Coria cathedral II, a photo from Caceres, Extremadura

Photographer's Note

Two months ago I posted a photo of the main façade of this cathedral, which lies to the right of the POV here. Today I saw a recent post of Charo showing the view towards the river below and the 16th century bridge and I remembered that I had still a couple of photos of this little town poorly represented here. I am aware that it isn't such a good photo, but it may serve to represent this cathedral here in TE until someone posts a better photo. It is also my first stitch made with Autopano Pro using 12 shots taken with a focal distance of 13mm (equivalent to 26mm in a full-frame).

Anticipating that some will not like the vertical convergence of the perspective, let me say that I also don't like much the slanted appearance of the tower, but I found that fully correcting the perspective would look unnatural and made the tower look even wider in the top than what already happens in this version.

You can find some notes about the church and the town on my previous post of it.

I have attached a WS to Charo's post mentioned above with a less achieved view of the same bridge with almost the same POV.

Link to all my posts of Coria: *.

Location (latitude, longitude): 39.9822,-6.5369

ChrisJ, gracious, npecanhuk, ellelloo, xuaxo, trekks, ribeiroantonio, parbo, Benedict, Emile, Bluejeans trouve(nt) cette note utile

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ChrisJ (160036) 2009-05-22 22:08

Hola Jose

Smart choice of a vertical format on the imposing stone tower, with good sharpness & nice warm vs cold colour contrasts. Tfs!

gracious (20025) 2009-05-22 23:08

Ola Jose,
Very well captured on this great Cathedral with good pov!
the sharpness is amazing with superb details on every part in the image!
nice colour contrast against the clear blue sky as well
thanks
cheers
Tony

Graal (103040) 2009-05-23 0:07

Hi Jose,
amazing tower, good presentation of details of architecture. Good note and complementary WS. Well photojob. I like it.
Gr., Aleksander

npecanhuk (79329) 2009-05-23 2:53

Olá José!
A foto já vale pela belíssima arquitetura aqui mostrada, mas o formato vertical, a excelente nitidez e a exposição perfeita, a composição simples mas totalmente eficaz... tudo fez desta imagem algo muito atraente e bonito! Gostei bastante!
Parabéns, abraços e até logo!
Neyvan

ellelloo (6572) 2009-05-23 12:46

Hi José,
A good shot in vertical format. I like the nice colours and the contrast of the brick colour against the blue sky. Excellent clarity enables the textures to be well visible. The minor slanting of the tower is not disturbing here. Correcting the perspective distortion can sometimes have unwanted side-effects, such as making people in the photo look fat. :) TFS!
Best regards,
Lasse

xuaxo (6854) 2009-05-23 13:19

Olá José,
Já escreveste a crítica na nota...
No entanto gosto do tratamento luminoso.
~
Uma pergunta que não tem a ver. Não gosto das letras demasiado claras e demasiado pequenas nesta nova versão do TE. Nas minhas notas já consigo mudar a cor para preto, mas não o tamanho. Podes dizer-me como se faz?
Cumprimentos,
Francisco

sunamoon (10) 2009-05-24 9:22

Hola Jose,

La verdad que la estructura es impresionante,
pero no logro apreciar bien las dimensiones, quizas es por el sigma... la luz y los colores son buenos! Bien visto!

Un saludo,
Elena

Docarmo (9767) 2009-05-24 9:24

Olá José,
Gestão de luz e nitidez invejáveis!
Bravo!
Docarmo

trekks (14348) 2009-05-25 4:04

hi Jose

Honestly speaking, every time I open up some architecture posts from you, I must read the notes first in order to confirm that stitch jobs are done for the photo shown.

And yes, this one is from the Stitch Master.

I think the most obvious of the stitch is the perspective correction that normal shots will need to do and which may not be able to deliver the fine quality of your stitch job.

At a glance, I cannot tell this is a stitch job. But the texture and sharp quality of the details in this cathedral is splendid and impressive.

tfs, bill

ElAprendiz (30) 2009-05-25 13:03

Hola amigo Jose:

No se, pero me parece que hay mucho brillo o iluminación en la parte superior de esta inmensa estructura, bueno, de pronto el sol estaba de frente en ese punto.

El ángulo de tiro lateral, me gusta. Y las sobre dimensiones que la estructura manifiesta, la hacen ver majestuosa. Buen encuadre.

Saludos desde Colombia, John

Romatou (0) 2009-05-27 14:25

Bonjour Jose !

Une image très fine , comme à ton habitude , qui souligne agréablement tous les détails de cette belle église . La lumière est très bien traitée , particulièrement dans les zones d'ombres.

Toutes mes amitiés ,

François.

ribeiroantonio (22730) 2009-05-27 20:51

Dir-se-ia que aquela estrela foi esquecida depois da época do Natal, pois não me aprece fazer parte das decorações originais da torre.
Gosto deste PdV e creio que a questão da perspectiva está bem resolvida. A única coisa que penso que lhe falta é mais definição lá no cimo da torre junto aos sinos.
António

jaywalker (16105) 2009-05-28 13:56

Hi Jose, A beautiful tower & a wonderful overall building, the sharp focus is very good & a great sky, the light highlights everything perfectly, kind regards Wilson.

parbo (11092) 2009-05-28 17:25

Olá José,

This must be really huge facade and view because I'm impressed after reading your note for merging 12 shots that taken with wide angle. Your result is so clear and just perfect under blue sky in excellent sharpness and natural texture of facade.

Parabéns e Abraço!

Ertugrul

Benedict (7076) 2009-05-29 6:09

hi jose,
i feel holy at just looking at this..:-). those birds in action on a clear day like this add the appeal. and tell me. it's my ageing vison i am sure that i see the church a bit tilted...tell me "NO" amigo...LOL!
greetings,
Benedict

ciakgiak (30) 2009-05-29 15:40

Hello Jose,
splendid facade with incredible details and a magnificent light.
The POV is perfect to show us this architecture in the best possible way.
Have a great week end.
Giorgio

tober (8797) 2009-05-29 16:20

Combining 12 shots which were taken with a wide-angle lens? However, the result is really impressive and I cannot feel any manipulation and it completely looks like a single shot to my eyes. Congratulations for this great work. All the best, Tolga

Emile (20352) 2009-05-29 18:12

Hola Jose.
Muy buena foto de la preciosa catedral captada a contraluz, las sombras predominan pero de todas maneras hay en tu foto una buena iluminacion que nos permite ver los detalles de tan impresionante arquitectura. Me gusta mucho ese cielo azul detrás.
Un fuerte abrazo para toda la familia deseándoles que pasen un buen fin de semana.

Bluejeans (64251) 2009-06-03 11:12

Oi amigo ,
Esta esta de mestre 12 fotos , interessante tiras as fotos sem tripé pensei que para este tipo dava mais jeito , as colagens ficaram perfeitas , muito bonita a arquitectura desta igreja , bonitos detalhes dos sinos , parabéns!!
Um abraço Gonçalo

giorgimer (35017) 2009-06-22 13:57

Hi Jose,

I find this architecture really EXTRAORDINARY. Excellent quality in your shot, very good sharpness.

Compliments!

Gio