Beautiful mosque - C & C are welcome

[Tejal]

This mosque is one of the most beautiful monument of my city. The mosque is successfully withstood the vagaries of nature, though it has been built on only one pillar. Earthquakes, floods and even cyclones have not done any harm to the structure.

The 200-year-old mosque, unique for its ornate carvings, is a two-storey structure and has four minarets. Minute carvings, elegant designs and the overall architecture make this mosque an attraction.

I have tried to capture this mosque in my camera . As the mosque is located in a very narrow lane, it was not possible for me to take a clear view.

IMG_5838 by Tejal Imagination, on Flickr

Your C & C are most welcome.

Regards,

Tejal

Following are some shots of the same mosque, which may give you some idea about the narrow lane :

IMG_4526 by Tejal Imagination, on Flickr

IMG_4437 by Tejal Imagination, on Flickr

[Shadowman]

Nicely captured, sometimes you have to capture sections when faced with shooting conditions such as this or go UWA.

[JBW]

Way outside my experience but I am thinking that a close up of the central top section in shot 1 could be interesting? Your shots are very nice.

[Ziggy]

Wow what a magnificent building.

Any chance of going up and shooting down?

[Manfred M]

Interesting but very tough shots to do, Tejal. Architectural photography is quite different from the work you have shown up until now.

You are working in a very limited space and there are limited angles that you can shoot from. This suggests a wide angle lens approach and shooting up to capture most of the building. This is where the problems start; the angle start looking quite strange as you get a key-stoning effect as the building seems intent on crashing in on itself. Often we get some strange distortion in objects that are close to the camera, etc. The question is, are you happy with the results, or are you looking at a more "realistic" view of the building.

That being said, 18mm is not really all that wide on a crop frame camera.

The old view cameras were wonderful for this type of work as both the front element (lens) and rear (film plane) could be adjusted in multiple directions to get the composition just so. But of course, these are large, heavy and need a large tripod.

A shift-tilt lens on a DSLR is a workable approach, but this type of lens is quite expensive and has little or no automation (manual focus, metering and exposure) and cannot be used on all camera bodies because of the positioning of on-lens controls. Ideally, the camera is perfectly level and set on a tripod, although one can get pretty close when shooting hand-held. This is how I have been shooting buildings lately

A third option is to take a picture with enough space around it, to post-processing tools to make your corrections, but this takes a fair bit of practice, on the shooting end, as you will end up cropping off a significant part of the shot as you straighten things out.

[Tejal]

Nicely captured, sometimes you have to capture sections when faced with shooting conditions such as this or go UWA.

Thnx John !! .

[Tejal]

Way outside my experience but I am thinking that a close up of the central top section in shot 1 could be interesting? Your shots are very nice.

thank you Brian... I think i have that shot too. I will share that very shortly.

[Tejal]

Wow what a magnificent building.

Any chance of going up and shooting down?

Thanks Jim...going up for shooting...... not possible

[Tejal]

Interesting but very tough shots to do, Tejal. Architectural photography is quite different from the work you have shown up until now.

You are working in a very limited space and there are limited angles that you can shoot from. This suggests a wide angle lens approach and shooting up to capture most of the building. This is where the problems start; the angle start looking quite strange as you get a key-stoning effect as the building seems intent on crashing in on itself. Often we get some strange distortion in objects that are close to the camera, etc. The question is, are you happy with the results, or are you looking at a more "realistic" view of the building.

That being said, 18mm is not really all that wide on a crop frame camera.

The old view cameras were wonderful for this type of work as both the front element (lens) and rear (film plane) could be adjusted in multiple directions to get the composition just so. But of course, these are large, heavy and need a large tripod.

A shift-tilt lens on a DSLR is a workable approach, but this type of lens is quite expensive and has little or no automation (manual focus, metering and exposure) and cannot be used on all camera bodies because of the positioning of on-lens controls. Ideally, the camera is perfectly level and set on a tripod, although one can get pretty close when shooting hand-held. This is how I have been shooting buildings lately

A third option is to take a picture with enough space around it, to post-processing tools to make your corrections, but this takes a fair bit of practice, on the shooting end, as you will end up cropping off a significant part of the shot as you straighten things out.

Thanks Manfred !!
Yes is is very tough, especially for me, as I hardly shoot buildings. Yes, I have no enough space to take proper position or to take a proper angle. I more over I have 18-55 lens, so with that lens it was tough to take wide angle. Though I have tried to maintain cemetery. Some obstacles, I have tried to clone to give a clear view.


I m happy with the shot .....quite difficult to answer, as I am not that happy like how i feel while shooting human or street or nature or fine art. .

All the tips which you shared here are so useful and important. Thanks a lot for the same. .

[IzzieK]

Just a thought here...if it will work for you, is to shoot panorama but vertical orientation...just put a space at the frame's end because once you merge them in photoshop, for example, there will be some empty space you will have to crop off or is not too noticeable, you can do a content aware on the sides...panorama is not just horizontal you know...and I have done handheld quite successfully in the past.

[bnnrcn]

Hi Tejal , a beautiful mosque indeed I agree with Isabel about trying stitching a couple of vertical shots in order to get an image without lens distorsion.

[Tejal]

Just a thought here...if it will work for you, is to shoot panorama but vertical orientation...just put a space at the frame's end because once you merge them in photoshop, for example, there will be some empty space you will have to crop off or is not too noticeable, you can do a content aware on the sides...panorama is not just horizontal you know...and I have done handheld quite successfully in the past.

Oh... Panorama is a good idea indeed. Yes, it could be vertical also. I have never tried panorama. Not even horizontal. Hmmmm.. but can try it.

[Tejal]

Hi Tejal , a beautiful mosque indeed I agree with Isabel about trying stitching a couple of vertical shots in order to get an image without lens distorsion.

Thanks Binnur.... need to try that

[gregj1763]

Beautiful building Tejal, the vertical panorama should work quite well and is easy enough to do in Photoshop

[Tejal]

Beautiful building Tejal, the vertical panorama should work quite well and is easy enough to do in Photoshop

Thanks Greg...never tried pano actually .

[gregj1763]

Thanks Greg...never tried pano actually .

Have a look at this tutorial

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/us...hotomerge.html

[Tejal]

Have a look at this tutorial

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/us...hotomerge.html

Oh. that's wonderful. Thanks a lot.