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More pics taken in Christ Church Cathedral last Monday using my tripod and natural light. This time all shots are with the 10.5/2.8 DX Nikkor fisheye lens. Some images have been defished to varying degrees using DxO Optics Pro. For a larger version click a pic.

#1 - 1 sec @ F11


#2 - 1 Sec @ F10


#3- 2.5 sec @ F11


#4 - 2.5 sec @ F20


#5 - 1 sec @ F11


#6 1/2 sec @ F 5.3


#7 15 sec @ F15



Edit: Added exposure details and an additional image (with a desat treatment)

Peter - You've revisited this with fresh eyes and importantly the tripod! I can see a huge improvement from your last cathedral set. The fish eye is just singing for you, and is sounds like the voice of a choir of angels. (Well maybe not quite that good, but damn good).

Stubbsy, I cant find the image which is not strong. Beautiful.



ps you are a bastard, I can feel lens lust coming on

Glen wrote:Stubbsy, I cant find the image which is not strong. Beautiful.

ps you are a bastard, I can feel lens lust coming on

Glen. It's a great lens. While it's primarily a special effects lens and shines in architectural shots like these, it really lends itself to more than that. Images 6 & 7 for example have minimal distortion since they've been defished, yet they are much wider than I can get with the 12-24. Plus it's 2.8 - while these scenes are very bright, the cathedral is dark like you'd expect in a church.

You're really making this lens sing Peter, and DxO Optics Pro is doing a very good job of de-fishing! Excellent stuff all round, as Glen says.

Top stuff Peter geat series of shots, and the use of natural light, they all look great

Peter,
You have more beautiful pictures than last post.
Great shots and very impressed.
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Regards
Poon

Enough of this Peter, you're making everybody envious.

huynhie wrote:Enough of this Peter, you're making everybody envious.

Huynhie,
Don't you know Peter?
Hehehehe!!!!!
Marketing purpose check it in the For Sale section soon!

Great shots again Peter

Top stuff Peter. I was expecting to see a new bottle of wine tho (5 legs reference)

Peter, stunning shots mate with that lens and you do make it sing like a bird. I do ike the fisheye look and does suit some pics like you have done here and mastered so well. Ok we will look forward to more of these great shots.
Cheers
John
BBJ

great stuff peter

sharp colourful and well composed.

can only echo what others have already said

steve

I want that fishy thingy

Will have to give Birddog a visit.

mmmm - more lust seems kind of wrong with the religious theme...
am going to have to go to confession

Beautiful shots Peter
Rel

Thanks for your comments. I think the fish eye works really well in a building of this scale and the tripod was a bonus since it allowed much longer exposures (my hand held shots were at 640 ISO, these were at 200.

Wayne - didn't think of the wine link & I'd drunk a bottle of the Devil's Lair only a week ago.

Couldn't resist. One last fisheye shot. This one was taken on my camera by Kevin (mitedo) using zero legs since he was lying on the floor.

so you are saying mitedo was legless in the church??
still managed a good shot though.

Steve

In a word

"stunning"

Stubsy - Brilliant work

Cheers

Graham

Well crafted images Peter and a considerable improvement on the first series. I particularly like the colour rendition and the balance in the compositions. #1 and #6 are my favourites.
cheers
marco

Beeeeautiful shots there Peter. Love the colours