Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Lichfield Cathedral Set

Lichfield Cathedral Set

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Lichfield Cathedral, Staffordshire
The choir looking west
The choir looking east
The high altar from the choir
The columns of the nave
The organ
The exterior from the north-east

Reason: High Quality Image And High EV
Articles in which this image appears: Lichfield Cathedral +2
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Interiors and Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture (last image)
Creator: Diliff

Support as nominator – National Names 2000 (talk) 02:26, 14 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Why are some of the interior images bluish while others are brownish? CorinneSD (talk) 02:46, 14 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- Diliff are you able to answer this at all? It would appear this is causing a lack of votes as this has been here a while... gazhiley 11:57, 20 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  - I hadn't even seen this nomination. Oops! The reason why some of the images look brownish and some are blueish is the relationship between the different kinds of light in the image. When photographing interiors (or any other subject), one has to choose a white balance that is suitable for the scene. Often this is done automatically by the camera and the photographer has no idea that it has occurred. The additional difficulty with interiors compared to outdoor photography is that there are usually different and competing light sources. Incandescent light is usually quite warm compared to overcast sunlight. If I select a white balance that is neutral to the cool sunlight, the incandescent light looks too yellow. If I select a white balance that is neutral to the incandescent light, the sunlight looks too blue. All I can do in each situation is try to find a white balance setting that is sympathetic to both light sources, and this sometimes varies from image to image. Sometimes an image has both blue and yellow/brown areas because both light sources are shining on different parts of the same image. I don't think the images are too blueish personally, but some people seem to prefer a warmer colour cast, even if it isn't truly 'neutral'. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 13:30, 20 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
On the basis of Ðiliff's answer, I Support... Quality is there as usual, and colours explained... gazhiley 14:22, 20 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- - The Herald (here I am) 14:20, 21 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Trying to do a set like this has made me even more wowed that Diliff can do it consistently. 'Tis driving me insane! — Crisco 1492 (talk) 14:26, 21 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- Practice does make perfect. I had plenty of practice in 2014... Ðiliff «» (Talk) 16:27, 21 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Well, it may not be my best cathedral set but I suppose it's still above the benchmark. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 11:49, 23 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support This is an excellent set with encyclopaedic quality. Mattximus (talk) 19:32, 23 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Lichfield Cathedral Choir 1, Staffordshire, UK - Diliff.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 04:23, 24 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Lichfield Cathedral Choir 2, Staffordshire, UK - Diliff.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 04:23, 24 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Lichfield Cathedral High Altar from choir, Staffordshire, UK - Diliff.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 04:23, 24 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Lichfield Cathedral Nave Columns, Staffordshire, UK - Diliff.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 04:23, 24 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Lichfield Cathedral Organ, Staffordshire, UK - Diliff.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 04:23, 24 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Lichfield Cathedral Exterior from NE, Staffordshire, UK - Diliff.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 04:23, 24 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]