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Dome of St. Peters

Jul, 2016

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Location

This is a view of the interior of St. Peter's at the Vatican in Rome.

Time

Mid afternoon.

Lighting

This is all natural and existing ambient lighting. Note the color difference between the interior lighting and exterior lighting coming in through the windows. The interior lighting is much warmer as expected. The lighting reflects close to the actual conditions, though some tone mapping was needed to prevent the exterior view from being blown out. Shooting raw gives a great advantage when this occurs, especially since this is note made from a set of bracketed images, but just one photo.

Equipment

Canon 50D, 18-200mm, hand held, no flash, ambient/natural lighting only. ƒ/4.0, 18.0 mm, 1/125, ISO1600

Inspiration

The entire cathedral is very impressive. For this image I wanted to capture a composition that reflected the view of the complexity in the ceiling and supporting wall structures.

Editing

Normal raw processing to balance shadows and highlights. I use Lightroom for most developing and Photoshop if there is something to fix that needs more flexibility than Lightroom provides. In this case most of the work was tone mapping the window area so that it would not be totally blown out, and preserving the characteristic of the different light temperatures in the image.

In my camera bag

Canon 50D, Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM, Samyang 8mm/f3.5, dust blower (really import for the 8mm shots in direct sun), custom built precision 360 panorama head, Horusbennu carbon fiber tripod with ball head. (light, strong, and compact). Sometimes an old MicroNikkor (small) with adapter ring, or Canon 100mm/f2.8 macro lens if I think I'll need it.

Feedback

Shoot raw. Bracket for exposure latitude if you have a steady camera mount. Getting the exposure optimized is very important if you have to go hand held and one image. Typically interior shots with exterior views require bracketing/HDR methods for reasonable balance between the interior and exterior, though raw really helps if you can't do that. Learn to be proficient in Lightroom and Photoshop, or other post processing of your choice. A newer camera with better low light performance would help me in a lot of situations and reduce the need for HDR methods, though I can't justify the cost of upgrading at this time.

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