Cloisters

Paul Woloschuk

Cloisters

Lacock Abbey in Wiltshire is famous for being the home of William Henry Fox-Talbot, the ‘Father of Modern Photography’ and is owned and managed by the National Trust, as is the rest of the village of Lacock.

The Abbey’s Cloisters are famous for being used in Harry Potter films!

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Featured in “National Trust Properties” March 2009
Featured in Architecture and Cityscapes Photography
Featured in Historic Landmarks of Europe January 2009

Nikon D80. Nikkor 18-135mm. A 5-image panorama stitched in Photoshop

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Cloisters by Paul Woloschuk
Cloisters by Paul Woloschuk
  • Irene  Burdell

    Irene Burdell

    A great shot Paul , I love these old Abbeys ,this one looks wonderful.

  • Paul Woloschuk replied

    Thanks Irene. This particular place is normally crawling with tourists, so I was so pleased to have it to myself for a while!

  • midzing

    midzing

    beautiful shot,,, well done

  • Paul Woloschuk replied

    Thanks for your kind comment

  • Ann Garrett

    Ann Garrett

    Great composition

  • Paul Woloschuk replied

    Thank you Ann

  • ericseyes

    ericseyes

    Wonderful shot, love the angles and all the detail in the ceilings, Harry Potter was my first thought when I saw this.

  • Paul Woloschuk replied

    Thanks Eric, it is a great place to visit.

  • Richard Veal

    Richard Veal

    Stunning work Paul.

  • Paul Woloschuk replied

    Thank you Richard.
    It’s an image that I re-visited after deciding my previous version was looking a little ‘tired’. I wish I’d kept the original stitched file though as it took me ages to get the seperate images merged again!

  • RedHillDigital

    RedHillDigital

    Almost symmetrical. Nice shot Paul.

  • Paul Woloschuk replied

    Thanks Howard.

  • shakey

    shakey

    Looks great Paul

  • Paul Woloschuk replied

    Thanks Paul

  • Antanas

    Antanas

    Great capture, beautiful shot

  • Paul Woloschuk replied

    Thank you very much Antanas

  • Richard Veal

    Richard Veal

    A great addition to the group Paul.
    Well done, and thank you.

  • Paul Woloschuk replied

    You welcome Richard. Thank you for inviting me to join the ‘Best of the West’ group.

  • Colleen Milburn

    Colleen Milburn

    Gorgeous work, Paul – I adore ‘religious architecture’, and this is beautiful. Well done :-D

  • Paul Woloschuk replied

    Thank you Colleen

  • parmi

    parmi

    love this! two hallways could almost be a mirror image of the other.

  • Paul Woloschuk replied

    Thank you parmi

  • mikebov

    mikebov

    superb perspective to this image

  • Paul Woloschuk replied

    Thank you very much Mike.

  • Clare Colins

    Clare Colins

    captivating…a great shot

  • Paul Woloschuk replied

    Thank you Clare. It’s a beautiful place to photograph.

  • Rebecca Bryson
  • Paul Woloschuk replied

    Thank you ever so much Rebecca!

  • CinB

    CinB

    fantastic image love the comp and angles just fab!

  • Paul Woloschuk replied

    Thank you for your kind comment

  • ChelseaBlue

    ChelseaBlue

    Super image, nice capture

  • Paul Woloschuk replied

    Thanks very much ChelseaBlue

  • Eyal Nahmias

    Eyal Nahmias

    beautiful composition, exposure, details and perspective. Since you used a wide angle, there is a slight perspective distortion but in a way it adds to the image charm. The camera thou, wasn’t 100% leveled as seen from the center column tilt. Still, I think you pulled off a brilliant image that draws an immediate attention from any viewer. In a way, if there was a priest, a person etc in the image in one of the corridors, it might have added a beautiful element to the photo. Great work.

  • Paul Woloschuk replied

    Thank you for your constructive comments Eyal.
    This image was a panorama created using four (or five) seperate images, and as you say, the camera wasn’t perfectly level, which only became apparent when I was putting the whole thing together!
    It was a bit of a nightmare aligning the columns and many details in the vaulted ceiling, so the slightly-angled central pillar wasn’t of such a great cocern to me! ;-)

    Thanks again.

  • Eyal Nahmias

    Eyal Nahmias

    Got you! Have you been using PS stitch functionality, or a separate application that combines the image to one panorama? One thing I can see as another option for you is to create the 4-5 separate images in HDR and than stitch the HDR images together finalizing with the tone mapping. In any regard, as I said before, you pulled off a brilliant image. :-)

  • Paul Woloschuk replied

    Thanks Eyal. I used PS to stitch the images together.
    I’ve not had much sucess with HDR yet, not being able to create the ‘right’ effect – I just need to practice!

  • Angel Warda
  • Paul Woloschuk replied

    Thank you Angel. You’ve some fantastic artwork in your RB gallery….I’m just going to enjoy browsing through them!

  • Barbara  Corvino

    Barbara Corvino

    Beautiful angle, perspective and light.
    Ciao. Barbara

  • Paul Woloschuk replied

    Thank you very much Barbara

  • LudaNayvelt

    LudaNayvelt

    fantastic image, and such a lovely architecture

  • Paul Woloschuk replied

    Thank you Luda

  • Paul McGuire

    Paul McGuire

    Another cracker! I love the perspective and lighting. wondeful work.

  • Paul Woloschuk replied

    Thanks Paul.
    It received very mixed comments at my local camera club, where some thought it was ‘too dark’ and others ‘too central’ – but I knew what I wanted when I took it…and I’m satisfied with the result! (rant over!)

  • melbourneguy75

    melbourneguy75

    Lovely capture, the architecture is gorgeous :)

  • Paul Woloschuk replied

    Thank you very much David.

  • Nicolette Thain

    Nicolette Thain 1 day ago

    Congratulations Paul, a great example of TUNNEL VISION!

  • Paul Woloschuk replied 1 day ago

    Thank you Nicolette, I’m pleased that you like it.

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