Baroque Church in Chlum Photo

Photographer’s Note

The dominant feature of the town "Chlum u Trebone" is the Baroque Church of the Assumption of Virgin Mary, which towers on the hill above the pond. The church was built on the layout of the Greek cross in 1745 and it is a copy of the pilgrimage church in Mariazell (Austria). Three aisles and the sacristy were added in 1805. The furnishings are in the Baroque style.

This photo is composed out of two, where the second was taken with -2 EV. Utility called "Photomatix" was used in order to apply the technique of tone mapping. Noise is reduced by sw.

As well as all my other photos, also this one is snapped on film and scanned by film scanner.

bruce_wayne, lilimih33, belido, Henryk_Bilor has marked this note useful

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Dazed (89) 2007-04-20 4:07

This is great, looks almost like a painting! I love the dramatic sky and great POV. I am unaware of what photomatix is, have not come across this before?
regards michelle

marianita (3356) 2007-04-20 4:10

Jiri,
excellent scenery, indeed looks liek a painting. the tones are excellent
marianna

bruce_wayne (1507) 2007-04-20 4:17

Hi Jiri
great mood and very interesting atmosphere in this your shot.
Clearness is very good and that sky is great. Colors are perfect, well done!

Bruce W.

craiggc (2507) 2007-04-20 4:22

Wow, that certainly is an HDR Jiri. It has a painted feel becuase the contrast range is so full throughout the image.
Great details and a nice 'powerful' composition with the building almost standing over the viewer.
Nice work
Craig

PS Check out the work of 'Alana' your image reminds me of her proessing style

riodda (555) 2007-04-20 4:39

Very intersting HDR picture i think that the result is very good.
Thanks for sharing.

yoyostribe (172) 2007-04-20 4:43

Is this a picture or a painting? thats what i asked myself andthats why i take a closer look... and it a very beautiful photograph

eyusuf (0) 2007-04-20 4:50

this is great. i can see that photomatix is very effective in this photo. why does the tip of the church appear dark? could it be that you apply too much (or too little) strength in photomatix?

djanloo (420) 2007-04-20 5:24

Congrats for the technique you used here...
It produced a great result.

Subject, sky and composition are very nice too!

TFS

Gianluca

mikolaj_kawa (31335) 2007-04-20 8:54

Hello Jiri! Very good POV! Best regards from Poland.

lilimih33 (9874) 2007-04-21 1:28

Hello Jiri!
Beautiful composition with wonderful colours and light!
Nice clarity and great perspective!
Excellent done!
Lili

Dresik (77) 2007-05-02 10:27

Wow, very dramatic :)

Standa (1861) 2007-05-04 4:40

Ahoj Jiri,
vsiml jsem si poznamky u fotky ze Staromaku a diky ni objevil dalsiho krajana na TE.
Pokud bych tuhle fotku mel hodnotit podle nastavene urovne tady, tak by mela asi 10 smajliku:)
Ale vazne: skvele svetlo, stesti na oblohu a hezka kompozice.
Zdravi
Standa

roconnell (327) 2007-05-18 18:30

There is an overall grey-scale coloration that adds to the mood created by the storm clouds above the church. The POV and beautfiul contrasting colors is wonderfull. Well done.

MichaelTrezzi (3170) 2007-05-24 1:36

Hi Jiri, excellent view of the old church. The dark sky makes a very well suited dramatic effect. Nice modest colors. Well done. Cheers, Michael

belido (16899) 2007-05-31 7:53

Hi Jiri,

another great image. The result using hdr in this picture is outstanding. I can see all the details and textures. Great job!
Regards,
Carlos

kenmac (529) 2007-06-06 10:26

I think you have done a good job here using HDR. I'm not a huge fan of this technique because usually most peopleoverdo it and end up with totally unrealistic images. But here, you have used restraint and it has paid off.
KMc

Henryk_Bilor (20371) 2007-06-09 15:12

Hello
Great perspective and impressive sky. This makes a feeling of a very nice, a bit mysterious mood.
Regards