{"id":2540,"date":"2013-02-13T12:41:42","date_gmt":"2013-02-13T12:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2540"},"modified":"2013-02-13T12:54:23","modified_gmt":"2013-02-13T12:54:23","slug":"hdr-photography-bradford-cathedral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/hdr-photography-bradford-cathedral","title":{"rendered":"Bradford Cathedral Photographs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bradford has a bad press.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s one of those places which offers so much, yet never seems to escape that image of\u00a0desperation.<\/p>\n<p>The thing is, there is so much on offer to the Photographer that it&#8217;s well worth a look.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few gems to enjoy&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bradford City Hall &#8211; full of statues of british monarchs<\/li>\n<li>City Park &#8211; the UK&#8217;s best urban fountain and light show<\/li>\n<li>Little Germany &#8211; just off the centre, a collection of beautiful buildings in a confined space. Look up and you&#8217;ll see them<\/li>\n<li>Undercliffe\u00a0Cemetery\u00a0&#8211; for the goth, emo and photographer, a rel gem of a place. A mix of grand and meek graves in a huge plot overlooking the city.<\/li>\n<li>Saltaire &#8211; just out of the city, this is a mix of mill, model village, round-ended chapel and lovely park &#8211; with a wier and canal thrown in.<\/li>\n<li>Alhambra &#8211; distinctive theatre, with it&#8217;s lights and dome.<\/li>\n<li>Media Museum &#8211; not so much to\u00a0photograph, more to have a brew in and enjoy the exhibitions<\/li>\n<li>Bradford Cathedral&#8230;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d never been in the cathedral to recently, having shot it outside from many angles I&#8217;d just moved on to Little Germany. But on a particularly cold day, I went in for refuge and found this wonderful gem of a building. It&#8217;s no York Minster &#8211; rather a small, quiet and beautifully understated space.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few shots from inside there<\/p>\n<h2>The Photography Bit<\/h2>\n<p>They are all HDR shots &#8211; which means I shot 3 frames, each 2 stops apart, for each image. This gives you more &#8220;information&#8221; in the dark and bright areas of the scene than shooting just one shot can. The result is that you can &#8220;show&#8221; more detail in the final image.<\/p>\n<p>The first shot has a lot of &#8220;Vignette&#8221; added &#8211; to draw the eye down the nave.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/architecture\/hdr-photography-bradford-cathedral\/attachment\/_mg_7497-hdr\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2541\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2541\" alt=\"_MG_7497-HDR\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/MG_7497-HDR.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/MG_7497-HDR.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/MG_7497-HDR-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/MG_7497-HDR-95x50.jpg 95w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/MG_7497-HDR-650x343.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/MG_7497-HDR-50x26.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Second shot is looking down the nave from the alter end of the building. Note that you can see lots of detail in the rafters &#8211; HDR allows this<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/architecture\/hdr-photography-bradford-cathedral\/attachment\/_mg_7473-hdr\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2542\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-singlepic wp-image-2542\" alt=\"_MG_7473-HDR\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/MG_7473-HDR.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"674\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/MG_7473-HDR.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/MG_7473-HDR-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/MG_7473-HDR-74x50.jpg 74w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/MG_7473-HDR-650x438.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/MG_7473-HDR-50x34.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The third shot is a mono &#8211; taking a\u00a0diagonal\u00a0composition. There are still details in the rafers, and you you can see some detail in the bright windows.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/architecture\/hdr-photography-bradford-cathedral\/attachment\/_mg_7479-hdr\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2543\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-singlepic wp-image-2543\" alt=\"_MG_7479-HDR\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/MG_7479-HDR.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/MG_7479-HDR.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/MG_7479-HDR-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/MG_7479-HDR-82x50.jpg 82w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/MG_7479-HDR-650x395.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/MG_7479-HDR-50x30.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Probably my favourite from the day, as it&#8217;s a lovely peaceful scene.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/architecture\/hdr-photography-bradford-cathedral\/attachment\/_mg_7482-hdr\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2544\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-singlepic wp-image-2544\" alt=\"_MG_7482-HDR\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/MG_7482-HDR.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/MG_7482-HDR.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/MG_7482-HDR-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/MG_7482-HDR-75x50.jpg 75w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/MG_7482-HDR-650x434.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/MG_7482-HDR-50x33.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And finally the classic floor to\u00a0ceiling\u00a0shot down the nave<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/architecture\/hdr-photography-bradford-cathedral\/attachment\/_mg_7488-hdr\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2545\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-singlepic wp-image-2545\" alt=\"_MG_7488-HDR\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/MG_7488-HDR.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/MG_7488-HDR.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/MG_7488-HDR-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/MG_7488-HDR-660x1024.jpg 660w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/MG_7488-HDR-990x1536.jpg 990w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/MG_7488-HDR-32x50.jpg 32w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/MG_7488-HDR-650x1008.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/MG_7488-HDR-50x78.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So next time you&#8217;re in Bradford with time to spare &#8211; cross Forster Square and pop in the cathedral for a look.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bradford has a bad press. It&#8217;s one of those places which offers so much, yet never seems to escape that image of\u00a0desperation. The thing is, there is so much on offer to the Photographer that it&#8217;s well worth a look. Here are a few gems to enjoy&#8230; &nbsp; Bradford City Hall &#8211; full of statues [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2544,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_22977785_22977785":"","facebook_10157410341118549_123005067715685":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,27,9],"tags":[208,209,210,211,204],"class_list":["post-2540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-architecture","category-bradford","category-photography","tag-bradford-2","tag-cathedral","tag-church-2","tag-holy","tag-yorkshire-2"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/MG_7482-HDR.jpg",1000,667,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/MG_7482-HDR-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/MG_7482-HDR-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/MG_7482-HDR.jpg",1000,667,false],"large":["https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/MG_7482-HDR.jpg",1000,667,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/MG_7482-HDR.jpg",1000,667,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/MG_7482-HDR.jpg",1000,667,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"McFade","author_link":"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/author\/admin"},"uagb_comment_info":3,"uagb_excerpt":"Bradford has a bad press. It&#8217;s one of those places which offers so much, yet never seems to escape that image of\u00a0desperation. The thing is, there is so much on offer to the Photographer that it&#8217;s well worth a look. Here are a few gems to enjoy&#8230; &nbsp; Bradford City Hall &#8211; full of statues&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2540"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":173077,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2540\/revisions\/173077"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}