Notre Dame

Here’s a detail. Being in this place seriously took my breath away!

this is beautiful…..wow…. WOW

TOOK MY BREATH AWAY! STUNNING IMAGE!

Absolutely awesome- How cool to be able to see this in person! Fantastic image

I agree, it is breathtaking and so is the photo and cloning work you have done. Excellent.

Wow, what a masterpiece…both the architecture and the image!

Amazing place!

Wow, that’s awesome, Bill. What a magnificent church. You’ve taken a wonderful photo and your cloning is flawless. Thank yiu for sharing such amazing beauty.

This is incredibly beautiful! The colours and details are amazing. I like the light that gives a quiet and serene atmosphere, and to think that you did this without a tripod is astonishing. Great work!

Awesome place! Gotta love that wide angle, huh? You’ve captured such fab detail, and wonderful colours, Bill. Well done on the cloning, must have been a hell of a pain in da butt to do, but I agree that the impact is there without them

OMG!!!! Wow!!!....incredilbe detail….just beautiful…..can’t even tell you have cloned…brilliant job editing Billy!!! :)...maybe i should make the 4hour trip out there :)

speechless

that’s totally surreal

A.W.E.S.O.M.E Billyboy!!

awesome imagery, BB!

My main reason for wanting to visit Canada – looks such an amazing building

A building I have only ever seen from the outside, and now after viewing this that is something I now hold with a degree of regret.

Not only is this splendid in its architecture and design but your treatment in catching the light (which should come as no surprise if you manage it so well after a few beverages) is nothing short of jaw droppingly gorgeous.

Not just the obvious light either, the pew edges are lit and hold the light so well and accompany the bright blue entrance to the shot with a gentle hand before the opening up of the altar to show off the grand spleandour of it all.

Cloning people out – Impressive, painstainkinly impressive – I would have gone for the easier option of scaring people and threatening them with a rusty tripod until I had a clear shot. Your editing skills are as honed and profilic as those of your photographic capturing abilities.

Well, if you need to please Bev, you cold always do it again, just don’t clone her out. then print it off and present it to her with a flourish! I’m sure she’d forgive you. :-))

lol at blowing cash on something that’s not bad for your health :D I must admit the only reason I remove that lens is to put the 14mm on :Þ

Wow! That place could ornate a man to death. Stunning shot, Bill.

Nodur Daym – say it the American way!

OMG….how did I not see this earlier?? This is totally stunning…..Michelangelo would be green with envy….this is truly divine in every sense of the word…..you bowl me over…..this is just too beautiful….

The details which show in your second pic are absolutely stunning, Bill. It almost makes me feel like I could reach out and touch it. The details are so exquisitely fine , it’s almost mind blowing to know that mankind built it. It’s awe-inspiring. I’ll never see it in person so I thank you for sharing it.

What an amazing image! You and that wide angle have definitely become “one”. The lighting and amount of detail is mind-blowing for hand-held at 1/6 sec and I am duly impressed. The basilica’s architectural detail (all those columns, sculptures and gold gilding!) is remarkable when you think that this was probably built without any modern tools. I have not seen this basilica before so thanks for sharing with those of us that might night get to see it in person.

That is the most gorgeous place I have ever seen. The detail is just amazing!

It does in that it shows so much of the beauty of the very fine detail; and because, it’s a closer shot (zoom?), the lighting is also better, making it easier to see those details.

wow! this is something…! love the way you compose it this way and your excellent use/control on light.
well done, BB!

That it’s not a zoom makes your lens a very awesome piece of gear indeed. How did you magnify it?

Very beautiful, great capture

wow!

great shot Billy such detail congrats

Absolutely awesome image!!

The resolution is probably as close to perfect as any mere mortal could get it, Bill!

OMG, Billy…

What a magnificent place, the architecture is amazing, the colors, details and light are so beautiful. It must feel even more impressive being there in person ! fantastic shot Billy, nice work cloning the people out too !

Wow ! I don’t know the first thing about cloning people out but it doesn’t look easy. I would love to see this for myself, I think all of the details would keep me there for hours on end. To think of all the time, skill, effort ,planning and labor that went into the building of this is astounding, it makes me think of all the technology we have now and how we build such sterile looking buildings over night.

wow – so love what you have achieved here… the colour and style of this piece is seriously outstanding…

: ))

This is awesome and wonderful work cloning the people out – you did a wonderful job. This image takes my breath away.

The image just above makes really gives me a solid idea of the size and magnificence of this church. It is more than awesome,I simply don’t have a word in my vocabulary to do it justice. One fantastic shot, Bill.

Oh… you know.

Bill congrats on this shot, your use of lightweight cameras with plastic lenses, and with very low resolution, strips away the formality of the image, and prevents the production of maximum detail. Instead of description, a sensation of place has been sought and, using the photographic baroque aesthetic as a compositional device, there is an attempt to image the “otherworld” qualities of the sites visited.

This body of work follows in the tradition of Edvard Munch’s painting The Scream, with its emotional anxiety, alienation and existential inner despair. Within this artwork the silence associated with images is broken by a high velocity intense visual pitch, the emotional and visual equivalent of a full, guttural scream.

OMG!!! This is just magnificent! I am speechless!

Gorgeous.

Holy smokes!! this is exquisite!!

WOW, WONDERFUL WORK. CONGRATS ON THE FEATURE OF ONE O THE MOST BEUTIFUL AND FAMOUS PLACE OF THE WORLD

I think I just broke my favourite button

God but this is just so insanely beautiful BB. I have been sitting here for about ten minutes trying to think of a comment that does this justice. I can’t. I admit to being completely flummoxed and absolutely gobsmacked. If you don’t mind, I might just sit here for a few minutes more in silent awe and worship.

Thankyou… thankyou thankyou thankyou for showing me this beauty that, but for you, I never would have known existed in the world. xxx

Fantastic architectual capture Billy…they just don’t build them like they used to!

Stunning work

brilliant work,,, well done

So fantastic Billy! So well done! I would love to visit this Cathedral:)) wow!

I live a couple of hours from Montreal and this year was the first time that I actually set foot in this beautiful Cathedral. You have done it its proper justice because it is quite a breathtaking church.

1/6 sec….thats very good…..Beautiful image,well done!

stunning architecture, just stunning, great shot BB

Excellent capture, Billy! Perfectly composed.

Very beautiful, great capture!

HOLY sh&%! That is pure beauty… I have been to some cathedrals but none like this!

Breathtaking shot Billy this is awesome

Awsome place,awsome picture,what beauty

Wow I love this place as well, amazing job of cloning , beautiful shot, fav :))

Superb artistry Billy, excellent!!!

FANTASTIC INDEED,

Love it … a fav for me

This should be on your front page…..totally rocks BB!

::picks up my jaw that dropped on the floor for the upteenith times::
No words can express the beauty of this image. You did an incredible job cloning these people out… That’s no easy feat..