Stained Glass, a photo from West Sussex, England

Photographer's Note

Taken handheld inside Chichester Cathedral. Construction work on the cathedral was started in 1076, but the building itself wasn't completed until 1108.

For more information about the history of the cathedral I suggest you visit its official website -here-

There's also an informative Wiki article here

I thought this window depicted St Richard who was the Bishop between 1245 and 1253, but it appears I'm probably incorrect - please scroll down and have a read of KevinOS's critique!

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BobTrips (1857) 2003-03-23 20:44

Hi Adrian, Welcome!

Quite a nice opening. Well composed, well exposed, nicely presented. Lots of color - an eye catcher.

Can't let you get off without a little ding. Do you have just a little larger file that you're working from? The L/R, T/B edges are cut just a little tight.

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adam (860) 2003-03-24 2:52

Wonderfully vivid colors and crisp presentation make this really stand out.

Nina (5099) 2003-03-24 12:51

You have a very steady hand! Nice capture.

Porteplume (4036) 2003-03-24 16:34

I love stained glass very much and this photo is wonderfully sharp... Very well done!

ronners (10) 2003-03-24 21:16

You seem to have been lucky enough to find a stained glass window that wasn't twenty feet in the air! Either that or you use a shift lens or climbed on top of a few friends to take this one. Anyway, very nice.

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philip_coggan (11) 2003-03-25 0:11

Like ronners, I wondered how you managed to get this so square-on to the camera. Don't apologise for using photoshop - it's a tool, like any other (I know it's a controversial issue, but my own feeling is that you haven't altered the essential truthfulness of the image - haven't changed anything of substance). A very nice docu shot. If I don't give it a very big smiley-face, that's because stained glass windows are a very common subject, and although this is done absolutely competently from a technical point of view, there's really nothing to make it stand out from the crowd of similar very competent images.

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Coyote (457) 2003-06-07 22:06

Excellent. I too like stained glass, I've two at my home (though not like this). Like the colors........

mrdelurk (385) 2003-08-24 5:32

Your first image on TE, and after all this time, it still amazes me every time I look at it.
It also inspires me to photograph some stained glass on my own

ReynardTheFox (260) 2003-12-01 11:20

Yes how did you get it so square on? A ladder?! Well its very nice the square format suits it and I like the tight crop - my only gripe on this very eye-catching image would be that you've clipped a bit off the right hand side - the tight crop works but its just a little bit TOO tight maybe? Very striking though!

kevinos (7517) 2007-01-26 6:09

This is a very attractive image, Adrian. Normally I have doubts about pictures of pictures or other images, but this works well as a record of an interesting artifact. The sharpness is fine, with lovely bright colours. The window seems in very good condition and I wonder if it suffered any Victorian 'restoration' as so many windows did. Saint Richard of Chichester? I am not so sure. I have checked the hagiography and Richard was not martyred or condemned. He had a run in with King Henry 111, but the man with the sword is not a king (no crown) the prisoner does not seem to be a bishop because he is not wearing the miter. The real answer would lie in the surrounding pictures, because they usually tell a story as a sequence. I think it is the sequence of the passion of Christ and this shows Jesus before Pontius Pilot, but, I have to admit without the usual bowl for washing hands. Anyway a very fascinating and enjoyable picture. Regards Kevin