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Cathedral Abandoned
Cathedral Abandoned
Coley


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Architecture IV (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
Location: Markham, Ontario, Canada
Date: Jan 28, 2008
Aperture: f 8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/600
Galleries: Architecture, History
Date Uploaded: Jan 28, 2008

 This is an awesome church/Cathedral. It is completely empty inside. The owners are in a dispute with the local municipality and the result is a lock out. No one uses this marvelous spread. There is a locked gate at the end of the long entrance road that leads up to the front doors. This cathedral was in a couple of my previous images. I had to climb over the fence and walk in to get this shot. I used my 12-24 mm lens (love it). I spent almost an hour waltzing around this massive structure. It is very surreal because there is nothing nearby and there is not a soul in site.

Thanks for looking

Coley

Statistics
Place: 79 out of 247
Avg (all users): 5.6935
Avg (commenters): 6.8750
Avg (participants): 5.4615
Avg (non-participants): 5.8430
Views since voting: 1331
Views during voting: 280
Votes: 199
Comments: 9
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 05/01/2008 10:46:13 PM
beautiful picture, i wish we had some cool abandoned buildings around here to photograph. Not many 'round here. I love this picture though, the wide angle gives the building great stature and size. and I love the sepia. very well done
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/05/2008 12:43:34 PM
how can that cathedral be abandoned?! it's beautiful! the picture is very right because of the white clouds behind it. probably could've worked better in color.
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 02/04/2008 11:58:26 PM
I LOVE IT! Very simplistic, yet BOLD and powerful. I am more drawn to this than some of the other FOR SURE favorites. I dont know exactle what it is that draws me, but this is a GREAT shot
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 02/04/2008 09:41:46 PM
I like this. the sky looks really cool - I can almost see the clouds moving. The somewhat burnt out steps and left sky work in this image, giving it a sort of ethereal feel.
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 02/03/2008 01:22:12 PM
I just went out shooting this church yesterday :P
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 02/03/2008 12:41:51 AM
nice values
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 02/02/2008 07:36:35 PM
Looks like a huge building, I like the symmetrical look.
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 01/30/2008 05:32:46 PM
This is really wonderfully sharp and a great composition, however...

A simple step to the right, while photographing (or a tad crop off the left) would have centered this perfectly. Instead, it has a slightly off-balance feel to me. In my opinion, it needs to either be dead center or so far off center to appear that it's intentional. 7
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 01/30/2008 11:39:28 AM
you managed to get sky detail
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