Lincoln Cathedral

[johntwo]

[Ryewolf]

Nice shot John, I wonder what happened to the original seating though?

 

[Denis]

I was wondering that too, unless they were replaced to enable covid cleaning to be made easier?

I would be interested to know how you processed the images john, simple lightroom or photoshop and layers?

[johntwo]

Not sure about the seating.  Of course not all Cathedral were designed with seating for all.  The Hoi Polloi were required to stand.  There is a time line on the Cathedral web site that has the following entry:

"The Misericords are installed

Also known as ‘Mercy Seats’, the Misericords were designed to aid the old and frail by making it appear as though they were standing when in fact they were sat down rested during a service. They are dated between 1365 and 1370."

 That suggests that seating wasn't initially included in the form of traditional pews etc.  There is nothing to suggest it was added later.

Denis, nothing special in the way of PP.  I merely made an elliptical selection in Photoshop using the Marquee tool, inverted it to select the outside bit and then reduced the saturation to near mono.  To ensure a nice smooth transition, the Marquee ellipse needs to be set for a feather of about 100 or so pixels.  I'm sure that the same can be achieved in Lightroom.

Edited August 23, 2021 by johntwo

[David995031]

15 hours ago, Ryewolf said:

Nice shot John, I wonder what happened to the original seating though?

 

Great perspective on a magnificent building.

[johntwo]

Thanks David.

[Stravinsky]

Nice shot, beautiful building 

[colinb]

Sorry I'm a little late to the party... The original seating was removed years ago and these chairs are also often removed and the space left open for various events. Personally I dislike the blooming' things and prefer the view without.