St. Louis Basilica III

[John Storjohann]

For this image I wanted to try to give a different perspective of the scale of the building...24-105mm@50mm, f/11, 8 shot HDR with exposures ranging from 1.3 seconds to 8 seconds. Tweaked a bit with NIK Detail Extractor and Tonal Contrast; a color blend from a layer of Topaz BuzzSim. Slight crop from LHS and bottom.

[John Storjohann]

hmmm..after posting...color seemed a bit off..too warm. Repost.

[Paul Jasso]

John, as usual, very impressive. As a fellow St. Louisan who hasn't been to the Basilica in at least twenty years, I'm going to have to make a point of getting there soon. Your photos have reminded me just how beautiful it is. Well done.

[Anita Bower]

I like the OP! Love those vibrant colors! I LOVE this image! So much going on, yet the Madonna does not get lost. Love all those curves and shapes. Excellent.

[Cheryl Slechta]

John, I'm with Anita - I love the OP! Beautifully done

[John Storjohann]

Thank you for the comments...much appreciated!

[denise ippolito]

John, Very nicely done. I vote somewhere in between the two.

[John Storjohann]

You may be right, Denise...let's see how this one flies...

[Anita Bower]

I like all three of them!

[nzmacro]

I really like number 4 mate

To be honest John, I still like the warmer tones in the original you posted. I do like warm tones more, just a me thing. Fantastic details and lighting and that comes down to you mainly with what you have done here. Wonderful to see such details. Impressive work and result.

All the best John, totally in awe of this place.

Danny.

[denise ippolito]

Looks great!

[Mitch Carucci]

Very strong image! Composition is powerful with great upward sweep, and the HDR is realistic. You can play with the color balance back and forth, but whereever you finally settle would be fine to me. Great.