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27-Jul-2019

The Crypt Church

A new part of the basilica for us: the Crypt Church, which we had missed on our first visit. It wasn’t as spectacular as the upper basilica, but seemed much more peaceful.

Best to view in "Original" or “Auto” because other versions resized by Pbase are decidedly unsharp.

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We decided to pay another visit to the basilica because we felt we hadn’t seen it all when we met Long and his wife Katherine there in April. It’s really a magnificent church that took almost 100 years to complete and draws visitors from all over the world. I’ll be posting pictures mainly of features we missed the first time around.

Butterfly and purple flowers, posted earlier:

Nikon Z 7 ,Nikkor Z 24-70 f2.8 S
1/160s f/4.0 at 70.0mm iso5000 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto
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Jean D19-Aug-2019 20:40
A fine scene well captured, Helen. ~V
Julie Oldfield18-Aug-2019 19:46
It does look peaceful. You exposed this very well! V
Zoltán Balogh17-Aug-2019 15:39
So nice and inviting! V
danad16-Aug-2019 14:33
One can feel the silence and the solemnity of the place. Superb light and colors. BV.
Graeme16-Aug-2019 11:59
A fine shot of this alter and church interior, Helen.V
Tom LeRoy16-Aug-2019 08:02
Excellent interior shot with fine exposure and color balanced just perfect. V
Fong Lam16-Aug-2019 07:11
Perfect exposure and fine details in this outstanding interior shot.....V
Ton, Ben & Rob Nagtegaal16-Aug-2019 06:57
A wonderful well composed shot of this beautiful interior.
Isabel Cutler16-Aug-2019 00:39
Wonderful detail. Was surprised you got so much depth of field at f/4.
bill friedlander16-Aug-2019 00:00
Exposure and detail are both superb. V
Charlene Ambrose15-Aug-2019 23:25
Really well exposed image of the detail in this church. V
globalgadabout15-Aug-2019 22:14
you handled the light challenge so adroitly..
Martin Lamoon15-Aug-2019 21:12
It looks an amazing place.
Excellent exposure and capture of the detail.
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Jim Coffman15-Aug-2019 20:46
What a beautiful interior! Very nice image, Helen...