Saint Felix of Girona, a photo from Girona, Catalogne

Photographer's Note

About the photo:

This is a stitch of 3 vertical shots. I could have obtained a much similar image with a single shot, but I thought that maybe the use of thinner vertical shots would make the perspective easier to do correct in PP, because I had to use a low POV and a very short focal length. I am not sure if I was right. 8-( Anyway, I am glad I shot for stitching because I had forgotten the ISO set at 400 with "high gain up", which I suppose means ISO 800 or more in my old toy, and that means nasty grain. The higher definition brought by the stitch may have been useful to make the disguise of grain easier.

I had 4 shots to choose from, but I only used 3 and probably 2 would have been enough, at least if I had used less overlap.

The low POV exaggerates the perspective, of course, but the church really looks unusually tall and slender.

About the church and the saint with the same name:

As usual with these very old churches, while most of the actual building was built in the 14th century in Gothic style, the façade is from the 18th century and there was a Romanesque church at the same place, which some believe to have succeeded an earlier church that lay on the top of a Christian cemetery of Roman times. Supposedly, Saint Felix (Sant Feliu in Catalá, the native language of Catalonia) was buried in that cemetery. Now his tomb is inside the church.

Saint Felix was a Christian martyr who lived and was killed in Girona in 304 AD. Most sources refer him as a companion of the perhaps more famous Saint Cucuphas, who was martyred in Barcelona also in 304. Those sources put the origin of both in the nowadays Tunisia, at the time a Roman possession, and they were among the first Christian preachers in Spain. Other sources put him as companion of another saint of Girona, Saint Narcissus, who was supposedly the first bishop of the town and who has his tomb also in this church.

As far as I could know, Saint Felix was the patron saint of Girona until at least the 14th century. Incidentally, this photo was shot in the eve of his feast. The actual patron saint of Girona is - guess who - Saint Narcissus.

WS: A view of the spire from the staircase of the cathedral, where I also took my previous post of Girona.

Link to all my posts of Girona: ***

Location (latitude, longitude): 41.9881,2.8244. View in: Googlemaps, Live Search (the latter has an interesting feature called 'bird view').

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bakes888 (18499) 2009-04-04 19:07

Hi Jose. Nice stitch, excellent colours and clarity. The polariser has given you a deep blue sky which contrasts well with the stonework. Thanks for sharing.
Have a good Sunday, Paul.

Docarmo (9767) 2009-04-04 20:17

Olá José,
Mais uma bela apresentação - luminosidade, nitidez e POV primorosos!
A nota, como sempre, excelente!
Obrigada por partilhar,
MCV

ribeiroantonio (22730) 2009-04-04 20:26

O cimo da torre parece inacabado, especialmente na vista do WS. Quanto a esta foto, gosto da perspectiva e das cores gerais da mesma.
António

phwall (6787) 2009-04-04 20:51

Hello Jose,
Your stitching technique has worked well here in keeping the diminishing perspective to manageable levels. There is some perspective distortion, but for me, it really adds to the majesty of the building. Lovely work with the polarizer, the deep blue of the sky contrasts beautifully against the pale stone of the building.
Superb capture, bravo.
Regards
Peter

banaei_nikon (755) 2009-04-04 21:12

Hi Jose
Nice stitch, excellent colours and clarity.Lovely work with the polarizer, the deep blue of the sky contrasts beautifully against the pale stone of the building.
**MAB**

danyy (0) 2009-04-04 22:19

Hello Jose,
voici un ciel qui par son bleu intense met bein en valeur la texture des pierres du mur. Un format vertical bien choisi pour une photo très nette et propre.
Regards.
Daniel.

jjcordier (79299) 2009-04-04 23:17

Jose
Bon POV qui met en relief cette belle architecture qui se détache magnifiquement sur ce beau ciel bleu.
Amicalement
JJ

Giorgio (11279) 2009-04-05 1:00

- Très joli édifice José, on pourrais croire à une fusée sur son pas de tir, en bonus le joli ciel bleu profond, merci le filtre polarisant, en tout cas, bravo, c'est très réussi !
Passe un joli dimanche.
giorgio
*Je ne comprend pas pourquoi tu parles à des "aspects désertiques et lunaires". En ce qui concerne ton questionnement, je parle des Concluses qui ne se limitent pas seulement à l'aspect verdoyant que je montre sur cette image mais à l'ensemble qui parfois est extrêmement désertique et aride.

jlbrthnn (76041) 2009-04-05 2:23

Bom-dia José,
A montagem é tida êxito. O ponto de vista dá um impulso do campanário para o céu. A clareza e as cores são exemplares. Muito um bom trabalho. Bravo.
Passa um bom dia.
Cordialmente.
Joël

Romatou (0) 2009-04-05 4:47

De très fins détails , de très belles couleurs et un assemblage bien réussi .

Cordialement ,

guitianmiranda (22) 2009-04-05 4:57

Excelente calidad de imagen y encuadre para sacar el máximo partido a esta iglesia, muy bien ejecutada con un cielo perfecto y una luz excelente un pelín sobreexpuesta, pero igualmente atractiva.

