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Challenge: HDR (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM for Canon
Location: Canterbury Cathedral, UK
Date: Nov 12, 2006
Aperture: F/22
ISO: 100
Shutter: 30
Galleries: Architecture
Date Uploaded: Nov 12, 2006

Canterbury Cathedral.
4 Raw images with different exposure times converted to 16BIT TIFF in Canon Digital Photo Professional. Merged in Photomatix.
PP in PSPX:
Cloned out a rope, a blown out spot & a dozen hotpixels
4 masked HSL layers
overall curves
masked curves for the altar
masked HSL in multiply mode for the vignetting
overall HSL: desaturation
merged
resized
USM

The dark shade in the carpet is someone who stopped for a few seconds in my long exposure.
I had to chuckle when I unpacked my gear and someone behind me whispered, look, a professional.


Post challenge:
Wow, thanks everyone! This was a great week for me. I got this ribbon, I won an international photo prize (new gear, yay) and my Free Study image made the front page of the inQuire Newspaper.


Oh, and it's not my picture which is asymmetric, it's the cathedral. The choir is actually crooked :) Nonetheless I'm pleased with my first attempt at HDR.

Statistics
Place: 1 out of 84
Avg (all users): 7.8925
Avg (commenters): 8.9118
Avg (participants): 7.7209
Avg (non-participants): 7.9205
Views since voting: 24553
Views during voting: 930
Votes: 307
Comments: 67
Favorites: 41 (view)


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04/11/2007 03:34:05 PM
Excellent job. you should be proud of this :) congrats to you
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11/22/2006 05:40:50 PM
Congratulations on your ribbon! Fantastic Work!!
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11/22/2006 05:09:02 PM
hey mate, congrats on the high score and the ribbon!
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11/21/2006 03:27:59 PM
I used to live in Canterbury and have some wonderful pictures inside the crypt before realizing that this is not allowed so I treasure those pics I managed to get. Makes me home sick. Great image.
Jeff
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11/21/2006 12:33:59 PM
Wonderful image, congrats on your ribbon!
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11/21/2006 09:47:16 AM
Clevon, I had the tripod attached to my backpack when I went in. No problem. Whilst taking the pictures, two priests and a couple of the guides with the orange ribbon passed me. Noone said anything. I've also been in there with a monopod, the guides are always really friendly and eager to tell you some details of whatever you've just taken a photograph of. Just remember that you're not allowed to take pictures in the crypt under the choir.
11/21/2006 07:28:26 AM
Awesome picture, although I have to ask, did you get asked about taking a tripod?

Because I live fairly nearby and I was not allowed a tripod into the building, a bit bummed about it.

How did you get the colours to be more grey and dramatic rather than bright and yellow from the lights?

Callum
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11/21/2006 02:29:48 AM
While, this picture is beautifully done, and well deserving of the ribbon it won, I am still not sure what HDR is. :-) Could someone please define the term for me so I can sleep tonight?

Thanx!

Deb :-)
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11/20/2006 05:51:51 PM
Beautifully done. Congrats on a blue ribbon and an incredibly high score!
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11/20/2006 02:27:58 PM
Like caba said below, perfect HDR subject. Congrats!
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11/20/2006 01:55:53 PM
Perfect subject for HDR, well done
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11/20/2006 12:20:55 PM
Congrats on your first blue! Your picture/processing is stunning.
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11/20/2006 10:51:41 AM
The minute I saw this photo, after I picked my jaw up off the floor and studied it for the longest time, I knew it was blue ribbon material! Congratulations! This is just flawless!!!!!!

55 10's! WOW! What a tribute!
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11/20/2006 09:29:33 AM
Very beautiful, congrats on winning the blue ribbon!
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11/20/2006 09:07:07 AM
Beautiful. Congrats on the blue!
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11/20/2006 08:52:14 AM
Congrats! Gotta love that 10-20 Sigma! :-)
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11/20/2006 07:51:23 AM
very nice.
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11/20/2006 07:06:40 AM
Well done AND well deserved.. Congrats on your blue :o)
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11/20/2006 06:37:38 AM
Well done, a nice result for a pleasant photo.
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11/20/2006 06:07:36 AM
This was always going to win. Amazing image. Any chance we can see the 4 images that made up this fantastic composite picture?

