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The nave of Lincoln Cathedral, England.
  •  Info created by Diliff - uploaded by Diliff - nominated by Diliff -- Diliff (talk) 22:46, 28 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Diliff (talk) 22:46, 28 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Not too bad. --Kreuzschnabel (talk) 04:55, 29 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support pfft, nothing extraordinary... just the usual Diliff awesomeness! --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 06:03, 29 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --Berthold Werner (talk) 06:32, 29 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support very small compared to our normal standard here, 75 individual images is never never enough. Nonetheless, I must admit that the picture is not bad.--ArildV (talk) 07:11, 29 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Of course. One question though, how do you decide between 35mm and 50mm? Is it a matter of DoF or time? Or has the 50mm replaced the 35mm for better quality/higher res? --DXR (talk) 09:08, 29 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    • Good question. The Sigma 50mm has replaced the 35mm for most of my stitching now, but I sometimes go for 35mm when I need wider depth of field. 50mm provides only just enough DOF in many of my panoramas (even when using the hyperfocal distance to maximise DOF) and sometimes I need to go all the way to f/16 (the smallest aperture on both the 35mm and 50mm lenses). At this aperture, diffraction is a problem and starts to eat away at the detail advantage of 50mm. Also, 50mm requires more individual photos to capture the same scene. So basically, I use 35mm when I am not as concerned with quality/high res, and when there are objects very close to the camera that would be out of focus with my 50mm lens. But for most stitched architectural photography, 50mm is the 'sweet spot' for me and if the scene is worth a bracketed and stitched image, it's probably also worth spending an extra minute or two to capture it with the 50mm lens. ;-) Diliff (talk) 09:30, 29 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --Uoaei1 (talk) 10:18, 29 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Interesting explanation about 35-50mm, thanks. One question from me as well, do you remove people from the scene before stitching or the other way round? Removing first, right? You'll have to organize a workshop! ;) --Kadellar (talk) 11:08, 29 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    • Actually, I very rarely need to use Photoshop to remove people, I just wait very patiently until people are not in the frame. ;-) It's a bit easier because of the stitching though. For example, If they are on the right side, I can take all the photos of the left side (and all the photos of the ceiling). I just have to keep a mental picture of which sections still need to be taken, and then I wait until people decide to move away. Sometimes it doesn't take long, sometimes I wait for 15+ minutes and one person leaves just as another person arrives. It can be very frustrating. Sometimes I just give up and leave them in the photo, but it's rare. Maybe the looks I give these people while I wait is enough to make them disappear! ;-) Diliff (talk) 11:45, 29 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support French gothic cathedrals need you too ! (please see note. Maybe -I repeat, maybe- I've found something a little wrong)--Jebulon (talk) 14:18, 29 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    • The slight tilt in the ceiling ribs is probably because I wasn't perfectly centred (or the ceiling isn't perfectly in line with the floor tiles). The problem with these old cathedrals is that you would assume that the middle of the central floor tiles is the middle, but not always... Even if you are away from the true centre by just a one centimetre, that can be enough to be very obvious in a photo like this. Lines deviate more when the angle of view is very wide. Diliff (talk) 16:09, 29 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
      • Oh, and I would love to spend some time in the French cathedrals. My wife is from Picardie but we usually just spend all our time in France with her family... I was surprised to learn that there are six cathedrals in Picardie! Beauvais, Amiens, Noyon, Senlis, Soissons and Laon. There are a lot more cathedrals in France than in England... It would take a long time to visit them all. Diliff (talk) 16:58, 29 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
        • My favorite is Laon. Not very far, Reims is very nice too, and very historical (kings coronations took place there). Paris... Chartres... What a photographical tour for you !--Jebulon (talk) 21:56, 29 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
          • I was lucky enough to be approved for a grant through Wikimedia UK to cover the costs (fuel mostly) of visiting these English cathedrals... I wonder if Wikimedia France would consider a similar arrangement for me to photograph the French cathedrals... ;-) Diliff (talk) 10:25, 30 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support -- Alex Florstein (talk) 16:22, 29 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support. I suppose the distortion in the nearer light fixtures and the capitals above them is an unavoidable consequence of perspective correction/projection? Impressive nonetheless. --Kbh3rdtalk 16:32, 29 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --Cayambe (talk) 19:15, 29 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Absolutely nothing that could have been done any better than it was. Daniel Case (talk) 05:32, 30 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Of course!! --mathias K 08:49, 30 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --Halavar (talk) 09:18, 30 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support --LivioAndronico talk 11:31, 30 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support Magistral. I will try to do the same in the Sé Cathedral of São Paulo, please, it would be a pleasure to hear your suggestions respect to metodology. I have a 35mm 1.8 nikon d300. Thanks --Wilfredo R. Rodríguez H. (talk) 15:47, 30 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    • The key item to do this properly is a panoramic head. This will let you rotate the camera without introducing parallax errors. If you don't have this, it will not be possible to replicate my methodology. I can explain the rest of it in more detail if you'd like though. I've been asked a lot of similar questions recently, I might put together a page with as much details as I can. Diliff (talk) 17:24, 30 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
 Comment Thank you very much for your immediate response. Unfortunately I only count on a tripod, however, I am interested to know your technique for shooting even in my imagination --Wilfredo R. Rodríguez H. (talk) 17:32, 30 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Result: 23 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Jee 05:27, 3 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
This image will be added to the FP gallery: Places/Interiors
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