
Finally I am back home. Three trips in 15 days is a bit much, but what can I do ?
Anyway, Santiago de Compostela is certainly on my agenda, and your picture can also stregthen this feeling: Good angle exlennet light and beam coming inside the church. I would perhaps prefer just one man instead of two. But this is a minor detail -
All the best - Izzet

Longroute (8911) 2008-06-24 0:38

Very original and interesting photo where you have both the exterior and interior well focused and exposed. The depth of field is exceptional as well as the details inside the church.
The two people make it a living documentary.
Bravo,
Donato

Elaine_Blath (6170) 2008-06-24 0:57

Hi Carlos,

this is a great POV inside the architecture...very good choice to take so low angle, makes it like a bug´s POV ;-)

Well done, Ivana

PixelTerror (86032) 2008-06-24 1:36

Hola Carlos,
Distortion is a bit too strong for my taste but the indoors rendering you have achieved here hand held is very nice, especially the light ray fitting so well to the place.
Have a nice day JY

andante (7092) 2008-06-24 5:36

Ostias!! Que belleza de foto, Carlos.

Me gusta mucho la combinacion de tipos de iluminacion que has captado aqui. El rayo de luz que entra por el tragaluz crea un juego de lineas muy interesante que lleva al ojo a recorrer la foto detalle por detalle. Excelente trabajo.

Un fuerte saludo desde America,
Enrique

feather (49848) 2008-06-24 5:40

What better place than a centre for pilgrimage to have such a wonderful sunbeam. You demonstrate good steady hands for 1/10 second. Well done
Kath

MiguelP (14294) 2008-06-24 6:58

Muy bonito rayo, seguro que el Vaticano te compra esta foto con auténtico fervor. En serio que muy bonita, no estoy de coña.

Miguel

oriolm (1142) 2008-06-24 6:59

Vaya superación! luz, movimiento, colores, atmosfera... una gran foto de un gran lugar

Cretense (54926) 2008-06-24 9:52

Hola Carlos!

Me gusta tu punto de vista tan bajo, da una buena perspectiva en este interior tan interesante, pero la mayor virtud de esta foto es la iluminacion perfecta! Felicidades!

Un saludo,
Hercules

barrufeto_77 (25619) 2008-06-24 10:25

Hola...

Joder...has ido rápido eh? Me gusta la luz de arriba pero tengo mis dudas sobre el POV.

Alaaaaaaaaaaaa

xavshot (61917) 2008-06-24 14:00

Bonsoir Carlos
elle est grandiose cette lumière. Le cadrage est superbe avec la rpésence de ces deux personnages; Très beau travail.
Xavier

bantonbuju (48340) 2008-06-25 1:03

hola carlos,
fabulous thing, dear...
looks unreal, the rays are so strong, so powerful, humans look like tiny bits of this universe...
one of the best things i've seen from you recently...
bw, j.

chrkont (3629) 2008-06-25 12:37

Hi Carlos
Once again you have an excellent photo here, with great colors and expert light handle. Bravo
Regards from Greece
Christos

UlfE (8859) 2008-06-25 13:01

Hi Carlos,

Fantastic interior shot of the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. The light rays from the windows make it really exciting. And the inclusion of the two visitors, both with the hands on their back is marvelous. TFS and have a nice evening!

Cheers,

Ulf

riclopes (32865) 2008-06-26 2:21

Hola Carlos, I remember well this splendid architecture. Superb low POV and framing. Wonderful artwork details on the stone and marvellous light effect in the background. Great shot.
Un abrazo,
ricardo

mydrjoe (1240) 2008-06-26 5:26

Hola Carlos,

Conozco bien -y he hecho muchas fotos- de nuestra grandiosa Catedral de Santiago, esta tuya es realmente buena y resulta especialmente llamativa por los rayos de luz. Buen trabajo!

Un saludo,
JR

Truja (4948) 2008-06-26 12:42

Hola Carlos.

últimament vaig una mica de cul i no dono per tot... si, ja se, amb el cervell que tinc hauria de procurar no fer més de dues coses a l'hora, que es colapsa!

La prespectiva que ens mostres és molt bona, captant tot el que calia mostras per posar-nos bé en situació, a méshas controlat molt bé la llum.

Ens veiem. Jordi

angie-barcelona (1897) 2008-06-26 15:20

Hola Carlos!

al fin una foto de Santiago... y bien original! El rayo de luz es lo que más me gusta! Felicidades!

PD: que tal el viaje? al final te quedaste con el objetivo de tu vecino???

steliosk (4784) 2008-06-26 16:46

Hey there Carlos,
I'd say you'd probably use a tripod for this one. The details are quite sharp.
I like the way you managed to capture the light here. The POV is excellent, guides you to the scene.
Excellent done my friend
Many Regards
Stelios

dip (12410) 2008-06-27 13:40

Hello Carlos,
nice shot with good POV and wonderful light,
good capture of the scene,
Dimitris.

josepmarin (33591) 2008-06-29 10:08

Hola Carlos,
et deixen fer fotos dins la Catedral de Santiago? Ho dic perquè sembla una d'aquelles fotos "clandestines" que tots hem fet algun cop....
Però té un bon efect dinàmic i una sensació especial pels rajos de sol que entren pel rosetó, i pel moviment de la gent.
Per la manera com l'has fet no es pot dir res de la mica de manca de nitidesa, atesos els ajustos d'exposició i temps.
És una foto força interessant.
Salut,
Josep

sweet_universe (1693) 2008-06-30 1:08

Ciao Carlos!
Evviva Espana!
This shot is really fantastic. Your pic describes very weel the particular atmosphere that is at Santiago de Compostela.
Conmgratulations.

doubay (5023) 2008-07-07 22:50

It looks as if God was directly shining into his church. Very good capture with fantastic lighting. The tilt, the decentered door and the people in motion make it look dynamic. Well done!
Cheers
Andreas

quillo (7072) 2008-07-17 8:38

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Hello Coco:

If, I like a lot .... y me gusta porque tiene una luz bien controlada, y el encuadre hacia arriba captando los detalles del arco sobre la puerta, y los colores que aun siendo una toma interior se ven muy naturales, pues si que me gusta.

Un saludo

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Mer1000 (738) 2008-09-17 3:20

La fotografía me encanta, el rayo de luz le da un aspecto, no se como definirlo, eso si, sobra la lámpara (al igual que en la mayoria de las iglesias "antiguas"... Pero ¿y los gamusinos? Que punto.
Un saludo
Mer

Amaz (6432) 2009-06-03 1:56

¡Muy buena composición, Carlos!!
Impresionante caída del rayo...

¡Gran foto!

Un saludo cordial