Ely Cathedral Fish Eye (2) - Mono

 Following on from yesterdays images, here are some in monochrome.

Ely Cathedral Fisheye (1)

 Popped to Ely Cathedral Last week with Jonathans Fisheye Lens. I arrived about half an hour before the Cathedral opened so I walked around the outside before going in.

This is the first of two blogs. This is the visit in Colour. Tomorrows will be in monochrome.

Ely Cathedral - Yet Again.

I just love visiting Ely Cathedral, not only for its peaceful environment but pictorially I never tier of the opportunities.

My last post about Ely Cathedral was back in June where I had borrowed a Canon TS-E24mm f/3.5L II (Tilt/Shift) lens. This type of lens is ideal for architectural photography. I have now purchased a second hand lens and this was one of my first proper outings with it - It's been 'burning a hole in my camera bag' since June.

The Tilt Function allows you to correct converging verticals while the Shift Function allows you too 'stitch' together shots to create a high resolution panorama.

Adobe has introduced in Lightroom a feature to create HDR Panoramas and I had not really tried this out yet.

Not only was this trip using the TS-E24mm lens but also my new Canon EOS R Full Frame Mirrorless Camera. To say I went out a 'happy bunny' was an understatement :)

When I arrived at the Cathedral I noticed that the 'normal' ropes around the alter were removed as was the centre floor under the Octagon. This was photographically and ideal opportunity.

All the shots here are from my experimentation.

• I had the camera on my tripod with a Benro geared head, ideal for Architectural photography.
• With the camera in Landscape format. 
• I used the Lens tilt function to correct the converging verticals initially. In fact I was shooting almost straight so I did not need much adjustment. 
• I then used the Shift function to move the lens vertically to create the panorama. 
• I was sooting in HDR, 3 shots with plus/minus 2 stops.

To start with I was taking the panorama shots in four or five different shift positions but I soon realised the I could cover the range I was looking for in three 'shifted' shots.

Post processing was done in Adobe Lightroom using the HDR Panorama with perspective projection selected in the HDR Panorama dialog.

I am very pleased with the results. I know the Lens has many more possibilities for me try out.

Ely Cathedral with a Tilt Shift Lens

Back in April I have the opportunity to borrow a Canon 24mm Tilt Shift Lens. 

I was down in Ely, and I had an hour to spare, I decided to take a few snaps of the Cathedral with it. 

One of the functions is to perform perspective correction, ideal for Architectural Photography. 

These picture here was taken at the full extent of the shift correction and is a merge of 7 shots for exposure correction. These where combined in adobe Lightroom using the very natural ‘merge to HDR’. 

Apart fro this HDR process the images are straight from the camera with a bit of exposure, highlight and shadow adjustment. A blistering pin sharp lens. Thanks to Jane Goodall for letting me borrow the lens. I have now purchased one for myself but yet to get out with it.

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After Christmas Visit to Ely Cathedral

I visited Ely Cathedral for the Crib Service on Christmas Eve. The tree and Star of Bethlehem lights were quite impressive. I decided that I would visit with my camera after Christmas. I usually use my Canon for my Cathedral photos but this time I use the Olympus OMD EM1 mkii. I am very pleased with the images. The last two photos I was experimenting with the live composite mode.