Stranger in a Strange Land
by mbardeen

Comment by angelus_carnifex:
Wow. The lighting is off the map on this one! Hard to say which I like more: the depth and range of the glow, or the contrast between the bright points of light and our mysterious stranger. This looks like a ribbon contender for sure! A well earned 9 from me!

Stranger in a Strange Land
by mbardeen

Comment by Dave Gordon:
Great sense of mystery.

St. Peter's at Dusk
by mbardeen

Comment by Jacko:
Matt! 3 words: You Da Man !!! The lighting on this photo is awesome. You deserved the blue ribbon.

St. Peter's at Dusk
by mbardeen

Comment by jjbeguin:
Great timing! this shot would be practically be impossible to succeed at with no natural light at all. congrats for the blue!

St. Peter's at Dusk
by mbardeen

Comment by e301:
Congratulations Matt - had to get a blue onto your profile sooner or later. Great work.

St. Peter's at Dusk
by mbardeen

Comment by mbardeen:
Thanks guys for the comments and the votes. This has been a shot I've been wanting to take since I first saw the church lit up. When I saw the sacred places challenge, I figured "What the hey.. might as well go take a picture of it now." This particular shot was from the first evening I tried, and to be honest, I was hoping to get it a bit lighter in the sky.

I went back the next evening to attempt to do that and captured this:


I think the first is the stronger of the two, but the exposure on the tower is better on the second.

St. Peter's at Dusk
by mbardeen

Comment by brownt:
Well done, knew this would do it!

St. Peter's at Dusk
by mbardeen

Comment by Firstrich1:
Congrats! You done good!

Richard

St. Peter's at Dusk
by mbardeen

Comment by Sonifo:
Woohooo! Very nice. Congrats, M!

St. Peter's at Dusk
by mbardeen

Comment by sher:
beautiful! congrats on the blue ribbon!