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On a Sunday afternoon I decided to take a trip to Ely cathedral. This is a Vertorama of the Altar at the end of the Cathedral.
This is made up from two sets of three frames. The image needed alot of straightening and I also had to use the warp tool to pull the image around so that it looked good.
Just back from five lovely days in North Norfolk with mostly perfect bright (cold) weather
Ely was our first stop and the Cathedral is always inspiring. The lantern, built at the crossing of the transepts in the 14th Century, is a masterpiece of the international gothic style, bridging one of the widest spaces ever spanned before St Peter's Church in Rome was rebuilt in the renaissance
Ely Cathedral Cambridgeshire, England - Octagon Tower
Ely Cathedral in Cambridgeshire, England is known locally as "the ship of the Fens" because of its prominent shape that towers above the surrounding flat landscape. It's a fantastic building, and one of its highlights is the unique octagon Lantern Tower pictured here.
Desperate for a break in the rain so I could try the new camera.
After dodging in various coffee shops, we finally got chance to take a few photo without getting soaked.
A note on processing ;) mostly done because the sky was so bland.
Cropped in Lightroom.
Auto Tone in Photoshop.
Auto Contrast in Photoshop.
People removed in Photoshop.
Detail and colour on Cathedral & Sky tweaked with Topaz Clarity.
Finally brightness increased for Flickr with Aviary.
When I was in Ely last time, in Easter 2011, it was very early on good Friday morning. I managed to catch the sun at the apex of the arch and the glass caused these the light to refract in this astonishing way and light up the tiled floor. I tried to look for the window again this week to see if I could repeat it but couldn't even find it. Was it just a figment of memory?
BIG. The only word to describe it..Ely Cathedral. Canon 5Dmkiii, Sigma 15mm Fisheye lens. -2 E.V RAW file edited in Lightroom only. www.arthakker.photography
Picture taken in Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire, England. Main tower ceilings are really woonderfull. Canon 6D camera was used with Samyang 14mm lens and Manfrotto tripod.
The Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Ely). Built on an island in the Fens in East Anglia. the original construction started in 1084. The main sections of the cathedral being completed by 1189. Building and alterations continued for many years, in 1322 the great tower over the cross of the church collapsed, and a new 'Lantern' was built to replace the tower.
Explore 3rd September 2011 #210
Artizen HDR - Sony A700
Ely Cathedral (in full, The Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Ely) is the principal church of the Diocese of Ely, in Cambridgeshire, England, and the seat of the Bishop of Ely. It is known locally as "the ship of the Fens", because of its prominent shape that towers above the surrounding flat and watery landscape.
The first Christian building on the site was founded by St. Æthelthryth (romanised as "Etheldreda"), daughter of the Anglo-Saxon King Anna of East Anglia, who was born in 630 at Exning near Newmarket.[2] She may have acquired land at Ely from her first husband Tondberht, described by Bede as a "prince" of the South Gyrwas.[3] After the end of her second marriage to Ecgfrith, a prince of Northumbria, she set up and ruled a monastery at Ely in 673, and, when she died, a shrine was built there to her memory. The monastery is traditionally believed to have been destroyed in the Danish invasions of the late 9th century, together with what is now the city. However, while the lay settlement of the time would have been a minor one, it is likely that a church survived there until its refoundation in the 10th century.[4]
A new Benedictine monastery was built and endowed on the site by Athelwold, Bishop of Winchester, in 970, in a wave of monastic refoundations which locally included Peterborough and Ramsey. [5] This became a cathedral in 1109, after a new Diocese of Ely was created out of land taken from the Diocese of Lincoln.
The present cathedral was started by Abbot Simeon (1082-1094, brother of Walkelin, the then bishop of Winchester) under William I in 1083. Building continued under Simeon's successor, Abbot Richard (1100-1107). The Anglo-Saxon church was demolished, but some of its relics, such as the remains of its benefactors, were moved to the cathedral. The main transepts were built early on, crossing the nave below a central tower, and are the oldest surviving part of the cathedral. The West Tower was built between 1174 and 1197, and the Romanesque style of the west front overall shows that it was built in the 12th century, with the later addition of the Galilee porch (1198-1215). The west tower is 66m high (215ft). The unique Octagon 'Lantern Tower' was constructed during the 1300s and replaced the old central tower which collapsed. 'The Lantern' is 23m (74ft) wide and is 52m (170ft) high. From the floor to central roof boss 'The Lantern' is 43m (142ft) high.
