Iglesia de San Martin I Photo

Photographer’s Note

It's 02:30am where I am now, so it's already Sunday and that calls for another post of a church.

I thought about offering you another radical POV, but as I feared that some of you are already bored of that, I am posting another experimental image and posting the other one as WS2. :D

Why do I call it "experimental"? Because it is another stitch produced with two shots so dissimilar that I wouldn't believe that Hugin would be capable of making the stitch. I was also surprised to see how the final image seems to have been shot from the 2nd floor of a building across the street as that balcony is rather high and I was down on the narrow street when I did the shots.

I didn't find much information about the church, other than it was built in the 12th century (some mentioned 11th century) in Romanesque and Mudéjar styles.

• WS1: The original shots.

• WS2: Another POV, showing the left corner of the balcony that would be visible here with just a slightly wider angle.

Link to all my posts of Segovia: *.

Location (latitude, longitude): 40.9488,-4.122

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macondo (13271) 2009-01-17 20:09

Hello Jose.
A very attractive piece of church architecture, well composed with the tower slightly off centre. The light and the shadows are superb, and the sharpness is astounding without being too much. I like the deep blue sky and the combination of the blue and the stone of the church. I was very interested to look at your two original shots; it is a good stitching job from those two distorted pictures. Beautifully done.
Regards,
Andrew

Docarmo (8844) 2009-01-17 21:20

Ah, José, assim não vale! Se o WS2 fosse a foto principal, entraria no meu tema "stegade" ;-)
Penso que poderia incluir esta também, pois o que fizeste com os originais para produzir esta, é incrível! Minuciosamente bem feito!!! Impressionante como conseguiste alinhar tão bem as duas imagens - princípio semelhante ao usado na técnica de IMAX 3D - as colunas em divergência... ficou também um POV radical!
Parabéns!
MCV

bakes888 (18327) 2009-01-17 22:16

Hi Jose. That’s an amazing result from the two start photos, what program are you using? Excellent colours and details also. Thanks for sharing.
Have a good Sunday, Paul.

rodgerg (24937) 2009-01-18 0:53

Olà José,

A very nice presentation of this superb edifice. POV well selected, colurs and beautiful contrast well collected, god framing. The edifice arise very well in this beautiful sky.
Amizades,
Roger

feather (50144) 2009-01-18 2:14

It's astounding how well those heavily distorted initial images have resulted in this wonderful image. In particular, the part of the building close to the right (with two windows)looks completely different. There are some interesting shadows coming in from the left and some attractive and varying light/contrasts on the small pillars. Just a small point, although not too disturbing here, you would have probably had a more even sky without the polariser.
Looking at the time of posting, I only just realised that Portugal is on GMT!
Kath

paura (39202) 2009-01-18 3:08

José,
Sem tripé mesmo ou você esqueceu de mencionar? A definição e tudo o mais está excelente para uma fotografia tomada em 1/60.

Abração

Paulo

xuaxo (5835) 2009-01-18 5:04

Olá Stego!
Impressionante, sim senhor! Dá-me vontade de ir à procura desse Hugin. Uma questão: ele também faz estes milagres com duas fotos de tamanhos diferentes? É que tenho uma torre com partes em duas fotos diferentes, mas uma é muito mais pequena que a outra (mais precisamente, uma é 2592x1944 e a outra é 1280x960).
O céu é que ficou meio esquisito; as manchas escuras não condizem com o resto.
Só mais uma questão: no fim destas artes mágicas, a igreja ficou com o aspecto que realmente viste no local, ou notas algum defeito?
Bom domingo.
F.

lucasgalodoido (16789) 2009-01-18 6:15

Olá José,
impressionante seu trabalho aqui, a nitidez, cores e contraste ficaram ótimos. Um belo detalhe da arquitetônico da Igreja. Um dia eu chego lá também, hehe...
Parabéns e Abraço

Gerrit (36259) 2009-01-18 6:47

Hi Jose,
elegant and well kept building in great light and tones. The composition and crop are very effective,
Regards, Gerrit

AiresSantos (42844) 2009-01-18 9:02

Ola Jose
As cores e a luminosidade estao fabulosas. Gosto da perspectiva e efeito do filtro polarizador
Um abraco Amigo e boa semana
Aires

Charo (31779) 2009-01-18 12:35

Hola Jose,
Una estupenda toma de esta bonita iglesia de la que yo también tengo una foto pero no con tan buen día ni con ese precioso cielo. Excelente luz y colores y buen trabajo con el ensamblaje.
Abrazos,
Charo

danos (33240) 2009-01-18 13:36

Olá Jose,
nice presentation of San Martin's church under a brilliant light and vivid colours.The bell tower is well highlighted in front of this beautiful blue sky.I like your experiments about the stitch photos especially the altered image 1.Well done.

Have a nice week,Danos

adores (15745) 2009-01-18 15:37

Olá José!
A tua colecção de igrejas espanholas já está bastante consideravel:)! Gosto desta e nem sei qual prefiro porque a do Ws pode ser radical mas está muito boa. As cores e a textura das paredes estão excelentes e o stitch está muito bem conseguido!

trekks (14334) 2009-01-19 2:07

hello Jose

It is most noticed that your SWA does not give any distortion here, and I find it quite hard to believe that the shot is really as if from the same level of POV. Very nice work of stitch and not showing any flaw that I can see.

