Old church

[Davejl]

This is a small unassuming parish church in a beautiful stone-built Northamptonshire village, but inside it contains, surprisingly, one of the grandest tombs in the U.K. and the contemporary stained glass window (both 1620's) depicts an elephant and a whale, among much else.

[NorthernFocus]

Nicely composed to include the tomb and the window. And lighting well handled. So whose feet are they?

[JohnRostron]

Nicely composed to include the tomb and the window. And lighting well handled.

Yes, very nicely lit. Was this a single exposure? Or was it Merged?

John

[Shadowman]

I think a tryptych format would work best if all of the scene couldn't be captured in one shot. Nicely exposed.

[Davejl]

Nicely composed to include the tomb and the window. And lighting well handled. So whose feet are they?

Thanks Dan. The feet belong to Sir Anthony Mildmay, whose father Walter had been Elizabeth I's Chancellor of the Exchequer.

[Davejl]

Yes, very nicely lit. Was this a single exposure? Or was it Merged?

John

Thanks John. It was 3 bracketed raws taken with my Fuji X100, converted to TIFF with Silkypix, then merged with Photomatix. I tend to use the "natural" setting as a starting point in that software, since it seems to give a reasonably realistic result.

[Davejl]

I think a tryptych format would work best if all of the scene couldn't be captured in one shot. Nicely exposed.

Thanks John. The problem with this place is that this huge monument has been crammed into a pretty small space (even though it does occupy its own chapel built onto the small church) so to capture all of it would require a tilt-shift lens (something I'd like if I had the money....)

[John 2]

That's quite a difficult composition Dave but it's worked. Might be worth darkening the drape top left a tad but overall, a very nice final image.

[ucci]

Hooray Hooray Hooray! Someone who really knows how merge bracketed shots. Brilliant result. The colours are great and the image sharp. And great choice of subject. But apart from all of that, I really like this capture!

Just as a matter of interest. How would it scrub up if Sir Anthony Mildmay were to be chopped off just above the knees and a bit more of the RHS of the stained glass window's surrounds included, and the small door on the LHS be cropped out? This is not a criticism of your merging. Just a curious, 'what if' thought.

[madcrow]

Very nice image, well captured and fabulous edit.

[Shadowman]

Thanks John. The problem with this place is that this huge monument has been crammed into a pretty small space (even though it does occupy its own chapel built onto the small church) so to capture all of it would require a tilt-shift lens (something I'd like if I had the money....)

Hi Dave,

I was suggesting three captures covering the entire area displayed side by side as panels.

[Davejl]

Hi Dave,

I was suggesting three captures covering the entire area displayed side by side as panels.

Thanks John, sorry for being a bit thick. A good suggestion

[Davejl]

Thank you Maurice

[Davejl]

That's quite a difficult composition Dave but it's worked. Might be worth darkening the drape top left a tad but overall, a very nice final image.

Thank you John, and thanks for pointing out the drape, which now that you mention it does rather jump out at me

[bje07]

Very nice result. Good composition and rendering.

[Davejl]

Hooray Hooray Hooray! Someone who really knows how merge bracketed shots. Brilliant result. The colours are great and the image sharp. And great choice of subject. But apart from all of that, I really like this capture!

Just as a matter of interest. How would it scrub up if Sir Anthony Mildmay were to be chopped off just above the knees and a bit more of the RHS of the stained glass window's surrounds included, and the small door on the LHS be cropped out? This is not a criticism of your merging. Just a curious, 'what if' thought.

Thank you Ken. I'll look at my original files to see if a re-crop is possible. If not, I can always return for more shots. It isn't too far away and I ought to do more church shots: it would give me something to photograph when the weather is poor. Stained glass generally comes out better on sunless days

[Davejl]

Very nice result. Good composition and rendering.

Thank you Jean

[Wavelength]

Very nice image

[Davejl]

Thank you Nandakumar