Inside the Liverpool Cathedral

While writing yesterday’s post, I remembered my visit to another huge religious building, the Liverpool Cathedral. I have been there actually twice, but both times already years ago. But I thought to myself, if I edited one of the photos I took then, would it still look good? So I did it.

I looked through my photo archive from 2010 when I was there. I still had a Canon 450D at that time, and I used it with a Sigma 10-20mm f3.5 lens. It’s funny to use photos from such a camera, as it’s only 12.2 Mpix, and if you have a 4K screen, you can almost see it 1:1 all at once. 4K is around 8.3 Mpix in size.

I ended up quite liking the result so here it is. If I compare it to newer photos, the ones I took with the Sony a7R or the Canon 5D mark IV, the lover detail is noticeable and the lens is just not as sharp as the Canon 17mm Tilt-shift, that I would use for something like this now. But since I took three exposures here and shot in RAW, I still could recover the highlight and shadows quite easily, even though the dynamic range of the 450D was quite bad.

Strangely, there is a sign “No photos” in this photo, but I don’t remember anymore if photography was forbidden or not. I just know that nobody said anything. Maybe because they were preparing for some event that day. You can see a screen in the back, and there were many tables set up in a different area of the Liverpool Cathedral. It’s been 13 years since I took this photo, so I don’t remember everything.

This is a blend of 3 exposures, done in Photoshop. I did remove a few people using Generative Fill. I do like the result, so I think I go back through the archive to see what I could not edit then, but would look good now.

Inside the Liverpool Cathedral, Liverpool, UK

HDR tutorial – part 3

It took me longer than expected, but finally I have added the third part to my HDR tutorial. This one focuses on different problems that can arise in tone-mapped HDR and how to solve them.

I hope it will be helpful at least for some of you. If you find any errors, or you can understand some part, feel free to comment and I will try to reply.

You can look at the whole HDR tutorial or jump directly to the new part.

The ceiling of the Lady Chapel

Just to add to the variability on my blog I edit old photos from time to time. And this is one from my visit to Liverpool in 2010. I’m always a little sad when editing old photos, as I know I could have taken them better. But there are also good memories from the trips so it evens thing out :)
The ceiling of the Lady Chapel Just to add to the variability on my blog I edit old photos from time to time. And this is one from my visit to Liverpool in 2010.

Explore Front page

This was quite a surprise for me. A second photo this week got onto the front page of Flickr explore selection. This makes it 5 photos in total that got there. Thank you everyone for visiting, commenting and faving my photos at Flickr :)

Screen in the Liverpool Cathedral

The screen is in the middle. There were preparations for some award show (or something like it) when I was there. So that’s why it was there. I went for a little darker and cooler look for this shot. I also did double tone-mapping here to get even bore details in this shot. For anyone who hasn’t heard of double tone-mapping yet, it means,  that when you process your photo in Photomatix, and you finish, you just hit tone-mapping again. On photos like this, where you have a lot of detail, this can create very nice results.

HDR from three shots, taken with Canon 450D with Sigma 10-20mm lens, from a tripod.

Screen in the Liverpool CathedralThe screen is in the middle. There were preparing for some award show (or something like it) when I was there. So that why it was there. I went for a little darker and cooler look for this shot. I also did double tone-mapping here to get even bore details in this shot. For anyone who hasn't heard of double tone-mapping yet, it that when you process your photo in Photomatix, and you finish, you just hit tone-mapping again. On photos like this, where you have a lot of detail, this can create  very nice results.HDR from three shots, taken with Canon 450D with Sigma 10-20mm lens, from a tripod.

Shiny floor in the Lady Chapel

I still have few unpublished photos from the Liverpool Cathedral, and here is one of them.

HDR from three shots, taken with Canon 450D with Sigma 10-20mm lens, from a tripod

Shiny floor in the Lady ChapelI still have few unpublished photos from the Liverpool Cathedral, and here is one of them. HDR from three shots, taken with Canon 450D with Sigma 10-20mm lens, from a tripod.

Royal Liver Building

This is my favorite building in Liverpool. It looks so majestic and I really like the style :). Had a little bad luck with the weather when I visited, but the grey sky gives the photo a little darker mood, which actually works quite nicely.

HDR from three shots, taken with Canon 450D with Sigma 10-20mm lens, handheld.

Royal Liver Building  This is my favorite building in Liverpool. It looks so majestic and I really like the style :). Had a little bad luck with the weather when I visited, but the grey sky gives the photo a little darker mood, which actually works quite nicely.  HDR from three shots, taken with Canon 450D with Sigma 10-20mm lens, handheld.

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