Once I get my WA lens I am most defintely taking myself down to Canterbury.
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11/20/2006 04:32:54 AM
Wow ! Congrats !
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11/20/2006 04:25:21 AM
2 out of 3 aint bad, this was bound for glory
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11/20/2006 03:47:51 AM
hey congratulations. What a fantastic photo. Knew this would win.
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11/20/2006 03:31:13 AM
Congrats, Gilles, well deserved blue. Too bad it doesn't count for WPL ;-(
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11/20/2006 03:27:37 AM
Gilles
I knew this was going to be the winner :)
Go Se7endipity 2 blue ribbons in one day
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11/20/2006 01:04:28 AM
Quite impressive and such a wise use of lens selection, angle and then processing! Congratulations on your Blue.
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11/20/2006 12:45:07 AM
great stuff !
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11/20/2006 12:09:42 AM
Wow that is some score. Congrats! That Cathedral should be renamed DPC Cathedral. :P
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11/20/2006 12:09:11 AM
Brilliant work, congrats!!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/19/2006 10:55:58 PM
It's very gothic, not only because of the architecture itself, but the extra tones you added.
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11/19/2006 09:29:17 PM
Fabulous, great photo. Nice location, I think I saw another photo of this in the challenge!
I love the arches and the lines in this composition.
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11/19/2006 06:04:46 PM
Bumping to 10, my pick for the blue.
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11/19/2006 01:55:01 PM
Textbook HDR. Works a treat.
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11/19/2006 01:32:41 PM
Good demonstration of HDR, consider perspective correction for verticals, or straight ahead angle with crop for straighter verticals. I like the colors on the altar and the priest/person behind.
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11/19/2006 01:22:58 PM
Very cool! This is a nitpick but I almost wish the green and yellow cloth had been desaturated a bit so it wasn't so bright...it makes it difficult to look at the rest of the image which is so beautiful. Nicely done otherwise.
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11/18/2006 08:41:14 AM
Beautiful shot. The color of the stained glass and the table cloth really balance the monochromatic archetecture. Very nice.
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11/17/2006 07:12:58 AM
The perspecitve works wonderfully. The vastness of the space is so emphasized and the range of tones make the beauty of the place shine.
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11/15/2006 04:46:45 PM
this looks like it was taken at the same church as another HDR entrant. Anyway, excellent HDR!
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11/15/2006 07:29:40 AM
Quite wonderful... I like this one a lot.
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11/14/2006 11:37:08 PM
very majestic...
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11/14/2006 09:18:44 PM
What an incredible old church. Majestic architecture and a great shot.
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11/14/2006 02:23:13 PM
Ummmm.... wow. Beautiful. My only nitpick is that it seems, when I look at the two windows in the very back (center) it seems like things are not aligned, which I think is very visually important in shots like this... regardless, that is a nitpick, as I said, and I think this is a gorgeous shot.
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11/14/2006 02:12:38 PM
oooh very nice love. Makes me feel dizzy when i look at it
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11/14/2006 11:44:46 AM
one of the best inside photos in this challenge.
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11/14/2006 09:41:03 AM
Beautiful image, perfert example for a hdr image, you can see every nook and cranny.
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11/14/2006 08:24:08 AM
Looks like a familiar building - quite amazing. This is a great use of HDR.
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11/14/2006 03:35:51 AM
another photo that is making this my favorite challenge to view! Thanks. I personally think you have a ribbon here. this one and that other interior of a church are just amazing! 10
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11/14/2006 02:11:35 AM
as a stylized image, this works well.
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11/13/2006 09:17:57 PM
I love this so much
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11/13/2006 08:41:37 PM
Beautifully done. Great perspective and I love the inclusion of the lights with the star effect. 10
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11/13/2006 08:10:08 PM
great detail captured in this - way to go!
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11/13/2006 05:44:14 PM
If the star six on either side had of been a little crisper it would have been a ten. 9
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11/13/2006 04:00:55 PM
Outstanding! 10
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11/13/2006 02:41:46 PM
Very dramatic shot.
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11/13/2006 02:02:50 PM
Use of Light:2
Focus:1
Composition:1
Creativity:2
Achieves Challenge:2

Use of HDR to bring out the darker sections of the church was an excellent idea.
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11/13/2006 11:55:51 AM
lovely postprocesing. I realy like it
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11/13/2006 11:09:04 AM
Pretty much your example HDR shot really. Good job.
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11/13/2006 09:51:14 AM
This has stunning everything: subject, exposure, colors, range, composition. I love the perfectly formed stars of light that don't look the least bit blown out or over-exposed. You did really great! Congratulations! 10
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11/13/2006 09:44:24 AM
Great use of the challenge to get a wonderful image. THis is a 7 from me in this challenge.
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11/13/2006 07:32:51 AM
Looks familiar ;) Looks like HDR used to great advantage.
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11/13/2006 05:32:53 AM
awesome shot. top ten for sure!
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11/13/2006 05:25:56 AM
This one is very cool.
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11/13/2006 04:18:23 AM
ok this is my pick for top 3 nice HDR, the thumbs looked great but after voting i can see a lot of people just did not get it, YOU DID so you get my 10
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11/13/2006 03:00:39 AM
Gorgeous!
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11/13/2006 01:32:08 AM
Very good range of tones and lighting
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11/13/2006 12:55:29 AM
Beautiful architecture, you brought out its beauty well... lovely light and colors... good luck!
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11/13/2006 12:52:14 AM
Beautiful! Great POV and editing.
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