Leica Fellowship 20240 - Liverpool - Roman Catholic Cathedral

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Leica Fellowship 20240 - Liverpool - Roman Catholic Cathedral
Leica Fellowship 20240 - Liverpool - Roman Catholic Cathedral

In Liverpool we concentrated on the Anglican and Roman Catholic Cathedrals. These two impressive structures face each other at either end of Hope Street and are about mile apart. As you approach the Roman Catholic cathedral you are greeted by a very different architectural form. I first saw this soon after it was built when I was at art school in the 1960s and we came to the Walker Gallery. I fell in love with the form and the way it seems to soar to the heavens. I know it is known all around as Paddy's Wigwam but I think it is so successful.

Once inside more modern splendour greets you with wonderful use of the light through stained glass and through the placement of artificial lighting.
These are tricky exposures and I used the Leica M11's high ISO sensitivity to help capture these.

The cathedral's official title is Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ The King. It was originally designed by Pugin as a traditional church. This was started with the Lady Chapel but got no further. Some 60 years later Lutyen's designed a cathedral based around a dome like St Pauls but that came to a dead end. Adrian Gilbert Scott downscaled the design and this final shape was the responsibility of Sir Frederick Gibberd’s (1908-1984) who had a much tighter budget.
This link will take you to the official site and give you more detail:

liverpoolmetrocathedral.org.uk/history-heritage/a-brief-h...

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Taken on: April 27, 2024
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Camera: Leica Camera AG LEICA M11, f/5.6, 1/160 sec, 28mm, ISO 4000 (more info) (hide info)
Camera: Leica Camera AG LEICA M11
Lens: Tri-Elmar-M 1:4/28-35-50 ASPH.
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure Time: 0.006 sec (1/160)
Focal Length: 28mm
ISO: 4000
Exposure Bias: -0.333 EV
Flash: No Flash
Exposure Program: Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode: Auto
Metering Mode: Multi-segment
White Balance: Manual
Light Source: Daylight
Sharpness: Hard
Color Space: sRGB
Software: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6.0 (Windows)
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