Bill Buchanan, HonPSA, FGDC
About the Image(s)
A couple of club members recently visited a couple of churches in downtown Detroit. This is St. Joseph Oratory in Detroit, Michigan. The current building was completed in 1873. It has recently seen a resurgence of membership and has been undergoing a 3 million dollar renovation. Most notable was the renovations to it's slate covered steeple. The original contractor, Detroit Cornice and Slate, was contracted to renovate the steeple. Great job security.
Francis G. Himpler, an Ottweiler (Germany)-born New York architect, designed the building which is considered one of the Midwest's best examples of Victorian Gothic architecture, especially so because the structure is effectively unaltered.
I recently added a CamRanger Mini to my HDR tool kit which allows me to remotely control the number of shots and f stops. This was a seven exposure shot at 1 1/3 stop intervals. It was processed in Aurora 2019. I also used NIK 3.0 using the perspective control which added the DxO lens profile for a Canon 10-22mm WA zoom lens.
This round’s discussion is now closed!
8 comments posted
(Groups 24 & 48 & 58)
This is a beautiful church and your photo expresses all the beauty as well as the long aisle heading to the front (sorry I don't know the name of the "stage" at the front. Reminds me of the many churches we visited during the years we traveled to Europe, but this one and your image ranks very well with the best of them.   Posted: 10/24/2020 20:30:20
The column on the right looks a tad distorted (bows up) and I would content aware remove the person on the left as they do not add to your beautiful image.   Posted: 10/31/2020 12:54:09