Un saludo.

rodgerg (55767) 2009-04-05 5:41

Olà José,

Une église que je connais et que j'ai vistée il y a trois ans. Très bon cadrage qui met bien en valeur lédifice. Les pierres de la construction ressortent très bien sous ce magnifique ciel bleu. Très bon et beau travail photo.
Amizades,
Roger

lucasgalodoido (27542) 2009-04-05 6:26

Olá José,
mais uma ótima adição ao tema essa, e gostei aqui do contraste forte entre a Igreja e o céu. Seu PP ficou ótimo também, pois geralmente, pelo menos comigo, o céu sempre fica com tonalidades diferentes na junção das fotos. Belo trabalho.
Parabéns e Abraço

paura (25802) 2009-04-05 6:58

José,
Penso que deve ter sido muito difícil construir isso naquela época. A arquitetura é linda e sua fotografia está muito boa, com definição excelente e belas cores.

Abraço

PAulo

batalay (41261) 2009-04-05 11:13

Hello José,

This is a very successful image rendered by the stitching and without much perspective correction. The colors and definition are flawlessly presented. We might have discussed it, but the one person who does a great deal of stitching with remarkable results is Didi Massoud. Canon has its own excellent program for seamless stitching.

Warm regards,

Bulent

gracious (20025) 2009-04-05 11:18

Hello Jose,
Great photojob of stitching!
the pov simply beautiful to have this great architecture well captured in it's sharpness, great colour and superb details in every part of it!
the colour contrast is just another great impact for the composition
many thanks for the sharing
cheers
Tony

ciakgiak (30) 2009-04-05 12:34

Hello Jose,
I think that the result is really excellent.
You did right to assemble the three images because in this way the perspective is very good.
Fantastic the contrast with the blue sky.
Excellent photojob my dear friend.
Have a great week.
Giorgio

ElAprendiz (30) 2009-04-05 15:05

Hola Jose:

Es una bella obra de arquitectura religiosa. Sus perfectas formas lineales, la elevan con mucha majestuosidad hacia el cielo, un cielo que se presenta muy puro, con un azul intenso, contrastante a todo el entorno.

Gran nitidez, perfecto encuadre y un adecuado manejo de la fuerte iluminación. Buen trabajo.

John

berek (50518) 2009-04-05 20:24

Hi Jose,
what a great architecture here. goo sharpness and lovely blue sky.
have a nice week.
Burak

hispic (9658) 2009-04-05 20:31

Olà José,
Crystal clear shot, truly beautiful. Excellent stitching technique, no seam can be seen. But it seems the sky has some bandings a little, it's a bit of a pity for such a good image. I like this fine definition on the church a lot.
Regards, Hisashi

Graal (103040) 2009-04-05 22:40

Hi Jose,
amazing experiment with the stitched photos, fine result. Good presentation, an interesting architecture with the gothic tower. Well complementary WS also. I like it.
Gr., Aleksander

AiresSantos (56155) 2009-04-06 1:28

Ola Jose
Mais um belo monumento bem retratado. Cores e detalhes excelentes
Um abraco Amigo
Aires

delkoo (68) 2009-04-06 4:44

bonjour josé
excellente qualité pour présenter cette fameuse église de GIRONA, L'incroyable bleu du ciel permet un contraste édifiant avec la pâleur de la pierre, l'assemblage est parfait..

didier

dip (21408) 2009-04-06 10:17

Hi Jose,
impressive view of the church!
excellent POV and framing,
very good stitching result,
well done!
Dimitris.

jmdias (108367) 2009-04-07 8:24

zé

me lembro bem desta linda torre, aqui vc arrumou um pov e um enquadramento preciosos, a luz então é a perfeita e faz a arquitetura brilhar contra o azulão do céu

abraços

jorge

Rafer (0) 2009-04-07 10:22

Espectacularrrrr...saludos

rikko77 (10861) 2009-04-07 10:24

Hi Jose
love the POV here and saturated colors...really a good job!
Regards,
Rikk

Didi (61589) 2009-04-07 10:52

Salut Stego
Le sujet est bien capté, un stitch à 12 mm cela donne quand même un bon résultat quoique je préfère l'utilisation d'une focale proche du 50 réel en appliquant le coéficient(*); bien-sûr cela oblige de faire beaucoup plus de photos.
Ce sera le thème de mon prochain sujet.
Amitiés.

Focale de 30 mm d'un reflex Canon = 30 x 1.6 = 48 mm réel.

jusninasirun (17529) 2009-04-08 1:07

Hi José.

Really neat and clean image with spotless blue sky in the backdrop. Superb display of architectural beauty in fine details. Top drawer work and TFS.

Best regards,
Jusni

ilDottore (5252) 2009-04-09 2:32

Hi Jose,
Outstanging quality: composition, light, colours, sharpness, contrast... everything from highest shelf! :)
Congratulations and Greetings from Dublin!
Chris

JCG (35153) 2009-04-12 23:34

Bonjour José,

Très bon contraste lumière et couleur qui permet de bien faire ressortir ce bel édifice où ce contre plongée apporte beaucoup plus de hauteur. Un bien joli stitch avec une netteté très appréciable pour la lecture des détail. Bravo José et merci pour la note.

Avec toutes mes amitiés de Bretagne et une très bonne journée,

Jean-Charles

xuaxo (6854) 2009-06-20 5:06

Olá José,
Mais um caso de bom trabalho de pós-processamento. Mas fico na dúvida se o aspecto final é realístico ou se há aqui alguma alteração visual. A igreja parece "esticada".
Cumprimentos,
Francisco