Saint Mary's Cathedral Photo

Photographer’s Note

The Cathedral of Mary Help of Christians is the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Sydney. From it’s foundation in 1788, many of the convicts transported to the penal colony of New South Wales were Irish Catholics. However, Catholic clergy were prevented, by the British authorities, from landing in Australia until 1821. At that time a grant of land, overlooking the brickfields was given to them for a church. These brickfields later became the present, lovely Hyde Park, from which the picture was taken. In 1822 the Cathedral was started. It was designed by the English architect, Augustine Wells Pugin. It is a magnificent example of the English gothic revival style and it remains the largest church in Australia. During the 1840’s many Irish orphan girls, survivors of the Irish famine, were transported to Australia and were kept beside the Cathedral. To me it seems a magnificent testament to the faith and suffering of those Irish men and women, who as convicts or freemen, were sent to make a new life in a distant and unknown land and whose labour built this cathedral here.

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Rafer (4542) 2008-08-31 5:06

Muy buena luz,encuadre y composición...

phwall (5705) 2008-08-31 5:06

Hi Kevin,
Lovely shot of St Mary's, hard to get a good angle to do it justice but you've captured it perfectly. Very good use of the foreground trees to make the point of the shot.
As a fifth generation ancester of those Irish cathloics I understand the sentiment of your note perfectly.
Lovely image.
Regards
Peter

asajernigan (14304) 2008-08-31 6:05

Kevin,
This is a fine Papagolfade! The lighting and colors are outstanding with nice sharpness and detail. The angle of the shot works well giving the shot nice depth and direction. The trees frame the shot nicely as well as providing nice contrast to the brightly lit church. The sky is great and provides a nice backdrop for the scene.
TFS,
Asa

jmdias (19935) 2008-08-31 8:07

kevin

marvelous pov, the cathedral is nicely show in this perfect light and the framing using the black branches are fabulous too. excellent work, congratulations

hugs
jorge

dta (6189) 2008-08-31 11:17

Hello Kevin ,
An excellent framing for this beautifull cathedral . I like a lot the big contrasts , with the black branches , and the golden tonalities of the building in a very nice light .
regards
Denis

PaulVDV (5383) 2008-08-31 12:38

Hello Kevin,
Very interesting note. I like the framing with the silhouettes of the trees. The cathedral is very clear and sharp. Nice colours and beautiful sky.
Best regards, Paul

chirasak (575) 2008-08-31 18:09

Sawaddee krap ajarn Kevin
this is really nice deep contrast, and very imformative note, i really like your shot, this is wonderful construction, TFS

Regards
chirasak

MLINES (10984) 2008-08-31 23:04

Hi Kevin, An excellent framing using the tree. This refurbished structure looks very good in your composition with natural colours throughout. The local sandstone is a wonderful building block. TFS. Murray.

ribeiroantonio (21975) 2008-09-01 0:42

I have seen it and it is magnificent. And your photo show it very well under a nice light and from a good POV, framed by the trees. Well done.
Antonio

dareco (17104) 2008-09-01 1:25

WOW! I love the architecture!! and you've used the trees as a beautiful natural framing. Nice pov and perfect colors and detail. TFS and have a great day!

patdeph (18348) 2008-09-01 7:47

hello Kevin
the cathedral is beautiful with a nice golden colour on the blue sky!I like very much the black silhouettes of the tree and branches framing the monument,and the contrast of the black with the colours is superb!
regards.
Pascale