Originally posted by taen
forgive me for being critical. IMHO...
the 1st pix does no justice to architecture!
the beauty of a [gothic] church lies in the symmetry and the qualities of light and space...
the pix doesn't capture the volume of the church, the intricacies of the stain glass or the perspective enforced by the pews...
i don't find any focus... if pano is your intention, you got it.
perhaps the 3rd pix could be taken from the side of Christ's head, showing the beauty of the sculpture and the intensity of the facial expressions...
am i too harsh?
;p
interesting comment...but i dunn think there is anything wrong for a photographer to shoot something based on his perception...as much as the essence of gothic architecture lies in its symmetry and aloof spaces which give human a sense of awe just like in full respect to the God.
there is nothing wrong in seeing things in a different light...i find it refreshing since the focus was on the length of the church, which showed the benches and hence the people...a church, no matter how awesome, is a huge white elephant without the people....the first picture shows a more humane side of the place...remember, architecture is nothing without people
(architecture encompasses more than the aspect of art itself...the beauty of architecture lies in its role by engaging art, engineering and people)
if light be called the life-blood of an architectonic form, darkness could rightly be called its soul.
xllms