The columns with light+shadow effect is the best part of this architecture. Great work.

tfs, bill

John_F_Kennedy (31994) 2009-01-19 3:08

The lovely light on the brickwork and the arches shows a good effect. Excellent sharpness and good colours. Well done.
Best wishes,
Achim

batalay (21193) 2009-01-19 6:20

Hello José,

This is indeed a majestic presentation of the Romanesque church in Segovia. The post processing has been handled flawlessly. With a low sunlight hitting at an oblique angle, the individual building blocks are seen perfectly. When I draw or paint, I always that aspect. The colors and resolution are exquisite. Warm regards, dear José, We in the Washington area are immersed in the Inaugural fever. Saturday night, driving to Washington, DC on the interstate highway (Rt. 95), you cannot imagine how the "crazies," out-of-state drivers who have contracted the Obama fever.

Bulent

Bulent

mikeo (12117) 2009-01-19 7:13

Hello Jose,

That's perfect!
From 2 normal and not very interesting shots you have achieved a lovely shot. Sharpness and colours are simply unbelievable. The photo is co clear...Great job Jose!

Best greetings,
Mikeo

riclopes (33131) 2009-01-20 2:22

Bom dia José, ainda estou de boca aberta e a tentar perceber como é que as duas do WS1 resultaram nesta imagem tão perfeitinha. Qualquer dia contrato os teus serviços :))) Se olhar atentamente talvez consiga perceber os detalhes que confirmam o quanto o edifíco foi esticado, especialmente do lado direito, nos pormenores de ligação ao telhado. Mas a verdade é que o que interessa está muito bom. Gosto da geometria do alçado em escadinha e a luz e cores ajudam a produzir uma imagem muito atraente. À parte o teu trabalho fabuloso, a imagem do lado esquerdo do mesmo WS1 parece ser uma foto fabulosa com as nuvens a aparecerem também do lado esquerdo.
um abraço,
ricardo

Bluejeans (33049) 2009-01-21 11:37

Oi amigo ,
Bonito este ponto de visão sobre esta igreja com este corredor em primeiro plano bonitos os detalhes dos arcos , o céu ficou magnifico tem um belo tom de azul , boa colagem , parabéns!!
Um abraço Gonçalo

ifanik (20542) 2009-01-21 14:10

Hi Jose
Great building and very nice photo my friend
Well done
Best regards
Nick

shevchenko (10072) 2009-01-21 18:25

Hello Jose,
Appreciated that you are always patient to work with multi photos to make a beautiful final image for sharing here, this final image have good balancing of symmetri and I like the tidy works to show all columns and walls standing straight, well done.
Ally

Didi (36434) 2009-01-22 3:21

Salut José
Très belle luminosité sur cette église parfaitement nette.
A propos du polariseur, l'effet est maximum sur une position à 90° du soleil; avec un grand angle cela donne un mélange de tons différents sur le ciel.
Amitiés

pboehringer (770) 2009-01-22 13:18

Jose,
superb light management with good contrast between the shadows and fully light exposed areas. The sky provides such a great background and the soft white clouds just enhance the entire view. A real postcard quality, could be in any architectural photography book. Excellent!
Peter

emilbo (9635) 2009-01-23 14:48

Olà Jose,
L'architecture est magnifique et l'église est bien mise en valeur par le bel éclairage et la qualité d'image. Superbe harmonie de couleurs entre l'église et le magnifique bleu du ciel.
Bravo!... et bonne fin de semaine,
Emilius

Emile (20117) 2009-01-23 22:11

Hola José.
Otro gran trabajo con las dos fotos juntas, muy buena foto de la iglesia con una arquitectura muy original y preciosa. De nuevo gran nitidez en tus foto tomada desde un buen POV. Los contrastes de colores e iluminacion están muy buenos.
Trate de bajar el programa Hugin pero la verdad que no lo entiendo.
Un fuerte abrazo mi querido amigo y te deseo igual que tu familia un buen fin de semana.

jmdias (19837) 2009-01-24 5:56

zé

linda imagem que faz uma espécie de pirâmide de níveis de construção. muito bom o o pov e o enquadramento da compo. a luz é muito boa e as cores também

abraços

jorge

parbo (11006) 2009-01-24 11:17

Olá José,

Your stitch works going more impressed. You got amazing light especially splendid plays on arches and cylindrical columns. Long shadows on historical facades are wonderful too. Perfect balance and view under clear sky. Have a nice weekend.

Parabéns e Abraço!

Ertugrul

JCG (25745) 2009-01-25 2:23

Bonjour José,

Très performant ce freeware... Encore un bien joli assemblable et effectivement quand on voit les deux photos ayant servi au stitch, c'était pas gagné !!! J'aime beaucoup le traitement de l'image notamment la netteté et la belle lumière de fin de journée qui donne d'agréable teinte à la pierre. Une très belle église et merci pour les photos complémentaires ainsi que les liens intéressants.

Avec toutes mes amitiés et un très bon dimanche,

Jean-Charles

delkoo (34754) 2009-01-26 4:16

bonjour josé,

superbe lumière sur cette église, les colonnes ainsi que les pierres ressortent admirablement bien , aidés par un ciel bien saturé.

didier