York - Minster Shots

[Jimmy_Lemon]

Photos taken inside York Minster

Wiiiiiiiiiide Minster:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2265/2192871943_412b504545_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tom_holmes/sets/72157603712570456/)

The Nave:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2123/2193653200_2102717472_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tom_holmes/sets/72157603712570456/)

Statues on the wall (as you do!)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2190/2193655934_bc26c12acd_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tom_holmes/sets/72157603712570456/)

Idea shamelessy stolen from Messiah Khan!
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2139/2193653484_ebd4f6926f_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tom_holmes/sets/72157603712570456/)

and again...
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2335/2192869575_0b6c656a16_o.jpg
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/tom_holmes/sets/72157603712570456/)
The Quire entrance:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2220/2192868615_e1a1efa1a0_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tom_holmes/sets/72157603712570456/)

The Chapter House:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2384/2192869157_5de77bd63c_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tom_holmes/sets/72157603712570456/)

Chapter House ceiling (again stolen from MK):
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2098/2193655376_4d783945c0_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tom_holmes/sets/72157603712570456/)

Marcel - The Ghost Photographer:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2245/2193656274_0dc9ebb7ed_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tom_holmes/sets/72157603712570456/)

The Minster at dusk:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2160/2192873849_8000a6cc2a_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tom_holmes/sets/72157603712570456/)

[mattyh]

That shot of Marcel is brill! My fave of a great set

[dellipher]

The Nave and Quire shots for me.
How come me on my knees isnt in here?

[wez130]

this is probably the best set i've seen yet if i'm being honest, the HDR has worked a treat, not too overcooked etc. i've got quite a few of the same shots as you but without the HDR treatment, i may have to give it a try :)

[InaGlo]

1st shot for me... very Gotham City! :thumbs:

[Gaz81]

fantastic! :clap:

did you do a ghost walk :lol:

[Braeden]

Another excellent set :thumbs:

Not a bad one among them

[mmcp42]

what a stunning set of pic
I bet you make lots of :):):)
:thumbs:

[macker]

Nice work mate, stunning pictures. The colours and HDR really make the pictures 'pop' :clap:

[Dark Star]

Superb set Tom, really classy look to them and the one with Marcel is just a corker!

Brilliant!

[dazzajl]

Actually, none of them got me up out of my seat. Sorry.

Except the one of marcel, that got the full mexican wave. :clap::clap: Well the best one I could manage here on my own anyway. ;)

[CTR_Chris]

What an excellent set of pictures

Can I ask how many exposures and how many stops apart was most of the images for the HDRs, would like to give this sort of thing a go myself

[Jimmy_Lemon]

Thanks for the kind comments everyone :)

What an excellent set of pictures

Can I ask how many exposures and how many stops apart was most of the images for the HDRs, would like to give this sort of thing a go myself

All the interior shots were 3 Raws converted to tiffs, under and then overexposed by 1 stop, I tried a few at 2 stops but they ended up looking too false. The exterior shots are all pretty much from 1 Raw, most of them are from 4 or 5 tiffs, underexposed by 2 stop, then 1 stop then the original then overexposed by 1 stop, then a few used the overexposed by 2 stops tiff, not many though as it caused a lot of noise.

To be honest the none 'HDR'/Tonemapped versions of the interior shots are not a lot different, the tonemapping just gives them a 'little bit more'

[maddog.mark]

All the interior shots were 3 Raws converted to tiffs, under and then overexposed by 1 stop, I tried a few at 2 stops but they ended up looking too false. The exterior shots are all pretty much from 1 Raw, most of them are from 4 or 5 tiffs, underexposed by 2 stop, then 1 stop then the original then overexposed by 1 stop, then a few used the overexposed by 2 stops tiff, not many though as it caused a lot of noise.

To be honest the none 'HDR'/Tonemapped versions of the interior shots are not a lot different, the tonemapping just gives them a 'little bit more'

Sorry for the obvious question but my brain appears to have lost the ability to understand all but the most basic information. :bonk:

Do you mean 1 raw converted to 3 tiffs or 3 raws each converted to tiffs? If the latter why do you not process the raw files direct, is there a trick I'm missing here:thinking: as I just open the 3 raws in Photomatix and process from there.

Thanks and I am really enjoying your shots recently excellent work:thumbs:

[Jimmy_Lemon]

interiors are 3 raws converted to tiffs :) The only reason I do it is that photoshops Raw processing seems to be better than photomatix, I always find more noise and just not such good results sticking the raws straight into photomatix. Mr 'Pete Carr HDR' taught me that one ;)

Use photoshop to do the multi 'exposures' from 1 raw file too, confuses me less just to have to use one tool really :p

[maddog.mark]

interiors are 3 raws converted to tiffs :) The only reason I do it is that photoshops Raw processing seems to be better than photomatix, I always find more noise and just not such good results sticking the raws straight into photomatix. Mr 'Pete Carr HDR' taught me that one ;)

Use photoshop to do the multi 'exposures' from 1 raw file too, confuses me less just to have to use one tool really :p

Thanks JL, it certainly seems to work, will try it next time I have a crack at HDR.:thumbs:

[Mark Morb]

That's a fantastic set...No.6 for me, but they're all good.

[Les McLean]

As expected, the HDR shots do nothing for me, the process seems to take the soul out of the subject.

All are excellent compositions, with the second coming closest to having a comfortable 'feel' to it, also like the ghost Marcel image, cleverly done :)