Vaulted Passage

© Janet Fikar

Vaulted Passage

Uploaded: April 04, 2011

Description

Black and white rendition of the passageway up in the attic of the National Cathedral located in Washington D.C. Construction for the cathedral begain in 1907 and took 83 years to finish. The vast majority of the building is 14th century English style gothic. The national cathederal is the 6th largest cathedral in the world. A big shout out to Chris Budny who provide an excellent tour of the cathedral.

Exif: F Number: 16, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 1/8 seconds, Flash: did not fire, compulsory flash mode, ISO: 400, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 30.00 mm, Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark II

Comments

Usman M. Bajwa level-classic April 09, 2011

Wonderful framing and details, Janet!

UB. #1368006

Linda Wright April 13, 2011

wonderful light and composition. well done. rgds Linda #9348572

FERNANDA KINGSLEY-THOMAS May 14, 2011

I love your work. This is incredible. #9404716

FERNANDA KINGSLEY-THOMAS May 15, 2011


Hope you don't mind me asking. How did you get such detail.? #9405198

Janet Fikar May 15, 2011

Hi Fernanda,
This was a single shot using a wide angle lens (30mm). I set my depth of field high (f16) to make sure everything was in focus. Then when I got home I converted it to black and white and then added some shadow detail with Topaz Adjust. #9405432

Phyllis H. Burchett July 01, 2011

FANtastic! #9500905

Mick Burkey July 12, 2011

Beautiful light and tones, Janet! Very nice use of the Topaz plug-in. #9524992

Chris Budny level-deluxe July 14, 2011

Somehow I missed this... Love the b/w conversion you've done on this! #9529694

Bonnie C. Lackey level-classic August 13, 2011

Oh my, isn't this wonderful. The composition was so carefully done and the results show it. #9601841

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