Iglesia de Santa B嫫bara, a photo from Distrito Nacional, East

Photographer's Note

La Zona Colonial de Santo Domingo es el m嫳 antiguo asentamiento europeo en las Am廨icas. Los primeros caballeros en Santo Domingo se preciaban de ser muy religiosos y forzaron a los nativos locales (llamados Los Ta璯os) a ayudar en la construcci鏮 de muchas iglesias y capillas a lo largo de la nueva ciudad. La de Santa B嫫bara est� entre las m嫳 viejas iglesias de Am廨ica y sin dudas es una de las m嫳 hermosas. Est� localizada en la parte norte de la vieja colonia, en la cima de una colina que sol燰 dominar la vista del pueblo y el r甐 Ozama. Sin embargo, hoy d燰 Santa B嫫bara est� cerrada (los vecinos del sector me dijeron que est嫕 remodelando su interior desde hace varios a隳s). Al frente de Santa B嫫bara encontrar嫕 un bello parquecito. El lugar est� rodeado de polvo y basura, por lo que trat� de capturar un poco del ambiente.

Esta es una foto panor嫥ica creada a partir de tres tomas, una de las hojas, la del medio con el cuerpo de la iglesia y la superior con el campanario y el cielo. Utilizando la herramienta de Clone en Photoshop elimin� una serie de alambres de electricidad que se encuentran frente a la Iglesia.

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Santo Domingo's Zona Colonial is the oldest european settlement in the Americas. The early "hidalgos" in Santo Domingo claimed to be very religious, and forced the local natives (called the Ta璯os) to help build many churches and capels along the newly founded city. Santa B嫫bara is among the oldest churches in America, and one of the more beautiful indeed. It's located in the northern part of the old Colony, on top of a hill that once dominated the view of the town and the river Ozama. But despite this, nowdays Santa B嫫bara is closed (people in the neighborhood told me they are remodeling inside for several years now). In front of Santa B嫫bara you'll find a very nice park. The place is surrounded by dust and garbage, so I tried to capture a little of the "ambience".

This is a panorama stitch made from three shots, one of the leaves, middle of the church and top of the belltower and sky. I cloned out a bunch of electrical wires that ran in front of the Church.

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edal (6804) 2006-04-16 3:57

Hi, Dario!
I like your church very much as an example of ancient architecture and as an example of good focus and color. The explanatory note is very good too! The problem with the wire is very annoing and you have mastered it... But the brown leaves with the green trees?! Unnecessary, I think.
As a whole - OK!
TFS
Anton

pablominto (53746) 2006-04-16 9:48

Hello Dario,
Interesting architecture of the church... Reminds me of the Spanish influence on church building in the Philippines from the same period! They also have a separate belltower and a horrible array of cables...
Well composed image with good details, and by the way... well done on the post processing!
Greetings,
Pablo -

elBud (2237) 2006-04-16 16:11

Dario, que lo que...
bueno, ta bien cool tu foto, hiciste bien en captarla desde ese angulo con esas hojas secas en el piso y desenfocadas, muy buena la idea, muy buenos colores.

cuidate y seguimos en contacto.

aralda (1240) 2006-06-17 14:21

Hi Dario,
This is an interesting stitch but the leaves appear just a bit too large, in my view. There is a discrepancy between the leaves in the foreground and those -- much tinier -- in the middleground. What do you think?
The church itself is beautiful, and so is your note.
Tfs,
Raluca

abulafia (4900) 2006-07-04 5:49

Hi Dario
beautiful shot, and a great pov. the blurred leaves in the foreground are really great.
Good postprocessing, hard to see all the manipulation.
great job
Harry

dragonslayero (3592) 2006-08-21 4:25

I've seen lots of good birdseye view photos, ut a ratseyes view? Well it works kind of good.
Very nice perspective on the church.

The focus and attention of the church drags you to it, but at the same time the leaves in the foreground creates a small barrier tha tseems to keep you away.

Great detail and focus.
Colours look very natural, the small amount of green adds a great break to the otherwise hard grey building.

Odd Jarle

josuecollado (25) 2010-03-09 19:24 [Comment]