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The beautiful stained glass window at the east end of the Basilica of Mary Magdalene, immediately above the main altar. Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume, France....
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The beautiful stained glass window at the east end of the Basilica of Mary Magdalene, immediately above the main altar. Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume, France.
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northernsnapper
 
northernsnapper September 06, 2016
Really like this well done .
PhilC
 
PhilC September 06, 2016
Many thanks!
Lesabre1954 Platinum
 
Lesabre1954 November 14, 2018
Incredibly beautiful! Excellent framing and centralized focusing.
Lesabre1954 Platinum
 
Lesabre1954 November 14, 2018
Incredibly beautiful! Excellent framing and centralized focusing.
PhilC
 
PhilC November 30, 2018
Much appreciated - many thanks!
DebbieKMiller81 Platinum
 
DebbieKMiller81 November 12, 2022
Thank you for joining my stained glass challenge. I picked it for the colorful glass, the dove in the center and the cherubs on the sides and the crisp focus.
ISnaper PRO+
 
ISnaper November 13, 2022
Congatulation!😊
PhilC
 
PhilC November 13, 2022
Many thanks - much appreciated!
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sophiedv November 13, 2022
Congratulations
Sandypartlow4
 
Sandypartlow4 November 13, 2022
Congratulations
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Behind The Lens

Location

The Basilica of Mary Magdalene in Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume in the south of France, quite close to Aix-en-Provence.

Time

It was taken in mid-afternoon.

Lighting

The afternoon lighting from outside in the middle of winter had the best effect of making the window bright without being too bright. This showed off the design and colouring to the optimum.

Equipment

Canon 70D w/ 75-300mm lens. Image was taken hand-held.

Inspiration

There were many interesting features in this very old Basilica, but of quite a number of photos taken, this stood out and so it just had to become the first image in my Stained Glass series.

Editing

Hardly anything. Just a small bit of cropping.

In my camera bag

Canon 70D with 18-55mm and 75-300mm lenses. I also have a separate screw-on, wide-angle macro lens.

Feedback

From my experience with a number of different stained glass windows, getting the lighting from outside optimally through the window and adjusting settings to capture it precisely can make quite a difference to the end result. In this case it can be seen that quite a high ISO setting was used which helped when having to use a long zoom setting with a fast enough speed to be able to get a very clear image from quite a distance.

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