The cathedral is built from stone quarried from Barnack in Northamptonshire (bought from Peterborough Abbey, whose lands included the quarries, for 8000 eels a year), with decorations in Purbeck Marble and local clunch. The plan of the building is cruciform (cross-shaped), with the altar at the east end. The total length is 537 feet (163.7 m)[6], and with the nave at over 75 m long (250ft), remains the longest in Britain.
Attached to the north transept is the Lady Chapel (built 1321-1349 in the Decorated style) by the sacrist Alan of Walsingham. It was to his plans, too, that the octagonal tower or octagon (1322-1328) was built after Simeon's original crossing tower collapsed in 1322, injuring nobody but destroying the choir. This central octagon rises from the whole breadth of the building and towers up until its roof, a wooden lantern, forms the only Gothic dome in existence. The north-west transept collapsed in the 15th century and was never rebuilt, leaving a scar on the outside of that corner that can still be seen. Dating from the early 16th century, is a set of 44 misericords.
In 1539, during Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries, the cathedral suffered only minor damage, but St Etheldreda's shrine was destroyed. The cathedral was soon refounded in 1541, although many of the statues in the lady chapel were severely damaged.
The Bishop of Ely in the mid 17th century was Matthew Wren and in connection with this, his nephew Christopher Wren was responsible for a rather splendid Gothic door, dating from the 1650s, on the north face of the cathedral.
The building has been the subject of several major restoration projects:
in the 18th century, under James Essex
in 1839, under George Peacock, with the architect George Gilbert Scott (the architect Basevi died in a fall from the west tower). A painted wooden ceiling was added to the nave in this restoration.
from 1986 to 2000
The building is still in active use, and also houses a collection of stained glass from the 13th century to the present that is of national importance and includes works from notable contemporary artists like Ervin Bossanyi and others.
from Wikipedia
My first venture into photography inside a Cathedral - great fun and a fabulous building. This is an HDR from one RAW image with three images 2 stops apart..
This cathedral was started in 1082; however, the site has been used for christian worship dating back to the Saxon period.
From our Christmas/New Year Holiday in England
Ely, Cambridgeshire, ENGLAND
Hasselblad 500CM
80mm
ACROS
Ely Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Ely, is the principal church of the Diocese of Ely, in Cambridgeshire, England, and is the seat of the Bishop of Ely and a suffragan bishop, the Bishop of Huntingdon
Ely Cathedral began as a monastery in AD 673 founded by St Etheldreda. The Danes destroyed it and Abbot Simeon rebuilt it in 1081. The central tower fell in 1322.
Alan of Walsingham rebuilt it in the design of the Octagon. No trace now remains of the Anglo-Saxon monastery founded in 673 and refounded in 970. After the Norman Conquest in 1066, and the putting down of the local rebellion of Hereward the Wake immediately after, the first Norman Abbot began to rebuild the Abbey on a new and larger scale.
More info: www.elycathedral.org/
Ely Cathedral has a modern day work of art on display and it was created by artist Jayson Haebich, called 'Star of Bethlehem'
The actual design is made up of a transparent screen which projects an abstract image and using latest technology and laser beams, creates the impression of a magnificent Star hovering above the Nave of the Cathedral.
There is an interactive display pad that the public can use to change the colours and shape.
Just back from five lovely days in North Norfolk with mostly perfect bright (cold) weather
Ely was our first stop and the Cathedral is always inspiring. The side isle is 12th Century romanesque work
Choir.
One of the prominent features in the Norman conquest of England after 1066 was the replacement of Anglo-Saxon churches by new buildings of unseen splendour. In Ely (Cambridgeshire) a huge cathedral was erected in the 11th and 12th century above an older monastic building which preserved the shrine of St. Etheldreda, the pious daughter of a 7th century Anglo-Saxon king. In 1322, however, the crossing tower collapsed and was replaced by this unique 200-tons octagon lantern, one of the gems of gothic architecture (23 m wide and 52 m high, internally 43 m high).
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Been stuck in the house all day, so here is a shot of Ely Cathedral from earlier this month.
3-shot handheld HDR, best viewed large on black.
27/12/11@20:03 - I've replaced the original shot with a slightly modified one. Upon uploading the original, I was unhappy with the amount of haloing around the main tree. I've now tweaked that, I can still see it, but it's better :-)
The Black Swan - cheekily I asked the guy in the boat to smile, and he obliged. I guess I'm now at the age where I seem harmless!
The river here was moved nearer to the cathedral in medieval times, so that the huge timbers used to build the famous Octagon could be brought in nearer to the cathedral.
