Your Best Church Shots

[dolina]

Show us your best church , chapels, parishes,etc.


Basilica de San Martin de Tours by Paolo Dolina, on Flickr

 

[steen-ag]

Jørn Utzon's church in Bagsværd Denmark.

Six Important Buildings to Know by Danish Architect Jørn Utzon

Danish architect Jørn Utzon has created many iconic buildings, from public to private, including the Sydney Opera House. Learn more about his work, where it sits in the pantheon of Scandinavian architecture, and how Utzon combined the functional with the fantastical.

www.scandinaviastandard.com

 

[shadowsports]

I like to visit churches as well.

 

[shadowsports]

 

[Click]

Very nice pictures, shadowsports. I really like the architecture of these churches

 

[Loswr]

Here are a few of my many church/cathedral shots:

Christian Science Mother Church, Boston, USA

EOS 5DII, TS-E 24mm f/3.5L II, 1/60 s, f/11, ISO 100

Trinity Church, Boston, USA (reflection in Hancock Tower)

EOS 5DII, TS-E 24mm f/3.5L II, 30 s, f/7.1, ISO 100

Duomo, Pisa, Italy

EOS 1D X, TS-E 17mm f/4L II, 13 s, f/11, ISO 400

Cathédrale Saint-Gatien, Tours, France

EOS 1D X, TS-E 17mm f/4L II, 25 s, f/8, ISO 800

Notre-Dame de Paris, France

EOS 1D X, EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II @ 35mm, 25 s, f/11, ISO 100

Basler Münster, Basel, Switzerland

EOS 1D X, TS-E 17mm f/4L II, 30 s, f/13, ISO 200

 

[Click]

Great shots, Neuro. Well done, Sir!

 

[shadowsports]

Great shots, Neuro. Well done, Sir!

Indeed. Lovely.

 

[Loswr]

"Chiesa del Gesù" – Mother Church of the Society of Jesus in Rome. As a beneficiary of a Jesuit education, I couldn't resist snapping a picture when I walked by, although I only knew the nature of the church from Google Maps.


EOS R8, RF 14-35mm f/4L IS USM @ 21mm, 1/500 s, f/5.6, ISO 100

 

[Berowne]

Frankfurt Cathedral (Kaiserdom Sankt Bartholomäus) R6, EF 35L Mk II, Iso 100, f 5.6, 1/125 sec. ​

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[Berowne]

St. Ursula (Oberursel) Leica M 240, Elmarit 2.8/21 Asph., Iso 200, f 4.0, 1/180 sec. (plus Sensordust)

 

[Berowne]

Maria Laach Abbey. 6D, EF 24-105/3.5-5.6, 24mm, Iso 100, f8.0, 1/125 sec.

 

[Berowne]

Kloster Haina. 70D (?), EF 85/1.8 ISO 200, f4.0, 1/350 sec.

 

[Click]

Frankfurt Cathedral (Kaiserdom Sankt Bartholomäus) R6, EF 35L Mk II, Iso 100, f 5.6, 1/125 sec. ​

I really like the composition. Well done.

 

[dcm]

El Santuario de Chimayo, Chimayo, New Mexico, January 2019
M5, EF-M 18-150

 

[Loswr]

"Santa Maria Formosa" – Venetian church, it's bell tower was 'destroyed' in Spider Man: Far From Home

EOS R8, RF 14-35mm f/4L IS USM @ 14mm, 1/200 s, f/11, ISO 100

Let's not forget that churches have insides, too...many more impressive than the exteriors.

"Cathédrale Saint-Gatien de Tours Interior" – Interior view, Saint-Gatien Cathedral in Tours, France

EOS 1D X, EF 11-24mm f/4L USM @ 11mm, 1/40 s, f/4, ISO 2000

"Basel Münster Altar" – Basel, Switzerland

EOS 1D X, TS-E 24mm f/3.5L II, 13 s, f/11, ISO 200

"St. Peter's" – Beautifully decorated interior of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican.

EOS R8, RF 24mm f/1.8 Macro IS STM, 1/60 s, f/8, ISO 6400

 

[Berowne]

Santissima Trinità dei Monti 550D EF 28/2.8 Iso 100, f 5.6, 1/750 sec. ​

 

[Berowne]

Santi Ambrogio e Carlo. 550D, EF 28/2.8, Iso 100, f 4.0, 1/500 sec. ​

 

[Berowne]

Pfarrkirche St. Peter in Holz 550D EF 85/1.8 Iso 200, f 5.6, 1/1000 sec. ​

This is a most beautiful St. Christopher.

 

[Loswr]

A couple more...

"Santa Maria della Spina" – A beautiful, small cathedral on the bank of the Arno in Pisa, Italy.

EOS 1D X, EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM @ 70mm, 8 s, f/11, ISO 400

"Fridolinsmünster" – Catholic church in Bad Sakingen, Germany as seen from across the Rhine in Stein, Switzerland
EOS 1D X, EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM @ 70mm, 10 s, f/8, ISO 200