Ken Rennie
Well-Known Member
From our cycling trip earlier this month.
I find buildings difficult to photograph as I don't like leaning verticals. If I can get far enough away I can solve the problems. In Austria the buildings are vast and it is near impossible to get far enough away. The interiors are also vast and even stitching 12mm images can't capture all of them.
The Abbey of St. Hildegard, Rudesheim, Germany
Saint Hildegard of Bingen is one of my wife's heroes and we stopped to see the Abbey on our outward journey. The Abbey is a modern building with only the church open to visitors. Approx 50 nuns live and work here. I am not used to closed religious orders although we came across many in Austria with monks and nuns living a life of religious contemplation.
The restrained interior of the Abbey Church
Straightening verticals etc was fairly easy with these images as I could get far enough away.
Church of the Carmelite Convent Linz Austria another simple and fairly small church
The Church of the Carmelite Convent, Linz Austria another simple church or at least simple compared with what was to come.
Klosterneuburg about 7 miles from Vienna 12thC
This is a vast set of buildings. I only attempted to photograph the church using a 24-105mm lens so lots of stitched panoramas and difficulty keeping lines straight. From here on I found myself wondering whether the buildings were there for the glory of God or for the glory of the Religious order and their Bishops. A sign proudly stated that 5% of the profits from the vast estates were given to good causes, I was left wondering why it was so low.
My attempt at capturing more of the interior. I was awestruck inside this church but I had a nagging feeling that this was close to idolatry.
Vienna next. Ken
I find buildings difficult to photograph as I don't like leaning verticals. If I can get far enough away I can solve the problems. In Austria the buildings are vast and it is near impossible to get far enough away. The interiors are also vast and even stitching 12mm images can't capture all of them.
The Abbey of St. Hildegard, Rudesheim, Germany
Saint Hildegard of Bingen is one of my wife's heroes and we stopped to see the Abbey on our outward journey. The Abbey is a modern building with only the church open to visitors. Approx 50 nuns live and work here. I am not used to closed religious orders although we came across many in Austria with monks and nuns living a life of religious contemplation.
The restrained interior of the Abbey Church
Straightening verticals etc was fairly easy with these images as I could get far enough away.
Church of the Carmelite Convent Linz Austria another simple and fairly small church
The Church of the Carmelite Convent, Linz Austria another simple church or at least simple compared with what was to come.
Klosterneuburg about 7 miles from Vienna 12thC
This is a vast set of buildings. I only attempted to photograph the church using a 24-105mm lens so lots of stitched panoramas and difficulty keeping lines straight. From here on I found myself wondering whether the buildings were there for the glory of God or for the glory of the Religious order and their Bishops. A sign proudly stated that 5% of the profits from the vast estates were given to good causes, I was left wondering why it was so low.
My attempt at capturing more of the interior. I was awestruck inside this church but I had a nagging feeling that this was close to idolatry.
Vienna next. Ken