The Octagon Tower is the glory of Ely Cathedral.
In 1322 disaster struck as the Norman central tower collapsed
Alan de Walsingham, Sacrist of the monastery, created this major engineering feat, a structure of timber, glass and lead standing on 8 massive stone pillars.
A night time view.
Artizen HDR - Sony A700
Ely Cathedral (in full, The Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Ely) is the principal church of the Diocese of Ely, in Cambridgeshire, England, and the seat of the Bishop of Ely. It is known locally as "the ship of the Fens", because of its prominent shape that towers above the surrounding flat and watery landscape.
The first Christian building on the site was founded by St. Æthelthryth (romanised as "Etheldreda"), daughter of the Anglo-Saxon King Anna of East Anglia, who was born in 630 at Exning near Newmarket.[2] She may have acquired land at Ely from her first husband Tondberht, described by Bede as a "prince" of the South Gyrwas.[3] After the end of her second marriage to Ecgfrith, a prince of Northumbria, she set up and ruled a monastery at Ely in 673, and, when she died, a shrine was built there to her memory. The monastery is traditionally believed to have been destroyed in the Danish invasions of the late 9th century, together with what is now the city. However, while the lay settlement of the time would have been a minor one, it is likely that a church survived there until its refoundation in the 10th century.[4]
A new Benedictine monastery was built and endowed on the site by Athelwold, Bishop of Winchester, in 970, in a wave of monastic refoundations which locally included Peterborough and Ramsey. [5] This became a cathedral in 1109, after a new Diocese of Ely was created out of land taken from the Diocese of Lincoln.
The present cathedral was started by Abbot Simeon (1082-1094, brother of Walkelin, the then bishop of Winchester) under William I in 1083. Building continued under Simeon's successor, Abbot Richard (1100-1107). The Anglo-Saxon church was demolished, but some of its relics, such as the remains of its benefactors, were moved to the cathedral. The main transepts were built early on, crossing the nave below a central tower, and are the oldest surviving part of the cathedral. The West Tower was built between 1174 and 1197, and the Romanesque style of the west front overall shows that it was built in the 12th century, with the later addition of the Galilee porch (1198-1215). The west tower is 66m high (215ft). The unique Octagon 'Lantern Tower' was constructed during the 1300s and replaced the old central tower which collapsed. 'The Lantern' is 23m (74ft) wide and is 52m (170ft) high. From the floor to central roof boss 'The Lantern' is 43m (142ft) high.
The cathedral is built from stone quarried from Barnack in Northamptonshire (bought from Peterborough Abbey, whose lands included the quarries, for 8000 eels a year), with decorations in Purbeck Marble and local clunch. The plan of the building is cruciform (cross-shaped), with the altar at the east end. The total length is 537 feet (163.7 m)[6], and with the nave at over 75 m long (250ft), remains the longest in Britain.
Attached to the north transept is the Lady Chapel (built 1321-1349 in the Decorated style) by the sacrist Alan of Walsingham. It was to his plans, too, that the octagonal tower or octagon (1322-1328) was built after Simeon's original crossing tower collapsed in 1322, injuring nobody but destroying the choir. This central octagon rises from the whole breadth of the building and towers up until its roof, a wooden lantern, forms the only Gothic dome in existence. The north-west transept collapsed in the 15th century and was never rebuilt, leaving a scar on the outside of that corner that can still be seen. Dating from the early 16th century, is a set of 44 misericords.
In 1539, during Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monasteries, the cathedral suffered only minor damage, but St Etheldreda's shrine was destroyed. The cathedral was soon refounded in 1541, although many of the statues in the lady chapel were severely damaged.
The Bishop of Ely in the mid 17th century was Matthew Wren and in connection with this, his nephew Christopher Wren was responsible for a rather splendid Gothic door, dating from the 1650s, on the north face of the cathedral.
The building has been the subject of several major restoration projects:
in the 18th century, under James Essex
in 1839, under George Peacock, with the architect George Gilbert Scott (the architect Basevi died in a fall from the west tower). A painted wooden ceiling was added to the nave in this restoration.
from 1986 to 2000
The building is still in active use, and also houses a collection of stained glass from the 13th century to the present that is of national importance and includes works from notable contemporary artists like Ervin Bossanyi and others.
from Wikipedia
Formally an Anglo-Saxon monastery founded in 673 and refounded in 970. After the Norman Conquest in 1066,the Normans began to rebuild the Abbey in a larger scale.
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