Hopefully there are enough notes on the images to make this non-fluffy and of interest, please ask if there's anything more you'd like to know and I'll do my best! The images are high-res so...
Hopefully there are enough notes on the images to make this non-fluffy and of interest, please ask if there's anything more you'd like to know and I'll do my best! The images are high-res so should reward zooming in on.
I've got plenty more images of other parts of the church if there's interest. Also several other churches and cathedrals. I'm not religious but I do like a good bit of ecclesiastical architecture.
Not fluff. Good work, nice photography, and all of our cathedrals are beautiful places. Photography is creative and art just as much as the other mediums. If it's being posted here by artists...
Not fluff. Good work, nice photography, and all of our cathedrals are beautiful places.
Photography is creative and art just as much as the other mediums. If it's being posted here by artists themselves as opposed to just being posted by fans I can't see any way for people to suggest that's fluffy or not valuable. Original art is always valuable.
These are gorgeous. Do you mind if I ask what equipment you're using? What are the specs on the fish eye? Did you have problems with the lighting and exposure? Which shot was the most challenging...
These are gorgeous. Do you mind if I ask what equipment you're using? What are the specs on the fish eye? Did you have problems with the lighting and exposure? Which shot was the most challenging for you?
You're doing a series of cathedrals? Which has been your favourite to shoot so far? :D
I'm not so much doing a series as when I go somewhere I usually visit a cathedral, if I have time. My local cathedral is also a really nice place to go and chill out if I have a little spare time...
I'm not so much doing a series as when I go somewhere I usually visit a cathedral, if I have time. My local cathedral is also a really nice place to go and chill out if I have a little spare time when I'm in the city. So I have lots of pictures of cathedrals. They're very interesting buildings, I think.
My favourite cathedral is definitely my local one but I've been to some amazing churches, temples, shrines and so on around the world. My top three things to do in a new city are (1) go up a tower or spire, if there's a tower or spire to climb; (2) visit a market, ideally a 'proper' one with real people shopping not tourists, maybe someone waving a fish and yelling; (3) cathedral or other large place of worship.. My all-time favourite religious building I've been to is Ryōan-ji zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto. I'm fairly sure it's the most tranquil place in the world.
Gear wise I've been a Fuji kid for a while now, I currently use a Fuji XE2. On this day I had two Samyang (usually Rokinon in the US) lenses, their 12mm ultrawide and 8mm fisheye. They're both manual focus which isn't really a problem with very wide lenses as by the time you stop them down to f5 or so they're basically 0.5m-infinity. The problem with the fisheye is that you can't correct in post. If you get the angles wrong the distortion ends up going across the image rather than along it, and it looks reallly weird (or, in this image from Wells Cathedral it can work, but if you look along the centre line of the roof it's all bendy). So you need to frame carefully. You can't just grab something close and rotate it the last degree or two in an editor later. It's fun, and I think I often get better pictures as a result of having to think more before pressing the shutter.
I also had my Jupiter-8 50mm lens out, which I don't usually carry, but I was on my bike and it's smaller than my Fujinons. That's manual focus too but it's lovely and sharp and on an APS-C sensor it's long enough (75mm equiv) to reach the roof of a fairly big church building.
Rarely a problem with lighting or exposure although the brightness range was a bit extreme even with the camera compensating by four stops (Fuji's dynamic range enhancement is excellent). I think some of them are +1/3EV just to pull out the shadow detail a bit but I can't remember which ones! I'm sure the metadata would know if I checked. Funnily enough the hardest image to get was the first one of the cathedral front. I really wanted to be standing slightly further back (and up, ideally) but there was stuff in the way, I had to wait ages for there to be no-one in my shot and the sky insisted on being flat grey which always sucks all the drama out of an image.
Wow. I would definitely be up to seeing more of your work. When I take pictures I concentrate more on telling a story over time, or as references for other media. People looking at my raw archives...
Wow. I would definitely be up to seeing more of your work. When I take pictures I concentrate more on telling a story over time, or as references for other media. People looking at my raw archives tend to be "..." for both the volume of photos and the sheer randomness. Seeing your art encourages me to up my game! XD
I love the intricacies and details put in places of worship, whether it's dedicated to the divine or something mortal. I'd love to see (and take a zillion pics of) the Taj Mahal. The spendthrift devotion and sacrifice committed for various incarnations of love - it brings out the best (and sometimes the worst) in people.
