Xmas At A Old Church

[selig1656]

#1
RSF_4807 edited by Raymond Friedman, on Flickr
#2

RSF_4812 edited by Raymond Friedman, on Flickr

[Shadowman]

Nice set, great capture of the tones.

[LePetomane]

Raymond, very nice. Quick question, what denomination of church?

[rpcrowe]

The altar coloring and brightness doesn't match in the two images...

In image #1, the altar area is too dark while the general balance seems too warm. I think that the large area of white wall could have thrown off the exposure and white balance a bit.

Image #2 seems a slight bit too bright, Detail is lost in the faces on the icons either side of the altar. Perhaps this may show the icons better...



I visited a Serbian Orthodox Church last fall and was very impressed with how the general plain white walls contrasted with the ornate altar. It definitely directed my attention to that altar. This church looks like the decor is similar to the one that I visited.

I would have loved to photograph the church but, it was open for visiting during their SerbFest and was crowded with people which would have negated a good image. However, I thought that it would be a wonderful setting for a Christmas service.

[selig1656]

Richard, the two captures were meant to differ, I do agree with sharpness of the faces in #2.Thank you for the valuable input.

[selig1656]

#3
see hear the difference in brightness and clarity
RSF_4813 edited final2 by Raymond Friedman, on Flickr

[selig1656]

Not sure of the denomination, will verify tomorrow.

[royent]

For church interiors I like to see verticals vertical and in the third I would have waited till the priest had disappeared
Sorry Roy

[Wavelength]

Nice set of images

[Manfred M]

Raymond - I would be repeating much of what has already been written, so let me throw out a few more thoughts.

1. You are shooting in challenging lighting conditions. The light sources have different colour temperatures, so trying to get something that comes out looking "right" is very challenging. One of the reasons I will go with a B&W image is scenes like these and it takes colour / colour temperature right out of the equation.

2. I know access can be an issue, but I find that daytime shots when there are stained glass windows in the image work a lot better for me visually than ones take at night. One tends to get dark "holes" that don't really add to the image.

3. The comment on ensuring that the vertical lines in architecture should be vertical, not skewing inwards is an obvious fix in many architecture shots. I'm judging an architecture competition next month and am willing to suggest that this will be the most frequent reason people will lose points on their entries.

4. Having two images together suggests that they are a "set". Trying to get both images to look that way is always part of the challenge, especially here with the lighting / exposure differences between the two images.

Here's a what a few minutes of work in B&W give me....


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