The-Domes-of-the-Transfiguration-Church
May, 2015Views
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I was on a trip down the Volga from St Petersberg to Moscow. Along the way, we stopped at Kizhi Island where structures from around Russia had been moved to preserve them. One of them was the Transfiguration Church. This amazing church is an all-wood structure and has 22 domes making it fit right in a Russian Fairy Tale. The domes and roofs that look like metal are cedar and they change color as the light hits them differently.Time
As I remember, this was taken in the early afternoon under a hazy blue sky.Lighting
The color version had high contrast lighting and the wood structure was chocolate brown while the spires were a weathered grey.Equipment
Camera: D200 Lens and Filters: 35-70 f/2.8D at 35 mm Film and/or ISO: 100 Aperture: f/7.1 Shutter speed: 1/200 Location: Kizhi Island, RussiaInspiration
The strong geometric patterns and the overall size of the structure were interesting.Editing
I first made a color version in Nikon Capture NX2 but decided to crop it closer and convert it to Black & White to emphasize the geometric patterns. This BW conversion was also done in Capture NX2In my camera bag
I have had many camera kits over the years starting with film cameras and working through a number of digital camera models from point and shoot to DSLRs and now a mirrorless Nikon Z7. I have sold most of my older Nikon F lenses, keeping just a few longer lenses that mount to the Z7 with an FTZ adapter. So in my sling bag is my Z7 and FTZ, a 14-30 f/4 Z lens, a 24-70 f/4 Z lens, and a 24-120 f/4 F lens.Other lenses I may carry depends on what I am shooting. For wildlife, I like my 300 mm f/4 PF lens which mounts on the FTZ. It is an amazingly sharp and compact lens and I often use it with TCs to increase focal length. I also own a 70-200 f/2.8 F lens which I am considering selling, as I use it infrequently now that I have the 300mm. It is also heavy. I then have 2 lens that I can only use in manual mode, a 16mm f/2.8 fisheye and a 200 mm f/4 Micro Nikkor. Both mount using the FTZ. One more thing I need to carry when needed is at least one SB-800 flash unit. I have 3. A Z7 camera does not have a built in flash like all my DSLRs did.Feedback
While I mostly shoot in color, I always look at my images to see if a black and white version can be made. If you are trying to emphasize geometrics like I was in this image, B&W helps bring out patterns. Also, consider different crops as I did here.
