This is a vertical panorama composite of the Ely Cathedral, one of the great works of architecture visited on my England and Wales photo tour. Amazingly, this cathedral opened in 1083 A.D. To create this shot, I held the camera horizontally and took 8 frames, starting from directly ahead of me and overlapping each frame by about 50 percent as I raised the camera upward and then, after turning 180 degrees, down the other side. It is entirely hand held. The settings were 1/100, f/1.8, and 1250 ISO, and I used a Sigma 14mm f/1.8 for the shot. I bought this lens specifically for spectacular interiors because the exceptionally large maximum lens aperture permits a photographer to hand hold the camera in dark environments and still get sharp pictures because the lens gathers enough light for fairly fast shutter speeds. The curvature of the vertical lines in the stonework and the woodwork occurs when Photoshop stitches together all the frames.
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