The Sanctuary Photo

Photographer’s Note

We now move inside St Asaph Cathedral.

This is a view of the Sanctuary area of the Presbytery with the altar and reredos. This area stands at the east end of the Cathedral. The East window dates from 1864 and was installed in memory of Bishop and Mrs Carey. The finely carved stalls date from 1482. The Presbytery as a whole was much restored by Gilbert Scott in 1869-75.

The photograph was taken hand held with the ISO uprated to 800. Apologies for any apparent lack of sharpness.

Buin, salvator, kiwi_explorer, Paolo, chinchini, jhm, maltese, jmcl, jjanczyk has marked this note useful

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azkhan (68) 2007-05-19 4:09 [Comment]

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Buin (37690) 2007-05-19 4:15

Good morning Stephen!
Your photo has a wonderful solemn atmosphere. The dark nave emphasizes the magnificent window in a good way. I like this one!
Greetings from rainy Germany - and have a nice weekend!
Frank

jaywalker (12190) 2007-05-19 4:20

Hi Stephen, What a superb shot of this stunning stain glass window, the balence in the shot is excellent & great colours, very well composed, the only things against is the distence I feel we can't see enough detail, kind regards Wilson.

kiwi_explorer (12195) 2007-05-19 6:13

Hi Stephen,
You've nmanaged the lighting superbly here... this is a difficult shot in terms of balancing the exposure... not to mention only hand held. Excellent result! Well composed ... tfs
Cheers,
Renier

evanrizo (456) 2007-05-19 6:41

Hi Stephen.
A very difficult shot to control the light balance, except some corners they are a litlle more durk the photo is excellent, the glass window works superb with very nice colors and details.
The lamps on the right and on the left work also very good and they help for the good depth.
Cheers
Evan

jonathan_hart (22576) 2007-05-19 6:59

hello Stephen
good photo of stained glasses and details inside
you have found the good exposure to capture that place, nice colours and light, well done, good job
regards
jo

mikeo (12117) 2007-05-19 7:21

Hi Stephen!
Beautiful window ;-). Curious imterior. I like the frame and colors. Well done.

Fis2 (45849) 2007-05-19 7:43

Witaj Stephen!
Beautiful Sanktuary. I like the frame and light. Good colors and contrast. Good work.
Nice sunday
Krzysztof

chinchini (27591) 2007-05-19 9:41

Bonjour Stephen,
La prise de vue n'était pas aisée. Tu as réussi tout de même une très bonne photo. Une plus longue exposition aurait permis d'éclairer l'image.
L'architecture de l'intérieur de la Cathédrale est remarquable.
Bien vu !
Pierre

jhm (82577) 2007-05-19 10:53

Hello Stephen,

This are very difficult pictures for making, but the glas window gives a very nice impact on these photograph together with the light in the Sanctuary.

Regards,
John

wolf38 (12823) 2007-05-19 12:35

Hello Stephen. The enormous multicolored window and the small lamps set special light accents. Light and shade in churches are the problems of photographers. I think that you solved this problem quite well. As a viewer one gets a good view of this great cathedral. Very beautifully. Best regards, Wolfgang.

mrcrow (3989) 2007-05-19 14:25

a really well handled shot regarding lighting
all modes firmly and well exposed
daylight reflected and direct and the inside lamp lights all well co ordinated to give a good feel of open ness and yet retaining the cosiness of the lamplights
good detail and sharpness
cheers

amaryllis (17521) 2007-05-19 16:22

très bel intérieur de cette cathédrale avec ce joli vitrail et toutes ces petites lampes
difficile les interieurs d'église mais assez lumineux avec la luminosité du vitrail
juliette

maltese (21535) 2007-05-19 17:57

Hello Stephen
Une très belle réalisation dans des conditions de lumière difficiles. Beaucoup de netteté et une gestion de l'exposition parfaite.
Une très belle photo, amicalement
Hervé

chrisnet (20374) 2007-05-20 5:12

Hello Stephen,
You have well managed the lighting here, this cathedral interior is superb, well realised.
Regards
Christian

Silvio1953 (41803) 2007-05-20 6:20

Ciao Stephen, wonderful interior of splendid cathedral, great light, very well done, ciao Silvio

Budapestman (41974) 2007-05-20 12:58

Hi Stephen,
Great shot. What a beautiful and spectacular details. Its an impressive POV and very harmonious composition. Very fine lights and superb quality. Excellent architecture shot, Congratulations. Have a nice sunday, thank you
George

Paolo (40703) 2007-05-20 15:24

Hi Stephen, good view from the inside, with good exposure and good quality for a not easy view with all that dark and the different lights.
thanks, ciao

jmcl (13839) 2007-05-26 13:17

Hi Stephen,

I love the soft light and darkness .. it is a really evocative balance .. the carvings and stained glass are beautiful .. very nice.

take care,

John

jjanczyk (1814) 2009-08-14 10:30

Hello,
Magnificent shot!
I like the atmosphere in the Cathedral.
Stunning composition af the photo.
TFS