I haven't worked with Fujis yet. Most of my experience is with Canon and Nikon. When I divorced I had custody of the kids and my ex had custody of the cameras, and my budget has not recovered enough for reinvestment so far. What brought you to go with Fuji? It's refreshing to be able to consider all the platforms without the influence of already stockpiled gear. I'd like to hear from a Fuji-ist.
Do you think you'd enjoy a subject matter shoot off in ~creative? I wouldn't be able to compete technically, but I think that even if someone wanted to explore a subject with their cellphone it would be interesting. :)
That's very kind of you to say, thank you. Honestly so much of it is just the amazing place I'm in - I just point a camera. I've never done much of the kind of storytelling, although sometimes I...
That's very kind of you to say, thank you. Honestly so much of it is just the amazing place I'm in - I just point a camera.
I've never done much of the kind of storytelling, although sometimes I do assemble photobooks from trips which kind of work that way. It sounds super interesting though, I'll have to try one day.
I used to work for the company who managed Fuji's UK website, I even did some work on it from time to time, so we got staff discounts. Hence my first few digital cameras were all Fuji's, back in the early 2000s. Then I had a Nikon DSLR for quite a long time but eventually I got bored and then saw and fell in love with the Fuji X100. I'd had it about a month before I realised I didn't want to use anything else and sold all my Nikon gear and invested in slightly less, but much nicer, Fuji stuff. An XE1 and a couple of lenses. I've since upgraded the body to get a couple of extra bits and piece they added to the XE2 but since then haven't felt the need to keep super up-to-date.
What I love about them is a few things - the manual controls (full manual control over aperture, shutter, EV compensation, focus - but full auto for any if you prefer) are absolutely glorious. It's hard to describe the amount of joy that simple thing brings me compared to digging through menus. Also the JPEG processing is astounding. I used to shoot RAW and then spend ages post-processing but I have four or five JPEG presets in my Fuji and now maybe 75% of my photos come straight off the camera ready to go. The remainders generally only need minor tweaking. Fujinon lenses are the best I've ever used, easily up to Leica standard (or better) and definitely better than any Nikkor I've had. Ken Rockwell loves Fuji too.
The fact that an XE2, three lenses and a flashgun takes up less space and weighs a lot less than a Nikon and two lenses is just a bonus.
Definitely up for some photo challenges. Also happy to have "classes" of challenge where we might do "any equipment", "cellphone only" or whatever. Because taking pictures should be what matters, not gear. I've got some great pictures I took with a phone.
Alright!! I'm very excited~~ Would you like to post the first challenge? Should I? Is there someone else reading the thread who would like to give it a shot? (pun intended, of course <3 ) We've...
Alright!! I'm very excited~~
Would you like to post the first challenge? Should I? Is there someone else reading the thread who would like to give it a shot? (pun intended, of course <3 ) We've been giving a week with the speedart threads, because its long enough to squeeze something into a schedule, but not so long that everyone forgets. What do you think?
Hopefully there are enough notes on the images to make this non-fluffy and of interest, please ask if there's anything more you'd like to know and I'll do my best! The images are high-res so should reward zooming in on.
I've got plenty more images of other parts of the church if there's interest. Also several other churches and cathedrals. I'm not religious but I do like a good bit of ecclesiastical architecture.
Not fluff. Good work, nice photography, and all of our cathedrals are beautiful places.
Photography is creative and art just as much as the other mediums. If it's being posted here by artists themselves as opposed to just being posted by fans I can't see any way for people to suggest that's fluffy or not valuable. Original art is always valuable.
These are gorgeous. Do you mind if I ask what equipment you're using? What are the specs on the fish eye? Did you have problems with the lighting and exposure? Which shot was the most challenging for you?
You're doing a series of cathedrals? Which has been your favourite to shoot so far? :D
I'm not so much doing a series as when I go somewhere I usually visit a cathedral, if I have time. My local cathedral is also a really nice place to go and chill out if I have a little spare time when I'm in the city. So I have lots of pictures of cathedrals. They're very interesting buildings, I think.
My favourite cathedral is definitely my local one but I've been to some amazing churches, temples, shrines and so on around the world. My top three things to do in a new city are (1) go up a tower or spire, if there's a tower or spire to climb; (2) visit a market, ideally a 'proper' one with real people shopping not tourists, maybe someone waving a fish and yelling; (3) cathedral or other large place of worship.. My all-time favourite religious building I've been to is Ryōan-ji zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto. I'm fairly sure it's the most tranquil place in the world.
