Community Church, a photo from California, West

Photographer's Note

Next to a busy intersection with no room and without enough money for a better piece of glass, I could not leave without at least trying to capture something of the wonderful building. It was one of the first buildings when the area was settled, now its surrounded by shopping centers and development.

tech:12 of 24 images used in PS with 18 different layers for tone and density control.

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milloup (1829) 2004-02-21 7:00

Interesting and innovative way of solving the problem of not enough room (or glass ;-)). You've even managed to make it look spacious around the church. I wonder what Sct. Pauls in London would look like with the same technique applied? ;-))

ninadev (5377) 2004-02-21 7:16

This is very bizarre... I tried the same technique yesterday, but didn't post anything since I didn't succeed in making something attractive yet. This is a lot of work.
It's a quite modern approach, in this case I would put as title "Shattered church" which is not far from reality in some place of the world. I like it. Did you see that the fourth photo from the top is tilted ?

mitternacht (1839) 2004-02-21 7:20

This is an interesting technique Craig. It gives an original perspective on this building and I think it somehow matches the style of architecture. Well captured.

Geo (1245) 2004-02-21 7:31

A very interesting technique. A lot of effort and well worth it because the result is artistic and pleasing to the eye.

cloverstar (0) 2004-02-21 7:40

Such a lovely church. Your post processing work is a piece of art. Your hard work paid off. Well done.

ilouy (3370) 2004-02-21 9:27

Great job, creative work.

cool_s15 (4050) 2004-02-21 10:29

Hmm I assumed you must work pretty hard to get this composition!? Very creative and ideas... Superb job. Waiting to see more of your creative works.

RobBrown (1797) 2004-02-21 13:17

A great reconstruction job one or two lines are a little out of joint but the colours are superb and it does make it seem to be out there on its own, nice work.

jrj (34843) 2004-02-21 15:34

Absolutely interesting. A kind of collague that works very well and I think extremely difficult to put together in any other way than this. Very well done Craig

andyohare (437) 2004-02-21 16:15

I like your thinking here Craig, and the result is good. But I think the white lines are distracting, even though it allows to see how you've created the picture. Did you do all this by hand? Ever tried stitching software?

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gadinga (626) 2004-02-21 20:44

I think this presentation is fabulous! Have you seen the work of David Hockney? He does a lot of stuff like this and it is very much in that same style. Here are some cool links to check out

Description of his technique

Examples of Photocollage

I don't think you should have stiched it together differently. This is so creative and artistic. Super-Fantastic!!

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jehronimo (95) 2004-02-28 15:22

One more time, incredible post processing work!

nfriedli (1060) 2004-06-24 16:44

Wow : the stiching effect is absolutely wonderful. Cheer Craig, you are a PS Master !

umbrellaphotos (1901) 2004-07-12 13:48

i like the effects you added in photoshop.

piocus (171) 2005-01-27 8:20

Wonderful and very attractive assembly of pics !
It is impressive to seee how you succeeded in making a wonderful piece of art out of so many pictures !
Good job !

peter1892 (1681) 2005-07-03 15:57

A good idea well executed! From your note it's apparent that if you'd moved back to try & capture the shot then you'd have risked including some of the modern developments in the image. This way we don't see them, and they don't take away from the church.