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The roof of Issac's Cathedral


The roof of Issac's Cathedral
Photo Information
Copyright: Mostafa Tarahomi (tarahomi) (42)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-02-22
Exposure: f/2.8, 1/30 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2009-02-22 12:28
Viewed: 541
Points: 5
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
The weighty mass of St. Isaac's Cathedral dominates the skyline of St. Petersburg. Its gilded dome, covered with 100 kg of pure gold, soars over 100 meters into the air, making it visible far out onto the Gulf of Finland. The Cathedral was commissioned by Alexander I in 1818 and took more than three decades to complete. Its architect, August Monferrand, pulled out all the stops in his design, incorporating dozens of kinds of stone and marble into the enormous structure and lading its vast interior with frescoes, mosaics, bas-reliefs, and the only stained glass window in the Orthodoxy. By the time the cathedral was completed in 1858, its cost had spiraled to more than twenty million rubles--as well as the lives of hundreds of laborers. Both the exterior and the interior of the cathedral deserve prolonged observation, and the view from the dome is stupendous.
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To shelbeesmom: Hitarahomi 2 02-23 05:34
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Beautiful shot with great colors and POV. well done.

nicely composed,
overexposed.
Unsharp edges.
Why not uploading a bigger size file?

Hi Mostafa
wonderful pov and perfect details in your shot
very nice colours and light
ciao
Lucio

Hi Mostafa,
I recently posted a photo of the same subject
here. I cropped it heavily to the center of the dome and gave it the name "Peace".
Nice to see your version. It is a bit overexposed (from the edges) as stated earlier.
Have a nice evening!

Funny, when I run this picture on Tineye, I show that it's been posted on the internet 6 times. Is this your photo??
http://rinrin405.at.webry.info/200710/article_3.html

http://keep4u.ru/full/070830/ea4d62c0f1114a196f/jpg

http://geo.ya.com/rusia20062/Rusia,%20impresiones%20de%20un%20Pais.%20San%20Petersburgo(A)/index.html

ETC:
http://tineye.com/search/6c1bf23829ddf3b06308ceb0f5419e12ef219f12

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