Gear wise I've been a Fuji kid for a while now, I currently use a Fuji XE2. On this day I had two Samyang (usually Rokinon in the US) lenses, their 12mm ultrawide and 8mm fisheye. They're both manual focus which isn't really a problem with very wide lenses as by the time you stop them down to f5 or so they're basically 0.5m-infinity. The problem with the fisheye is that you can't correct in post. If you get the angles wrong the distortion ends up going across the image rather than along it, and it looks reallly weird (or, in this image from Wells Cathedral it can work, but if you look along the centre line of the roof it's all bendy). So you need to frame carefully. You can't just grab something close and rotate it the last degree or two in an editor later. It's fun, and I think I often get better pictures as a result of having to think more before pressing the shutter.
I also had my Jupiter-8 50mm lens out, which I don't usually carry, but I was on my bike and it's smaller than my Fujinons. That's manual focus too but it's lovely and sharp and on an APS-C sensor it's long enough (75mm equiv) to reach the roof of a fairly big church building.
Rarely a problem with lighting or exposure although the brightness range was a bit extreme even with the camera compensating by four stops (Fuji's dynamic range enhancement is excellent). I think some of them are +1/3EV just to pull out the shadow detail a bit but I can't remember which ones! I'm sure the metadata would know if I checked. Funnily enough the hardest image to get was the first one of the cathedral front. I really wanted to be standing slightly further back (and up, ideally) but there was stuff in the way, I had to wait ages for there to be no-one in my shot and the sky insisted on being flat grey which always sucks all the drama out of an image.
Wow. I would definitely be up to seeing more of your work. When I take pictures I concentrate more on telling a story over time, or as references for other media. People looking at my raw archives tend to be "..." for both the volume of photos and the sheer randomness. Seeing your art encourages me to up my game! XD
I love the intricacies and details put in places of worship, whether it's dedicated to the divine or something mortal. I'd love to see (and take a zillion pics of) the Taj Mahal. The spendthrift devotion and sacrifice committed for various incarnations of love - it brings out the best (and sometimes the worst) in people.
I haven't worked with Fujis yet. Most of my experience is with Canon and Nikon. When I divorced I had custody of the kids and my ex had custody of the cameras, and my budget has not recovered enough for reinvestment so far. What brought you to go with Fuji? It's refreshing to be able to consider all the platforms without the influence of already stockpiled gear. I'd like to hear from a Fuji-ist.
Do you think you'd enjoy a subject matter shoot off in ~creative? I wouldn't be able to compete technically, but I think that even if someone wanted to explore a subject with their cellphone it would be interesting. :)
That's very kind of you to say, thank you. Honestly so much of it is just the amazing place I'm in - I just point a camera.
I've never done much of the kind of storytelling, although sometimes I do assemble photobooks from trips which kind of work that way. It sounds super interesting though, I'll have to try one day.
I used to work for the company who managed Fuji's UK website, I even did some work on it from time to time, so we got staff discounts. Hence my first few digital cameras were all Fuji's, back in the early 2000s. Then I had a Nikon DSLR for quite a long time but eventually I got bored and then saw and fell in love with the Fuji X100. I'd had it about a month before I realised I didn't want to use anything else and sold all my Nikon gear and invested in slightly less, but much nicer, Fuji stuff. An XE1 and a couple of lenses. I've since upgraded the body to get a couple of extra bits and piece they added to the XE2 but since then haven't felt the need to keep super up-to-date.
What I love about them is a few things - the manual controls (full manual control over aperture, shutter, EV compensation, focus - but full auto for any if you prefer) are absolutely glorious. It's hard to describe the amount of joy that simple thing brings me compared to digging through menus. Also the JPEG processing is astounding. I used to shoot RAW and then spend ages post-processing but I have four or five JPEG presets in my Fuji and now maybe 75% of my photos come straight off the camera ready to go. The remainders generally only need minor tweaking. Fujinon lenses are the best I've ever used, easily up to Leica standard (or better) and definitely better than any Nikkor I've had. Ken Rockwell loves Fuji too.
The fact that an XE2, three lenses and a flashgun takes up less space and weighs a lot less than a Nikon and two lenses is just a bonus.
Definitely up for some photo challenges. Also happy to have "classes" of challenge where we might do "any equipment", "cellphone only" or whatever. Because taking pictures should be what matters, not gear. I've got some great pictures I took with a phone.
Alright!! I'm very excited~~
Would you like to post the first challenge? Should I? Is there someone else reading the thread who would like to give it a shot? (pun intended, of course <3 ) We've been giving a week with the speedart threads, because its long enough to squeeze something into a schedule, but not so long that everyone forgets. What do you think?
Oh, you should! It was your idea, so I think you should kick it off. A week sounds perfect. Looking forward to seeing how this goes.. :)