Candy : Babies :: Photographs : Cathedrals
Lori and I like to pack our weekend trips as full as possible. It takes some strategic planning, and often a decent amount of caffeine, but we’ve gotten pretty good at hitting the major attractions of a city in a 2-3 day span. Of course, when in Montreal, we couldn’t miss the famous Cathedrale Marie Reine du Monde (English: Mary, Queen of the World). Although not as colorful as Notre Dame, it was similarly grand and also much less crowded. While there, a small assortment of tourists and homeless came and went, but we basically had the place to ourselves.
Also of note, Marie Reine does NOT have a public restroom… but I did invent a new dance while I was packing up my gear.
It’s Cool to Be Smart
The Cathedral Marie Reine du Monde is the third largest church in Quebec. It was built in the late 18th century after a previous cathedral burned down. The bishop of Montreal at the time decided to have the new church built as a scale model of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. The only difference in the exterior of Mary, Queen of the World is that Instead of the statues of the twelve apostles as on the façade of St. Peter’s, the top of the front of the church is lined with statues of the patron saints of thirteen parishes of Montreal who donated them.
Post Processing of Lead Image
- Converted 5 bracketed NEFs to DNG
- Corrected chromatic aberration in LR
- Tonemapped in Photomatix
- Ate dinner… chili, yummmm ^_^
- Blended layers in PS
- Edited blended image with layer adjustments and coffee
- High Pass set to Hard Light to sharpen
Terrific shots. So many great things to see in Montreal!
Really awesome! They look just like a professional 3D render!
This one is way cool. Very nice work sir!
Great shot, Andrew and excellently processed. I am in agreement with the prior comments – this is definitely one of the best of your recent posts. This to me is how HDR should really be used.
This blog and the feedback I get from you all (especially when people see room for improvement) has been one of the biggest catalysts in my development. Thanks for the encouragement and feedback. Keep it coming.
I think the lead image is my favorite of your HDRs so far – I saw it and thought “Wow, that is an awesome ceiling in that building”, not “Cool, it looks all glowy and full of chewy Kinkadeian HDR goodness.” Really nice light balance.
Thanks dude. You know what’s wild is that until now I didn’t ever put together who The One True Stickman is -_-. I checked your blog and was like “wait… those are picks from down the road… wait… that guy has some crazy cool projects going on… hmmm… that picture on the About page looks really familiar”
Nice to put 2 + 2 together.
Heh, no problem – I have purposely tried to stay more or less anonymous online, so I’m not surprised you didn’t get it.
Keep up the good work!
Beautiful images Andrew. Really like the composition in the first one getting the ceiling, pews and vestibule in the shot
I concur. This pic is my favorite of your recent work. Only this is that the middle chandelier is very, very bright. Almost a little distracting from the rest of the pic, but the composition is literally spot on. Great job Andy!
That’s the Holy Spirit at f22
Hope grad school isn’t bustin’ you up too bad.
Nick Davis 2032 has my vote.
Vestibule! I was searching the cavities of my mind for that word when writing… and obviously didn’t find it. I guess that’s what I get for living in a non-English speaking country for a number of years -_-.