Newcastle Cathedral Nave
Newcastle NSW Anglican Cathedral
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The photo was taken at Newcastle Anglican Cathedral NSW Australia.(Episcopalian church in USA). It was late in the afternoon in early March this year. The end of our Australian Summer. I, my son and grandson were passing by so we decided that since it was open and my grandson had never been inside a Cathedral we would go in. The Cathedral was deserted at that time but the lights had been left on and the late afternoon sun was streaming through the windows. The local guide said it was OK to take photos if we wanted and encouraged us to have a good look around before it closed for the day. As we walked around we took a number of photos on cameras ranging from a cheap child's camera, a samsung mobile phone and my Olympus. The results were quite good on all the cameras.Time
The timing was everything at 4.24pm last March 2016 as the low sun and lights were shining in and around the altar and main church aisle.Lighting
The church lighting at the time was a mix of incandescent, hi bay spot fittings, a few candles at the alter and the son streaming down to the aisle from the windows above.Equipment
This was shot was taken with an hand held Olympus OMD 10 mark 2. Lens was a pancake 14-42 mm F 3.5- F 5.6. Focal length 14mm, shutter 1/10 sec, ISO 400. No tripod, no flash. No time was taken to set up as it was a spur of the moment shot. I took both RAW and JPEG shots on this occasion.Inspiration
The view of the altar at the time of shooting was quite spectacular due to the ambient light and atmosphere in a normally large dark building space. I don't usually take any camera with me other than a Samsung Mobile S4 phone. On this occasion I had my camera with me because my 9 yo grandson wanted to take some photos and try out his small camera, He also had fairly good results as well.Editing
I did a small amount of post processing with Photomatix Pro to clean up a few slightly dark areas in this case. I also occasionally use Paintshop Pro, Aftershot Pro and Silkipix Pro 7 for RAW processing with varying degrees of success. Each has its benefits and complexities depending on the degree of correction thats needed.In my camera bag
An Olympus ED 60mm 1:2.8 macro lens, a 40-150mm 1:4-5.6 R lens, 12-50mm 1:3.5-6.3 Zoom, macro lens , some UV filters and an Olympus OMD 10 Mk2 camera with pancake lens. A lightweight Gorilla tripod also comes in handy when trying to obtain stable shots in windy conditions. Ive attached them to handrails , wire fences, tree limbs, building structures, etc and had quite a bit of success when it was impossible to use a heavy pro tripod due to crowd dynamics, cramped spaces, etc.Feedback
Based on my experience with this and other photos I would have to suggest that there is almost never a wrong time to have a camera with you, be it a mobile phone or traditional camera. This photo didn't disappoint me as the photo opportunity was entirely unexpected and unplanned. I have had a number of these opportunities arise out of the blue. Most have been caught on mobile phones such as samsung and apple units which pretty much all now have high quality optics. So. Go out , enjoy yourself and be surprised with the results you can find.
