This is shot from just inside the big entrance to Cathédrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens. We went there in the morning, and as you can see it was nice and empty - just the way I like it when I shoot - it provides fewer distractions in the shots and more control over the composition. It also gifted me with a mood that is hard to get when places like this are crowded. It's was almost like that feeling you sometimes got when you were a child and went into a spacious building that you didn't quite know if you were allowed in. A feeling of being very small and of stepping inside a place that is so grand you also felt like a very insignificant part of the world. Like an ant on the floor of a building that has been a part of history, that has been visited by kings and other persons who have shaped the world we live in today. You don't get that feeling very often... but it's very cool when you do!
The raw format made a lot of difference in making this shot pop. I also enhanced the colors a bit to make things look "sunny" - it was cloudy when we were there, so things got a bit washed out inside. Though I have no doubt a sunny day would have provided its very own set of photographic problems. But then, maybe it also would have made things look cool if the sun shone through the colored windows... (on the sides, behind the pillars).
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MrsHjort
The raw format made a lot of difference in making this shot pop. I also enhanced the colors a bit to make things look "sunny" - it was cloudy when we were there, so things got a bit washed out inside. Though I have no doubt a sunny day would have provided its very own set of photographic problems. But then, maybe it also would have made things look cool if the sun shone through the colored windows... (on the sides, behind the pillars).
Pretty! I also like the way the split-screen one looks, merged like that.
ReplyDeleteThank you :). I guess it makes it look like it was shot at two different times a bit. I hues one could make a time lapse, just from post processing if one wanted to.
DeleteI love the two different looks of this cathedral. But both beautifully show the amazing architectural detail in this old building! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you, it's one of those places that looks a bit "modest" at first (compared to other cathedrals we've been to, where there's gold and color everywhere), but the more you look and wander around you realize nothing could be further from the truth.
DeleteOh Goodness, we have no such buildings near me. I can't imagine walking into such grandeur! MadamMtnLion
ReplyDeleteWe don't have anything like that near where I live either. It's a wonderful thing about travelling, to see those marvelous places up close.
DeleteVery gothic in a good way, the narrow arches that made builidings impressively high show very well in this image.
ReplyDeleteThank you, that was my goal. It's hard to really convey the size of places through photos, but the architecture sure helped out here :)
DeleteWow! What a spectacular interior! It looks so tall and narrow, very stunning! You captured it well.
ReplyDeleteThank you! It was really tall, it's amazing what they could build back in the day :)
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