Kathleen McCrary
November 2024 - Confessional
About the Image(s)
This was taken several years ago. I've been wanting to use it but I can't remember the location of the church or cathedral where I took the picture. However, I've decided that it really doesn't matter for our puposes so here it is. I like the symmetry, the lighting and the architecture. It feels like a still-life to me. Hope you enjoy it.
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5 comments posted
Kathleen
I do enjoy it: the symmetry is delightful both in the columns and the placement of the confessional. I've never understood these double seaters - surely the person in one can hear the confession being spoken in the other?
The lighting around the confessional seems to isolate it from the rest of the space.
For my taste, I would enjoy a little more contrast in the stonework. The attached is passed through perspective warping and NIK Silver software just to illustrate (although I think the confessional now looks like Dr Who's Tardis ) Posted: 11/03/2024 01:20:25
I do enjoy it: the symmetry is delightful both in the columns and the placement of the confessional. I've never understood these double seaters - surely the person in one can hear the confession being spoken in the other?
The lighting around the confessional seems to isolate it from the rest of the space.
For my taste, I would enjoy a little more contrast in the stonework. The attached is passed through perspective warping and NIK Silver software just to illustrate (although I think the confessional now looks like Dr Who's Tardis ) Posted: 11/03/2024 01:20:25
Hi Kathleen,
Nice presentation of this cathedral. You captured beautiful architectural details. Good perspective and depth of field. The confessional is highlighted nicely. Well done. I've always admired the workmanship in the old cathedrals. Posted: 11/10/2024 22:03:00
Nice presentation of this cathedral. You captured beautiful architectural details. Good perspective and depth of field. The confessional is highlighted nicely. Well done. I've always admired the workmanship in the old cathedrals. Posted: 11/10/2024 22:03:00
I agree with Gerard about the contrast, your toning is a bit wishy washy, but I notice he has cropped his version. One of the first things I thought, when I saw this, was nice symmetry. Then I realised that the black line on the left made it asymmetrical. This is great because now we have a bit of tension and a reason for the eye to rove around. Asymmetry is (nearly) always more interesting than symmetry. Posted: 11/11/2024 10:07:32
Kathleen, this is a great disappointment! The lines in this month's image are so symmetrical rather than in some of your previous images, that I had been expecting another challenging perspective. But seriously this is a beautiful piece of architecture all photographed. I like the capture of the texture and lighting and I agree that without the people in the booths it does feel like a still life. Posted: 11/12/2024 16:44:43
I enjoy this image which was your intent. I think I would enjoy it it more without the symmetry. In other words I would crop off either the left or the right hand side. I think it would give the image more impact. Posted: 11/17/2024 23:47:59