Frank:
Thank you very much for your kind comments. I was so faxcinated by the
unique qualities of Russian church architecture that I couldn't decide which
of these shots to submit, so I ended up using this montage. Unfortunately,
it doesn't show some of the detail as well as I the individual shots,
especially for the wooded churches.
Thanks again, Dan
Frank Theriault wrote:
> My second PUG assignment this month is Dan Matyola, "Russian Churches":
>
> Each image in this montage stands alone as a wonderful image. Together,
> they tell a story of how important religion was in pre-revolutionary
> Russia. That a relatively impoverished country could muster the
> resources and will-power to construct such beautiful churches is
> awe-inspiring.
>
> While you chose to include the most spectacular part of each building
> (the spires) in each image, you portrayed the diversity of each to show
> each one as a unique structure. The different colours in the spires,
> and the varying patterns of them is quite beautiful. I'm guessing that
> you used different focal length lenses to get a different perspective of
> each one, and you did that very effectively. I especially like the long
> shot of the Church of Our Savior of the Spilt Blood, reflected of the
> water in the foreground. It contrasts nicely with the close-ups of the
> other spires.
>
> The lighting (looks like later in the afternoon?) of the aforementioned
> long shot, along with the two at the bottom is particularly dramatic.
>
> All in all, a lovely work. Thank you.
>
> regards,
> frank
>
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