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St. Paul's Dome


St. Paul's Dome
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Copyright: John Munro (jwmunro) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1854 W: 213 N: 1728] (5964)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-09-26
Categories: Architecture
Camera: Nikon D2X, Nikon 17-55mm f/2.8
Exposure: f/6.3, 1/13 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-03-10 15:51
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Points: 20
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St. Paul's Cathedral, London

Scene
This building once dominated London's skyline and now dwarfed by modern office building and is almost hidden from the river. One needs to look hard to see the dome among the other buildings. Designed by Sir Christopher Wren between 1675 - 1710 when the predecessor was destroyed in the Great London Fire. The dome is 355 feet from the floor and the windows in this image are about 200 feet above the floor. The scenes in the dome look like frescoes, but are really mosaics depicting the prophets and the saints. This image was captured from the Whispering Gallery at 99 feet above the main floor.
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Olá!
Que bela foto.
Eu já aqui tive e não consegui tirar uma foto assim.
Belas cores e uma nitidez fantastica.
Parabens.
miguel.

John,
Amazing level of details in this architecture image.
I like toot tones and contrasts, and your POV is very pleasant, nice one,
Regards,
JB.

Hi John,
beautiful capture here where the perfect 3D effect enhance even more the beauty of the shot. Quality is stunning, great details well visible and perfect light management.
Thanks for sharing it.
Regards,

Igor

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  • crckt Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1402 W: 68 N: 1315] (6815)
  • [2008-03-11 6:32]

Hi John,
I love the way you have captured this. An unusual POV which totally transforms this shot. Great quality too.
WELL DONE!
Shaeri

Good to see you posting again John.
I love the monotone of this image, and you have done a fantastic job to make the mosaics seem almost 3D. The Whispering Gallery is the perfect place to get closer to the inside of the dome and you have made an excellent composition, eschewing the obvious symmetrical framing, to achieve the almost abstract image you have here.
Good work
Kath

Hi John,
Fantastic job of cropping and composing this photograph! You only included the essential details and used your keen eye to frame this portion of the dome. Many photographers would have been lost in all of the details. The sharpness is superb, especially by using a fairly slow shutter speed. Outstanding artistry and technique!
Stan

WOW, John! How were you able to keep this jewel so long on your hard drive. This is fantastic. It gives me the feeling that I'm standing there and looking up. The column at teh left upper corner provides a terrific lead into the dome with its fresno. Very unsual placement for the column in a composition but with an outcome of first class.
Peter

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  • vincz Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2997 W: 85 N: 5051] (17520)
  • [2008-03-12 0:24]

So great volumes here. You did extremely well at rendering 3D and the tones are beautifully rendered as well. Great job.
rrow

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  • carper Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 9648 W: 452 N: 15534] (54428)
  • [2008-03-12 0:34]

very beautiful shot here John,
a very nice interieur shot, the pov is unusual but very good, the details are good, and I know that it's not easy to take a shot like this, fine photojob, have a nice evening.
gr. jaap

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  • jmcl Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2589 W: 146 N: 3421] (11904)
  • [2008-03-14 21:24]
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HI John,

I love the control of the exposure .. I love the dimension .. Love the detail .. I am not sure of the composition .. not that I know what I would like .. but it feels a bit like square peg in a round hole .. still very nice .. did you use a tripod here .. it feel really crisp .. I have gotten used to all these blurry cathedral interiors on TE ..

take care,

John

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