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<blockquote data-quote="Blue439" data-source="post: 823733" data-attributes="member: 53455">My secret chapel... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite27" alt=":giggle:" title="Giggle&nbsp; &nbsp; :giggle:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":giggle:" />I will not say where it is, not even to which saint it is dedicated. It is a Year 1000 chapel built by the monks of an abbey not too far away, and it’s been standing there, alone and unperturbed, for more than a millennium... I went there at sunset at a time of the year (May) when I knew, thanks to the PhotoPills application (which I warmly recommend to anyone doing outdoor shoots), that the Sun would be setting in the position I needed.I brought out one of my Indra500s with a tall stand and a large softbox to light the apse of the chapel (plus a sandbag as I knew it would likely be windy up there!), then had a moment of feverish fun with the Sekonic light meter to balance the flash and the natural light and fire the shutter before the Sun went down...Nikon D810, Nikkor 19mm, ƒ/4 PC-E tilt-shift lens, manual focus. Gitzo tripod, Arca-Swiss Cube C1 geared head. Natural light and artificial lighting.[ATTACH=full]409822[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blue439, post: 823733, member: 53455"] [B]My secret chapel...[/B] :giggle: I will not say where it is, not even to which saint it is dedicated. It is a Year 1000 chapel built by the monks of an abbey not too far away, and it’s been standing there, alone and unperturbed, for more than a millennium... I went there at sunset at a time of the year (May) when I knew, thanks to the PhotoPills application (which I warmly recommend to anyone doing outdoor shoots), that the Sun would be setting in the position I needed. I brought out one of my Indra500s with a tall stand and a large softbox to light the apse of the chapel (plus a sandbag as I knew it would likely be windy up there!), then had a moment of feverish fun with the Sekonic light meter to balance the flash and the natural light and fire the shutter before the Sun went down... Nikon D810, Nikkor 19mm, ƒ/4 PC-E tilt-shift lens, manual focus. Gitzo tripod, Arca-Swiss Cube C1 geared head. Natural light and artificial lighting. [ATTACH type="full"]409822[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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